MONADELPMIA 'PENTANDRIA. Lobelia. 
447 
Id low sandy fields and meadows : Canada to Carolina. 
(^. 0‘ Aug. V. V. Flowers small, blue. 
3. L. erecta, simplex, subpubescens 5 foliis oblongis obtu- 
siusculis, radicalibus integerrimis, caulinis superne 
denticulatis, racemo virgato, bracteis subulatis.— 
Mich.Ji. amer.2, p. 153. 
Rapuntium foliis villosis mollibus, &c. Gron, virg. 135. 
L. spicata.. Lani, encycL 3. p. 587» 
L. goodenioides. Willd. hort. heroi. 30. cum icone. 
In shady woods and on grassy hills : New York to Caro- 
lina. 11, 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.Ji. 
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, subram osa, subpubescens, lucida j foliis lan- 
ceolatis glanduloso-serrulatis subcarnosis, floribus ra* 
cera^osis brevi -pedunculatis, calycis laciniis revolutis 
dentatis. — Walt.Ji. car. 218. 
L. crassiuscnla. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 152. 
In pine-swamps : Virginia to Florida. 7/. July, Aug, 
V. V. From eight inches to a foot high 5 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. 
}/. July, Aug. V. V. From one to two feet highj 
flowers middle size, sky blue. 
7 . L. erecta, simplex, hirtella ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis sub- 
serratis, racemo folioso, calycibus hirsutis, sinubus 
reflexis.— sp. pl. 1. p. 945 . 
Icon. Eob. ic. 130. Jacq. ic. 3. t. 5g7. 
In low grounds, on the banks of rivers and near springs : 
New York to Carolina, 7/ . 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. 
Clay Ionian a. 
amoena. 
glandulosa. 
piiherida^ 
SlphilUica. 
