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Lobelia campanulata Lam.! Dict. III. 588. 



Caulis simplex v. (ex Sond.) ramosus 5 — 10 cm longus erectus glaber. Folia 

 internodiis duplo longiora 1 — 1,5 cm longa 2—3 mm lata sessilia glabra margine calloso. 

 Pedunculus 4— 6 cm longus sub anthesi erectus pilis tenuissirnis longiusculis di- 

 varicatis v. subretrorsis densis v. parcis vestitus v. subglaber. Calycis lobi an- 

 guste lineares acuminati 4 — 5 mm longi, corollae V 2-2 / 5 partes aequantes integri. 

 Corolla dorso minutissime pilosula et ad petalorum nervnm medium parce hirsuta 

 v. subglabra, antice longitudinaliter fissa, caeterum in parte l /& — l /i superiore 5-loba, 

 lobis obtusissimis apiculatis subaequalibus semiorbicularibus v. anticis subrotundatis. 

 Stamina a tubo corollino libera, usque ad medium v. fere ad antheras soluta, sub 

 antheris margine parce pilosula. Stylus rectus; Stigmata subincurva superne paullo 

 attenuata. Capsula (ex Sond.) magnitudine seminis parvi Pisi. 



Habital in Africa australi. 



Obs. Descriptio ex specimin. Lamarckianis ab ill. Roeper benevole mecum 

 communicatis. Species ab insequentis var. ß nonnisi calyce diversa. 



2. Monopsis debilis Presl, annua, foliis alternis linearibus v. lanceo- 

 lato-linearibus, superne remote serratis; floribus ex axillis foliorum fere 

 omnium v. intermediorum et superiorum prodeuntibus, v. in spechn. . 

 pusillis ad apicem caulium parcis, longe pedunculatis; calycis tubo longius 

 v. brevius turbinato glabro v. pilis plus minus deorsum vergentibus 

 parce v. densissime villoso; corolla caerulea v. purpureo-violacea; Cap- 

 sula turbinata inferne curvata. 



Yar. a. pedunculo patente v. divaricato; corolla 7 — 7,5 mm. longa 

 lobis longioribus; antheris subrecur vis ; stigmatibus postremo fere ad pilos 

 collect, arcte revolutis et ex antherarum tubo longe productis. 



Monopsis debilis Presl! Prodr. Lob. p. 11; Sond. I. c. p. 534 (cum 

 synon.). 



Lobelia debilis Linn. fil. Suppl. 395. 



Dobrowskia serrati folia DC. Prodr. VII. 356 \ Sond. I. c.p.551. 



Yar. ß. conspicua Sond. pedunculo erecto v. patente; corolla 9 — 

 10 mm. longa lobis brevioribus; antheris subiucurvis; stigmatibus post- 

 remo parum revolutis, pilis collect, ex antherarum tubo non prodeun- 

 tibus 



Monopsis debilis var. ß. conspicua Sond. I. c. p. 534 (cum synon.). 

 Monopsis conspicua Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. IL 40. t. 2. 



Caulis raro simplex erectus vix 2.5 cm longus, plerumque supra basin ramosus, 

 ramis usque ad 30 cm longis ascendentibus , glabris v. superne plus minus pilosis. 

 Folia 1—3 cm longa, 1—3,5 mm lata, ad basin versus magis, nunc longe, angustata, 

 sessilia v. rarius petiolata, glabra v. margine infero v. etiam in superficie pilosa. Pe- 

 dunculus 1,5—3, raro usque ad 8 cm longus, postremo apice incurvus, pilis divari- 

 catis v. saepius retrorsis vestitus v. subglaber. Calycis lobi anguste lineares v. 

 lineari-subu'ati acuti, 3—5, raro — 7 mm longi, corollae 2 /5— 2 /$ partes aequantes 

 integri. Corolla dorso parce pilosa, saepius quoque minute puberula, antice longi- 

 tudinaliter fissa, caeterum in parte 1/6—1/3 superiore 5-loba, lobis subaequalibus v. in- 



