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lia mucronata , 41 with fine red, and L. pectinate , 4 2 with blue flowers 
Amongst the most curious plants collected here is also to be mentioned 
an Eriogomim,* 3 with inflated clavate internodia, and dark red flowers, 
Phaseolus bilob at us, 4 4 is another interesting plant. 
i the fol 
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inately 
naked above, pedicels filiform, lower ones much longer than the flow^ ^ 
which is 15 to 18 lines in length; bright scarlet or crimson. Next to 
imberbis , Steud., but easily distinguished. 
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41 Lobelia mucronata , n. sp., perennis, caule simplici erecto, glabro, infra^n a m 
folioso, supra nudo; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, elougatis, acuminatis, Irgutejua; 
denticulatis; floribus laxe spicatis; bracteis linearibus glanduloso-dentatis, M p a i 
inferioribus pedicellum superantibus, superioribus eum aequantibus; caly-y esc 
cibus heinisphaericis et pedicellis hirtis; lobis calycis subuiatis iuburny 0 f 
duplo superantibus, tubum corollae dimidium aequantibus; lobis corollae ^ r0( 
superioribus lanceoLtis, inferrioribus ovatis jji|^cronatis. ■miho 
Oosihuiriachi along rivulets; flowers in September. Stem 1 to 2 feet Mtw j t 
high; racemes short, few (3 to 12) flowered; color of flower darker red ..j ]e g 
than in L. cardinalis , more like L. fulgens; distinguished from all simi- 
lar ones by the short lobes of the calyx, and the ovate mucronate lower • ^ 
segments of the corolla. ' 
I insert here the description of a nearly related species from the coun- ff 
try below Monterey. “ „ 
Lobelia phyllostachya, n. sp,, glabra, caule erecto, folioso; foliis lancep- 
latis, acuminatis, irregulariter dentatis s. inferioribus subintegris; spica y IJ 
infra foliosa, elongata, densiflora; bracteis serrulatis, inferioribus florem lc 
longe superantibus, superioribus pedicello longioribus; calycis g labri , r c 
laciniis subuiatis corollam vix aequamibus s. ea brevioribus; laciniis 
corollae superioribus linearibus, inferioribus lanceolato-linearibus, acumi- . 
natis. • " .; \ ./• 
Swamps between Monterey and Cerralbo; flowers in May. Near L.^W 
texensia , Rafl, but distinguished by its entire smoothness by the long (6 1ork c 
to 12 inches,) thick and fbliaceous spike, and by the shorter segments of”- 
the C r ly f-. 9*11 
4 2 Lobelia pectinata , n. sp., caule erecto, scabriusculo, folioso; folfis,pp eron 
bracteis et lobis calycinis pectinato-dentatis, scabris; foliis inferioribus ;;i nvo j u 
o bib n go-linearibus sessilibus, superioribus e basi lata cordata, decurrentej-jy^ 
angustatis; racemo elongato densifloro, bracteis florem subaequantibus >swing e< 
calycis tubo turbinato pedicellum aequante, lobis duplo breviore; tuboi eart ^ 
corollae brevi, lobis superioribus lanceolatis, inferioribus ovatis, ad medi-, atl( j 
um coalitis; antheris styloque inclusis, 2 inferioribus apice barbatis. JL j n € 
Oosihuiriachi in moist places; flowers in September. Annual (?) 1 to 1^ ^ r| 
)t high; leaves about 1 inch long; spike dense 4 to 6 inches long, blue p . 
foot 
flowers 6 lines long; tube with 3 slits abbut the middle. 
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Flriogonum atrorubms , n. sp., perennjfjf, foliis radicalisms, petiolatjsy^^ 
lanceolatis, elongatis, villosis; caulis gl^ibri glauci internodiis superne |u-, a J. 
midis, clavatis; caule iteratim dichotorrio, ad bifurcationes bracteis subu v Ul 
latis pilosis instructas involucrum alarem elongate-pedicel latum gerente;^ ^ UI] 
involucris campanulatis 5-dentatis, margine pilosis, multifloris. JL, on 
Oosihuiriachi on the banks of streamlets, flowers in September. Peren-{ er , !*?> 
riial,,!^ to 2 feet high ; leaves all radical, 5 to fi inches long, 9 lines wide,|j| sh 
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