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Synonymes. — L. stimulans, Ham. ; the branchy Lobelia. 
ENGRiTiNG.— Bot. Mag. t. 2387. 
Specific Character. — Smooth. Leaves lanceolate, serrulated, 
2.— LOBELIA PYRAMIDALIS, Wall. THE PYRAMIDAL LOBELIA. 
acuminated ; upper ones linear, attenuated. Racemes leafy, paniculated. 
Segments of the vs\yx subulate, equal in length to the corolla. Stem 
erect, branchy. 
Description, &c. — This is a tall-growing plant, with erect, smooth stems, three or four feet high. The 
steins and leaves are rather ornamental, as the stems are lilac, and the leaves are long and slender, and delicately 
serrated ; but the flowers are not very handsome, and they are nearly liidden by their long bracts, and the long 
slender segments of the limb of the calyx. It is a native of Upper Nepal, and it was introduced in 1809. It 
requires a slight protection during winter. 
3.— LOBELIA FULGENS, Pursh. THE REFULGENT LOBELIA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. 165 ; Bot. Rep. t. 659 ; and our Jig. i, elongatelylanceolate,attenuated,nearIyentire. Raceme many-flowered ; 
in PI. 65. style and stamens longer than the corolla. 
Specific Charactkr. — Simple, erect, somewhat pubescent. Leaves 
Description, &c. — This very splendid species is a native of Mexico, and was introduced from that country 
by Messrs. Humboldt and Bompland. This species very nearly resembles Lobelia splendens, but it differs in 
being covered all over with a fine close down, and in the flowers being somewhat lighter, and of a more glowing 
scarlet. The species was introduced in 1 809. The great art of cultivating this plant is allowing it plenty of 
water. 
4.— LOBELIA SPLENDENS, Willd. THE SPLENDID LOBELIA. 
Specific Character. — Leaves narrowly lanceolate, denticulate, flat at the margin ; stem very smooth ; raceme terminal. 
Engraving. — Bot. Reg. t. 60. 
Description, &c. — This species is nearly allied to the last, but it is perfectly smooth in all its parts 
instead of being covered with a short close pubescence. It is also a taller growing plant, and much more hardy, 
as it will continue in blossom till November without its flowers being apparently injured by frost. It should 
be grown in rich loam, and allowed plenty of water while the flower-buds are forming. Both this species and 
fulgens look exceedingly well on the margin of a piece of water, as in a situation of this kind, where their roots 
can get access to plenty of moisture, the plants become exceedingly strong and vigorous, and produce an 
abundance of splendidly dark-coloured flowers. The species is a native of Mexico, and it was brought to Europe 
with L. fulgens, though it was not introduced into England till 1814. 
6.— LOBELIA SPECIOSA, D. Don. THE SHOWY LOBELIA. 
Specific Character. — The whole plant covered with velvet pubes- 
cence ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, acutely denticulated ; raceme 
loosely spicate ; peduncles bibracteate ; segments of the calyx recurved 
at the edges, and slightly waved. 
Synonymes. — L. syphilatica, var. hybrida, Hook. ; Low's purple 
Lobelia, Lindl. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 3604; Bot. Reg. t. 1445; Sweet's 
Brit. Flow. Gard. 2d ser. t. 174. ; and om fig. 2, in PI. 65. 
Description, &c. — This very beautiful plant is evidently a hybrid, though it is not known with certainty 
by whom it was raised, or between what species. In the Botanical Magazine it is said to be the ofl^spring of 
L. syphilatica, a blue-flowering species, and L. cardinalis, the flowers of which are of a bright scarlet. In the 
Botanical Register the same origin is given to it, and it is said to have been raised in Scotland, from which 
country it was procured by Mr. Low, of the Clapton Nursery, and hence the name given to it in the Botanical 
Register, of Low's purple. In Sweet's British Flower Garden another origin is given to it, and it is said to 
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