Lobelia.] CAMPANULACMM, 497 



Corolla regular, anthers free or nearly so. 

 Capsule loculicidally 2-3-valved, 

 flowers in panicles . . . 2. WahlenbekGia. 



Capsule eircumsciss, flowers in a 

 dense spike 3. Sphenoclea. 



Capsule dehiscent at the base or 

 sides below the calyx -teeth . . 4. Campanula. 



1. LOBELIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 423. 



Herbs, often tall, or (non-Indian species) shrubs. Leaves alter- 

 nate, toothed, rarely subentire. Peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, 

 sometimes subracemose. Calyx superior, limb 5-partite. Corolla 

 oblique, 2-lipped; upper lip 2-partite, lower 3-lobed. Staminal-tube 

 free or nearly so ; anthers tipped with bristles, 3 upper naked. 

 Ovary inferior, 2-celled ; placenta^ hemispheric ; ovules numerous ; 

 stigma shortly bifid. Cajpsule loculicidally 2-valved within the 

 calyx-teeth. Seeds very many, minute, ellipsoid, compressed of 

 trigonijus. — Species about 200, in temperate and warm regions of the 

 world, rare in Europe and W. Asia. 



Seeds distinctly 3-gonous, anthers all 

 bearded at the tip 1. L.trigona. 



Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, not trigonous ; 

 only two of the anthers bear^^ed at the 

 tip 2. L. trialatox 



1. L. trigona, Boxh, Hart. Beng. 85 ; Fl. Ind. i, 506; F. B. I. in, 423; 

 Watt E. D. ; CooTce Fl. Bomb, ii, 72. 



A glabrous annual, up to 12 in. high ; branches ascending, rooting only 

 near the base, more or less 3-angled. ' Leaves subsessile ^-| in. long, 

 ovate, acute, denticulate. Flowers axillary, longer than the leaves, with 

 stipule-like bracts at the base. Calyx-lobes linear, about as long as the 

 tube. Corolla ^-5 in. long, pale-violet, lobes ovate-elliptic. Anthers 

 all bearded at the tip. Ca<jgsule a in., ellipsoid. "Seeds rarrowed at 

 both ends, distinctly 3-gonous. 



Oehra Dun (Gamble), Guna (King). Flowers after the rains. Disteib. 

 From C. and S. India to Ceylon, also in Bengal and Burma. It is said 

 to be eaten as a pot-herb in Chota Nagpur. 



2. L. trialata, Buch.-Eam. in Don Trod. Nep. 157; F. B. I. in, 42S; 



Collett Fl. Siml. 289; Coole Fl. Bomb, ii, 72. 



Gl abrouB. Stems 6-15 in., suberect, branched, trigonous or trialate. 

 Leaves 5-I in. long, ovate or elliptic, subrhomboidal, cuneate and 

 entire at the basej lower often petioled, crenate or denticulate, 



