Lobelia Urens, 
Acrid Lobelia, 
LOBELIA. Linn . Gen . P/. Syngenesia Monogamia, 
Cal. 5-fidus. Corolla i-petala, irregularis. Cap/, infera, 2 -f. 3-locularis. 
LOBELIA ///mr caule ere&iufculo foliis inferioribus fubrotundis crenatis, fuperioribus lanceolatis 
ferratis, floribus racemofis. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 3. p. 1321. Mant. p. 482. 
LOBELIA caule ere&o, foliis lanceolatis fubdentatis, fpica laxa longa terminali. Locjl. it. 167. 
LOBELIA foliis oblongo-ovatis, floribus laxe fpicatis. Guett. Stamp. 1. p. 35. Dalib. Parif. 268. 
RAPUNCULUS galeatus blefenfis f. folonienfis flore violaceo minore. Mori/. Hifi. 2. p. 407. fi. 5. t. 5. 
f- 5 6 - 
RAPUNTIUM urens folonienfe. Mori/, blejf, 300. Bocc. fic* 20. t. 11. var. 11.3. Rail Hi/i. 746. 
Monnier Obf. 131. 
DRABA flore czeruleo galeato. Bauh. Prodr. 53. Pin. 110. 
Planta, la&efcens, Izevis, acris. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa. 
CAULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, ereflus, ramofus, an- 
gulofus. 
RAMI adfcendentes, tetragoni. 
FOLIA alterna, feflilia, fubdecurrentia, inferiora ob- 
longa, obtufa, bafi anguftata, varie dentata, 
apice fa;pe trifida, fuperiora lanceolata, denti- 
culata. 
FLORIS violacei, inodori, numerofi, fecundi, race- 
mofi. 
RACEMI femipedales, erefti, brafleati. 
BRACTEAE inferiores lanceolatze, denticulatae, apice 
tricornes, fuperioris fubulatae, omnibus ad 
lentem fcabriufculis. 
FLORES plerumque folitarii, pedunculati, pedunculis 
brevibus, flipula fubulata rubro terminata ad 
balin utrinque. 
CALYX: Perianthium fuperum, perfiftens, quin- 
quepartitum, laciniis fubulatis, patentibus, 
fuprema caeteris paulo longiore, ad lentem 
hirfutulis, fig. 1. 
COROLLA monopetala, ad lentem villofula, tubulofa, 
tubus calyce duplo longior, fuperne longitu- 
dinaliter divifus ; Limbus quinquepartitus, bi- 
labiatus ; labium inferius tripartitum, laciniis 
ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, dependens, tu- 
berculis duobus albis in fauce notatis, fupe- 
rius bipartitum, laciniis anguftioribus, ere£iis, 
remotis, paululum recurvis, fig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, alba, fuperne con- 
nata; Anthers e fufco-nigricantes, pilis ad $ 
margines canefcentibus, fig. 3. | 
PISTILLUM: Germen inferum, fulcatum; Stylus & 
filiformis, longitudine flaminum, fu perne paulo $ 
craflior; Stigma obtufum, villofum, jig. 4. k 
The plant milky, fmooth, and acrid. 
ROOT perennial, fibrous. 
STALK from one to two feet high, upright, branched, 
angular. 
BRANCHES afcending, four-cornered. 
LEAVES alternate, feflile, fomewhat decurrent, the 
lowermoft oblong, obtufe, narrowed at the 
bafe, varioufly indented, often trifid at the 
point, the upperiiioft.lanceolate, finely toothed. 
FLOWER violet-coloured, fcentlefs, numerous, grow- 
ing to one fide in racemi. 
RACEMI about fix inches in length, upright, furnifh- 
ed with bra&eze. 
BRACTEAt,, the lowermoft lanceolate, finely toothed, 
terminating at top in three little horns, the 
uppermoft awl-fliaped, all of them appear- 
ing rough if magnified. 
FLOWERS ufually fingle, on peduncles, peduncles 
Ihort, furnifhed on each fide at the bafe with 
an awl-fhaped ftipula tipped with red. 
CALYX: a Perianthium placed above the ger- 
men, continuing, divided into five fegments 
which are fubulate and fpreading, the upper- 
moft a little longer than the others, flightly 
hirfute if magnified, fig. 1. 
COROLLA : monopetalous, flightly villous if magni- 
fied, tubular, tube twice the length of the 
calyx, longitudinally divided above ; Limb 
deeply divided into nve fegments, two-lipped ; 
under lip tripartite, fegments ovato-lanceolate, 
long-pointed, and depending, at the entrance 
of the throat marked with two white tu- 
bercles, upper lip bipartite, fegments nar- 
rower, upright, remote from each other, and 
fomewhat bent back, fig. 2. 
STAMINA: five Filaments, of a white colour, 
united together above; Anthers of a 
brownilh black colour, with grey hairs on 
their edges, fig. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen below the calyx, grooved ; 
Style filiform, the length of the ftamina, 
a little thickened abGve; Stigma obtufe and 
villous, fig. 4. 
The Lobelia urens is one of our native plants which it has fallen to the lot of very few Englifli Botanifts to 
fee, either wild or cultivated, its place of growth being altogether local and confined to a part of the ifland 
comparatively but little frequented by Botanifts ; in France and Spain it is more common : for more than 
twenty years we were anxioufly defirous of obtaining this plant ; once we had the mortification of travelling in 
a jiage coach clofe by the fpot where it was faid to grow : our wifhes were at length gratified by the kindnefs of 
the Right Hon. Lord Webb Seymour, who two years fince fent us up roots and fpecimens, accompanied with 
a letter, which, as it defcribes minutely its place of growth and other circumftances, we have taken the liberty 
to add to our account of this plant. 
“ Bradley- Houfie, 
