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XI. On the Cultivation of the Monopsis Conspicua, a beautif ul 

 Annual, with a short Account of another Species of the same 

 Genus. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F. U.S. 

 fyc. Secretary. 



Read Nov. 3, 1812. 

 JMonopsis Conspicua, MSS. Lobelia Speculum. Andrews 

 in Bot. Rep. n. 644. cumlc. Lobelia Erinoides. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 ed. 1. p. 932. Lobelia caulibus ramosis procumbentibus, &c. 

 Linn. Hart. Cliff, p. 426. Campanula Africana annua angus- 

 tifolia, flore purpurascente major. Commel. Hort. Amst. v. 2. 

 p. 75. t. 38. figura ad dextram. Campanula minima Africana, 

 Erini facie, flore violaceo, caulibus procumbentibus. Herm. 

 Hort. Lugd.p. 108. exclusd Icone. 



These are all the synonyms I can find of this charming 

 plant, which constitutes a most distinct Genus in the natural 

 order of Lobele^e, and to which I have given the name of 

 Monopsis, from its nearly regular corolla of one face ; whereas 

 all true Lobelias have two faces, if I may use the expression, 

 one pointing backwards, the other forwards. That it is the 

 plant of Herman, on which Linn^us founded his Lobelia 

 Erinoides, I have not a shadow of doubt, from the excellent 

 description in Hortus Lugdunensis; but the figure there given 

 for it, is evidently some Lobelia, and I believe Erinus of the 

 Botanical Magazine* Herman informs us, that our plant 

 grows wild at the Cape of Good Hope, " in pascuis aliisque 

 " irriguis locis." Commelin's figure is exceedingly faithful 

 for his aera, and the character of the genus is preserved. 



This plant has been repeatedly introduced into this 



* Plate 901. 



