ISOT'OMA AXILLA RIS. 
AXILLARY-FLOWERED ISOTOMA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LOBELlACEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. Holland. 
18 inches. 
July, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1824. 
No. 218. 
Isotoma is, we presume, compounded of the Greek 
isos, equal; and temno, to cut, in allusion to the 
equally cut lobes of the corolla of this plant. The 
term Axillaris is used to distinguish this species on 
account of the peduncles, or flower stems, being ax- 
illary, or growing immediately from the axils of the 
leaves. 
The genus Isotoma, has emanated from Lobelia; 
and the present subject, Isotoma axillaris, is the 
Lobelia senecioides of Curtis’s Magazine ; but had 
nof been published as such previous to its appear- 
ance in the Botanical Register, on which account it 
seems to be most generally known as forming a dis- 
tinct genus. 
This pretty slender plant, like many other annuals 
that deserve to be known, and more generally culti- 
vated, is very seldom met with. This may not, per- 
haps be matter of surprise, when we consider the 
insufficiency of encouragement given by the whole- 
sale London seed merchant, to those who would be 
willing to raise scarce seeds. On the London deal- 
ers the greater part of the country is dependant for 
a supply, and they are determined enemies to the 
