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LXXVIII. LOBELIACE^E. 
[Lobelia. 
1. LOBELIA, Linn. 
Herbs, small (or shrubby and sometimes very tall). Leaves 
alternate. Inflorescence i-flowered, axillary (or racemose) terminal. 
Calyx-teeth turbinate or obovoid, 5-lobed, Corolla, upper lip 2-, 
lower 3-lobed, usually blue. Ovary 2-celled. Stigma bifid. 
Capsule 2-valved. Seeds many, minute. Species 200, whole 
world. 
Creeping ascending herb; leaves ovate, petioled . . (*) L. affinis 
Erect; leaves oblong, sessile . . . . . (2) L. Griffithii 
Fig. 89.—Lobelia affinis. 
( 1 ) L. affinis Wall. Cat. 1311; King, l.c. 52. 
Creeping ascending pubescent (or glabrate) herb about 6 in. 
long. Leaves ovate round, base truncate or cordate, tip acute, 
hairy beneath, *5 to 2 in. long, -5 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles *3 to 
6 in. long. Flowers solitary, axillary on pedicels nearly 1 in. 
long. Calyx obconic, lobes linear, hairy. Corolla *25 in. long, pale 
blue or white or violet. Capsule ribbed. Hab. Common in damp 
spots, variable in height and size of leaves. Singapore, Bukit ■ 
Timah; Kranji. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca, Bukit Tungul. 
Pahang River; Telom. Selangor, Batu Caves; Dusun Tua. 
