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grown, notwithstanding the beauty of its flowers, which greatly resemble those of the now well-known Cali- j 
fornian annual, Clintonia. This species of Lobelia is 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. 
Synonyms. — Rapuntium Aithiopicum, Herm. I Specific Character — Leaves oblong, dentately pinnatifid ; stem 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 644 ; and om Jig. 3, in Plate 67. | 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.— LOBELIA CtERULEA, Sims. THE AZURE-BLUE LOBELIA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 2701 ; and our Jig. 2, in Plate C7. the base ; flowers in a long terminal raceme ; corolla deeply cut; limb 
Specific Character. — Stems short, decumbent at the base, and longer than the tube, 
densely leaved ; leaves lanceolate, dentately pinnatifid, attenuated at 
Description, &c. — The leaves of this species closely resemble those of L. coronopifoUa, but the flowers are 
very different ; 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, LaL THE VARIOUS-LEAVED LOBELIA. 
Engravings Bot. Reg. t. 2014 ; and our^^. 1, in Plate 67. I 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 I 
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. Veitcli’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. 
Synonyme. — Parastranthus simplex, Dec. lanceolate, serrated, glabrous. Flowers sessile and almost spicate. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 1319; and our Jig. 7, in PI. 67. Corolla reversed. Segments much longer than the tube. 
Specific Character. — Stem procumbent at the base, leafy. Leaves 
Description, &c. — This pretty little Lobelia is so different from the generality of the species, that it has been 
made into a separate genus with only the two following kinds. 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, 
