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G. LONGIFLORA, G. Don ; syn. CANTUA LONGIFLORA, Torrey. 
Plant quite smooth ; leaves finely pinnatifid. Stem much branched, panicled at top ; flowers in loose corymbs; 
corolla salver-shaped, with a very long tube. A very remarkable species, having very much the appearance of 
a Phlox. A native of the Canadian river, not yet introduced. 
G. CRASSIFOLIA, Bentli. 
Leaves pinnatifid and woolly, flowers rather small and yellowish. The plant, which grows nearly two feet 
high, is a native of Chili, and was introduced in 1832. 
G. LACINIATA, Ruiz et Pavon; syn. CANTUA BREVIFLORA, Juss. ; THONNIA MULTIFIDA, Domb. 
Flowers purplish, and jagged at the edges ; leaves also much cut and pinnatifid. A native of Chili and Peru, 
but found also in California. Introduced in 1831. 
G. MULTICAULIS, Bentli. 
Flowers blue, on very long peduncles; leaves bipinnate. A native of California, sent home by Douglas in 
1833. 
CHAPTER XXIX. 
LOBELIACEJE. 
Essential Character. —Calyx superior, 5-toothed, or 5-parted. 
Corolla monopetalous, irregular, inserted in the calyx. Limb 5-lobed, 
or 5-cleft. Stamens 5, perigynous. Anthers combined. Ovarium 
usually 2-celled. Stigma usually 2-lobed, surrounded by a cup¬ 
like fringe. Fruit capsular or baccate; 1_2-celled ; many-seeded. 
Albumen fleshy. Milky herbs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers 
axillary, and terminal.—(G. Don.) 
Description, See. — Nearly all the plants belonging to this order are remarkable for the beauty of their 
flowers, which are of the most splendid colours ; but they are all dangerous in their qualities, on account of an 
acrid milk, in which they abound. The order consists of many genera ; only a few of which contain annual 
plants. 
GENUS I. 
LOBELIA, Pohl. THE LOBELIA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character_ Limb of the calyx 5-parted. Corolla with ] bilabiate limb. Anthers cohering ; two lower ones usually bearded. 
the tube cleft on the upper side, and thickened at the base, with a | Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, dehiscent at the apex.—( G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —The genus Lobelia formerly included a great many flowers very dissimilar to each other ; 
but it is now divided into several genera, nearly all the annual species, however, being still included in the true 
Lobelias. The name is taken from L’Obel, a Flemish botanist, who was appointed botanist of James I.; and 
it is interesting as being one of the first names bestowed in compliment to a living person. Pohl, who 
named the genus Lobelia, was indeed the first in modern times who introduced the practice, now so common, of 
complimenting individuals by naming plants after them with which they had no connexion. 
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