„,„ THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
crown, notwithstanding the beauty of its flowers, vi'hich greatly resemble those of the now well-known Cali- 
fornian annual, Clintonia. This species of Lobelia Ls a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and consequently 
requires protection during winter ; though, like all the half-hardy Lobelias, it flowers freely in the open ground 
during summer. It was introduced in 1752. 
13.— LOBELIA CORONOPIFOLIA, Lin. THE BUCK'S-HORN-LEAVED LOBELIA. 
Sykonvme. Rapuntium ^thiopicum, Herm. I Specific Character — Leaves oblong, dentately pinnatifid ; stem 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 644 ; and our fig. 3, in Plate 67. 1 erect and hairy ; peduncles elongated. 
Description, &c. — This species is remarkable for a tuft of radical leaves at the base of its stem, which are so 
deeply dentate as to look like small stag's horns, and hence the specific name. The flowers are large, and very 
handsome ; only two are produced on each stem, and sometimes there is only one. This species is a native of 
the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was introduced in 1787- It requires protection during winter. 
14._L0BELIA C(ERULEA, Sims. THE AZURE-BLUE LOBELIA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 2701 ; and out fiff. 2, in Plate 67. the base ; flowers in a long terminal raceme j corolla deeply cut j limh 
Specific Character. — Stems short, decumbent at the base, and longer than the tube. 
densely leaved ; leaves lanceolate, dentately pinnatifid, attenuated at 
DESCRiPnoN, &c. — The leaves of this species closely resemble those of L. coronopi/olia, but the flowers are 
very diiferent ; as, in the former species, the tube is longer than the limb, which is entire, or nearly so, while 
in this the limb is longer than the tube, and is deeply cut. The present species is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, whence it was introduced in 1823. It requires protection during winter. 
15.— LOBELIA HETEROPHYLLA, Lab. THE VARIOUS-LEAVED LOBELIA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. 2014 ; and our fig. 1, in Plate 67. ones linear, quite entire ; lower lip of the corolla deeply cut, middle 
Specific Character. — Very smooth ; stem angular, simple ; ra- segment obcordate. 
cemes secund ; leaves fleshy, lower ones dentately pinnatifid ; upper 
Description, &c. — This very beautiful plant is a native of Van Diemen's Land, whence it was sent to 
England in 1836. It has the peculiarity of growing and flowering equally well in the open air, in a greenhouse, 
and in a stove ; and it also has the singular property of continuing to flower for a long time after it has been 
cut. A specimen in Mr. Veitch's Nursery, at Exeter, which was hung up in the stove without any soil, 
continued flowering for above a month ; and a cut specimen that I had in a glass at Bayswater, continued 
opening fresh flowers for nearly three weeks. The flowers are very large, and of a deep rich blue. 
16.— LOBELIA LUTEA, Lin. THE YELLOW LOBELIA. 
lanceolate, serrated, glabrous. Flowers sessile and almost spicato. 
Corolla reversed. Segments much longer than the tube. 
Synonvme. — Parastranthus simplex, Dec. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 1319; and our fig. 7, in PI. 67. 
Specific Character. — Stem procumbent at the base, leafy. Leaves 
Description, &c. — This pretty little Lobelia is so difitrent from the generality of the species, that it has been 
made into a separate genus with only the two following kind's. The corolla has scarcely any tube, and is 
reversed ; that is, the three segments which form the lower lip in most of the species, in this form the upper lip. 
