BLUEBELL FAMILY 97 
tube about 2 mm. long, bluish gray, the 2 smaller 7 ge white- tufted, Arye 3 ag ies smooth or 
sieges 5 capsule not completely inferior, Sees arrpane subglobose . lor 
moist ap Canadian rman in the Pacific States this species om been wi aes at “ars t Rapids on 
the an aaa iver, Kittitas Cou Washington Fe aero 1382); however, it is found in the Columbia iralsiae 
in British Columbia; northern ved south to Pennsylvania, the Gr _ Lakes region, and west to Montana and 
British Columbia. Type locality: Canada. Collected by Kalm. July—Sep 
4. Lobelia dinnii var. serrata ( fe ied McVaugh. Rothrock’s Lobelia. 
Fig. 5129 
Potnareis debits var. oni Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: aa 1876. 
, Pittonia 1: 297. 1889 
Laurentia debilis S$ var. mpd) MeVa h, ng ‘Torrey Club 67: 144, 1940. 
Lobelia dunnti var. serrata McV fee) op.c 
er reanal, “dh mple o ne weak mostly decumbent at base, 3-5 dm. high, glabro 
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the very lowest broadly ovate to suborbicular and abruptly narrowed t a short winged petiole; 
stem-leaves many, oblanc oe or linear- shale pp susually broadest near the middle, sessile or 
tapering to a winged petiole, acute or acuminate at apex, mm. wide, 3-15 cm. long, more or 
less conspicuo ache an sharphy | serrate, thin, otal rate or s stimetinies rather sparsely puberulent or 
appressed- pilose; r ceme 2-3 cm. long, often appearing subcapitate, 3-15-flowered ; lower pedicels 
3- owe € 
tub , y. 
rolla blue, with whitish tube, ei pals 12-18 mm. long, the tube s plit from near the base to about 
half its length ; upper lip erect, 3-4 mm. long; lower lip widely ec 6-9 mm. long, deeply 
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6. Toheli “as 
. Lobelia chemin 
Sgr age kalmii 
- Lobelia dunnii 
