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LOBELIA*. 
Linnean Class and Order. PENTA'NDRlAf, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Lobei.ia'cea;, Juss. — Lindl. Syn. p. 137. ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 187. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 522. — Campa- 
nula'ce/e, Sect. 2. Juss. Gen. PI. p. 163. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. 
p. 117. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 453. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 3.) superior, of 1 sepal, deeply divided 
into 5 small, nearly regular permanent segments, surrounding the 
summit of the germen. Corolla (fig. 1.) of 1 petal, irregular; 
tube cylindrical, longer than the calyx, split along the upper side ; 
limb in 5 deep, spear-shaped segments ; the 2 uppermost small, 
most reflexed, and most deeply separated, constituting the upper 
lip; the rest more spreading, generally larger, forming the under 
lip. Filaments (fig. 2.) awl-shaped, as long as the tube, united at 
the top. Anthers united into a cylinder, separating at the base 
into 5 parts. Germen inferior, pointed. Style cylindrical, as long 
as the stamens. Stigma capitate (knobbed), usually 2-lobed, hairy. 
Capsule (fig. 3.) elliptical, angular, of 2 or 3 cells, and 2 or 3 
valves, which open at the top, within the circumference of the 
calyx ; Partitions contrary to the valves. Seeds numerous, minute, 
covering the conical receptacle. 
Distinguished from other genera in the same class and order, by 
the Monopetalous, superior, irregular corolla split lengthwise on 
the upper side ; the united anthers; blunt, usually 2-lobed, hairy 
stigma ; and the 2- or 3-celled capsule. 
Two species British. 
LOBE'LlA U'RENS. Acrid Lobelia. 
Spec. Char. Stem upright ; lower leaves inversely egg-shaped, 
slightly toothed; upper spear-shaped, serrated. Clusters terminal. 
Eng. Bot. t. 953. — Curt. F). Lond. t. — l.inn. Sp. PI. p. 1321. — Muds. 
FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p.378.— Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 213. Eng. FI. v. i. p 298. — 
With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 307. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 412. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
137. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 99. — FI. Devon, pp. 38 and 154. 
Localities. — On bushy heaths. — Very rare. — Devonshire ; On Shute Com- 
mon, between Axminster and Honilon: Mr. Newiiuhv. On the slope of Kil- 
inington Ilill, two miles from Axminster, close to the road : 1796; LoitDWtnn 
Slymouh. In ihe same place: 1831; Kev. Dr. Barnes, Christ Church, Ox- 
ford. Near Ottery St. Mary : 1800: Miss Burgess. 
Fig. 1. Corolla cut open longitudinally to show the 5 filaments.— Fig. 2. The 
5 Filaments, the Summits and the Anthers united. — Fig. 3. Germen, Calyx, 
and Style. — All a little magnified. 
* So named in honour of Mathias de Lobel, or L’Obel, a Flemish Physi- 
cian, who past the greatest part of his life in England, and was Botanist to King 
James the First lie was born at Brussels in 1538, and at an early age became 
enamoured with the love of Plants. In 1570 he published, in conjunction 
with Pena, the first edition of his Stirpium Adversaria; this afterwards 
underwent several improvements; it is a work of much merit, and abounds with 
curious information. In 1576 he published Observationes, sive Stirpium 
Historical, cui annexum est Advei'sa riorum Volumen, with 1486 figures, lie 
was through life a considerable traveller, and a zealous promoter of his favourite 
science, lie died in 1616, aged 78. 
t See Anchusa sempervirelis, p. 48, note f. 
