LOBELIA FAMILY. Lobeliacess. 



A still smaller-flowered species, bearing 

 Lobelia' C very long slim spikes of pale blue-violet 

 Lobelia spicata flowers with a usually smooth short calyx. 

 Pale blue- The stem simple and leafy, the light green 

 vlolet leaves nearly toothless, lance-shaped (ab- 



July-August ruptly go at the bage of fche piant^ or 



oblong, obtuse, but the upper ones nearly linear. 1-4 

 feet high. In dry sandy soil from Me., south to N. Car., 

 and southwest to Ark. and La. 



A small species generally found beside 

 LoMtii Kcilniif brooks, or on wet banks, with slender 

 Light blue- branching stem, and narrow, blunt-tipped 

 violet leaves sparingly toothed or toothless ; the 



Ju 'y- upper ones linear. The light blue-violet 



September fl ow ers less than \ inch long and scattered 

 loosely over the spikes. The fruit-capsule not inflated 

 (as Lobelia inflata), but small, and top-shaped or nearly 

 globular. 6-18 inches high. On wet meadows and wet 

 river-banks. Me., south to N. J., and west to Ohio and 

 S. Dak. 



Indian Tobacco The commonest species ; growing every- 

 Lobelia inflata wnere m dl T or wet soil > within the wood 

 Light blue- or out on the meadow. An annual with a 

 violet simple or branching slightly hairy stem. 



July-October The thin light green leaves oval po i nt ed, 



and sparingly wavy-toothed, the uppermost very small, 

 narrow, and acute. The tiny flowers scarcely \ inch 

 long, varying in color from light blue-violet to pale lilac 

 and even white. The calyx smooth, the inflated, prolate- 

 spheroidal fruit-capsule about \ inch long. Very acrid 

 and poisonous to taste, and commonly used in medicine. 

 Me., south to Ga., and west to Ark. and Neb. 



An aquatic species, smooth, slender, and 

 Water Lobelia s i mp l e stemmed." Leaves all submerged, 

 Dortmanna thick linear holl <>w, and tufted at the 

 base of the stem. Flowers in a loose termi- 

 nal spike, light violet, inch long. 6-18 inches high. 

 Borders of ponds. N. Eng. to Pa., and northwestward 



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