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Claytoniana. 
Kalmii. 
CLASS XV.— MONADELPHIA. 
ORDER I. PENTANDRIA. 
305. LOBELIA. Gen. pi. 1363. {Lobeliacex.) 
Calix 5-cleft. Corolla monopetalous, irregu- 
lar, on the upper side cleft nearly to its base. 
Stamina united into a tube. Stigma S- 
lobed; involucrate! involucrum (or indu- 
sium) bearded. Capsule inferior or semi- 
superior, S or 3-celled, opening at the sum- 
mit. Seeds minute, scabrous. — J\Tutt. 
1. L. erect, simple, subpiibescent ; leaves oblong, 
somewhat obtuse, radical ones entire, those of 
the stem above, denticulate j raceme virgate, 
bractes subulate. — Mich, and Pursh. 
L. spicata, Lamark. 
Rapuntium foliis villosis mollibus, &c. Gron. Virg. 
Clayton’s Lobelia. 
About eighteen inches high ; flowers blue. In cultivated 
fields and woods, common. Perennial. July, August. 
2. L. slender, erect, somewhat simple ; radical 
leaves spathulate, stem leaves linear, very 
slightly denticulate; flowers racemose, alter- 
nate, remote, pedicellate. — fVilld. 
A delicate species, about a foot high, with blue flowers. In 
fields and meadows, common. Annual. July, August. 
Does this plant differ from the one below, which I have quot- 
ed on the authority of Mr. Nuttall ^ The plant intended by me 
referred to the above name, was considered by Dr. Muhlenberg 
the Kahnii, and without any doubt. Mr. Nuttall makes this 
different; and as the plant has not flowered since I have seen 
