2 WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
Taken as a whole, however, this order is a harmless and also a rather useless one from a 
utilitarian point of view. 
The Goodenias and Scaevolas, natives of Australia, grown in greenhouses, belong to the 
family Goodeniaceae, an order very near akin to the Bell-flower Family. 
Table Shewing the Different Structure in the Different Genera. 
I. Lobelia. Corolla irregular, 2-lipped (bilabiate) ; anthers united into a tube round the style ; 
style with a fringe of hairs below the stigma; capsule opening at the top by 2 or 3 
valves. 
II. Sheep’s-bit (Jasi'o'ne). Flowers and fruits clustered in heads ; corolla deeply cut into 
5 narrow, spreading lobes ; anthers united into a ring at the base ; capsule opening at 
the top by 2 short broad valves. 
III. Wahlenberg'ia. Corolla bell-shaped ; anthers free ; capsule opening at the top by 3 
teeth. 
IV. Rampion (Phyteu'ma). Flowers and fruits clustered in heads or spikes ; corolla cylin- 
drical, deeply divided into 5 narrow lobes ; anthers free ; capsule bursting at the sides. 
V . Bell-flower (Campan'ula). Corolla bell-shaped ; anthers free ; capsule opening at the side 
by clefts, or at the top by valves. 
VI. Venus’ Looking-glass (Legou'sia). Corolla with a very short tube, and a flat star-like limb 
(rotate) ; capsules long and narrow, opening towards the top by clefts. 
I. LOBELIA. Linn. — Flowers generally blue or lilac, in narrow terminal clusters (racemes), 
each flower having a small bract at its base. Calyx-tube adhering to the seedcase and separating 
into 5 teeth, remaining with the fruit (persistent) ; corolla-tube separating into 2 lips, the upper lip 
cut to the base into 2 erect or recurved lobes, and the lower lip less deeply cut into 3 spreading 
lobes, inserted in the throat of the calyx-tube (epigynous) ; stamens 5, the anthers united into a 
tube round the style, the 2 lower ones often bearded at the apex, inserted with the corolla 
at the top of the seedcase (epigynous) ; carpels 2 or rarely 3, united into a seedcase with as many 
cells as there are carpels, and 1 style which has a fringe of hairs round the stigma. Fruit a many- 
seeded capsule with as many cells and opening at the apex by as many valves as there are carpels. 
Herbs with, in the British species, undivided leaves. 
(1) Water Lobelia. (Lobelia Dortman'na.) — Water plant. Capsule drooping, longer than 
the calyx ; leaves quill-like. 
(2) Acrid Lobelia. (Lobdlia urens.) — Capsule erect, shorter than the calyx ; leaves oblong. 
1. Water Lobelia. (Lobelia Dortman na. Linn.) — A submerged water plant, with the 
almost leafless flowering-stems rising 6-8 inches above the water. The flowers drooping (as 
just described above), f-i inch long, of a pale lilac colour, the corolla 2-lipped (bilabiate), 
3-15 in a long, loose, simple, erect cluster (raceme) ; the capsule drooping, longer than the calyx ; 
the leaves entirely submerged, nearly cylindrical, hollow, composed of 2 parallel tubes, all growing 
from the root in tufts and forming a dense green mat at the bottom of the water. [ Plate 1. 
Not uncommon in the shallows of mountain lakes with clear, gravelly bottoms. In Wales, 
Shropshire, and Cumberland ; Scotland; and Ireland. July — August. Perennial. 
2. Acrid Lobelia. (Lobelia urens. Linn.) — Flowers inch long, erect, 2-lipped 
(bilabiate), purple, in long rather dense clusters (racemes). [As described in the genus Lobelia.] 
Capsules erect, shorter than the calyx. Stems 1-2 feet high, simple or slightly branched, erect, 
