MON ABELFMIA PENTANDRI A. Lobelia. 
44f 
In low sandy fields and meadows : Canada to Carolina. 
<$. ©. July, Aug. v. v. Flowers small, blue. 
3. L. erecta, simplex, subpubescens ; foliis oblongis obtu- 
siusculis, radicalibus integerrimis, caulinis superne 
denticulatis, racemo virgato, bracteis subulatis. — 
Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 153. 
Rapuntium foliis villosis mollibus, &c. Gron . virg . 135. 
L. spicata. Lam . encycl. 3. p. 587* 
L. goodenioides. Willd . Aor/. Z>ero/. 30. cum icone. 
In shady woods and on grassy hills : New York to Caro- 
lina. 1/ . July — Sept. v. v . About eighteen inches 
high ; flowers pale blue, small. 
4. L. erecta, glaberrima; foliis lato-lanceolatis serratis, 
spica multiflora secunda, calycis laciniis integerrimis, 
corollae laciniis inferioribus ovalibus acutis. — Mich.Jl. 
amer . 2. p. 153. 
On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/ . July, 
Aug. v. v. Flowers of a beautiful sky-blue. From 
two to three feet high. 
5. L. erecta, subramosa, subpubescens, lucida ; foliis lan- 
ceolatis glanduloso-serrulatis subcarnosis, floribus ra- 
cemosis brevi-pedunculatis, calycis laciniis revolutis 
dentatis. — Walt.jl. car. 218. 
L. crassiuscula. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 152. 
In pine-swamps : Virginia to Florida. 1/. July, Aug. 
v. v. From eight inches to a foot high ; flowers 
dark blue. 
6. L. erecta, simplicissima, pubescens ; foliis oblongo-ova- 
libus repando-serrulatis, floribus spicatis alternis sub- 
sessilibus, germinibus hispidis, calycibus ciliatis. — 
Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. 152. 
In the range of mountains, from Virginia to Carolina. 
2/. July, Aug. v. v. From one to two feet high; 
flowers middle size, sky blue. 
7. L. erecta, simplex, hirtella ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis sub- 
serratis, racemo folioso, calycibus hirsutis, sinubus 
reflexis. — IVilld. sp. pl. 1. p. 945. 
Icon. Rob. ic. 130. Jacq. ic. 3. t. 597- 
In low grounds, on the banks of rivers and near springs : 
New York to Carolina. 1/- • July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 
large, blue. This plant is possessed of great medicinal 
virtues ; on account of which it was introduced 
into Europe nearly two hundred years ago. 
Claytoniana . 
amoena . 
glandulosa . 
puberula . 
Siphilitica . 
