LXXVIII. LOBELIACEAD. 
201 
Lobelia .] 
Perak, Temengoh; Tapa (Ridley). Penang Hill. Distrib. Indo- 
Malaya, China. 
(2) L. Griffithii Hook. fil. Jotirn. Linn. Soc. ii. 28; F.B.I. 
iii. 424. 
Slender weak erect annual 3 to 12 in. tall, glabrous. Leaves 
few, sessile, oblong, *5 in. long, '12 in. wide, entire or few toothed. 
Pedicel slender, *25 in. long. Flowers as long; corolla bright blue. 
Capsule nearly orbicular, '12 in. long. Hab. Rare in wet grass. 
Perlis, Chupeng (Ridley). Distrib. Burma, Siam. 
2. PRATIA, Gaud. 
Herbs. Leaves alternate, toothed. Peduncles axillary, 1- 
flowered. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla oblique, 2-lipped, upper lip 
bifid, lower trifid. Ovary inferior, 2-celled. Berry ellipsoid 
crowned with calyx teeth. Seeds many, minute. Species 15, 
South-east Asia, Australasia, South America. 
(1) P. begonifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1373; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
iii. 422. 
Small, long creeping, rooting plant, pubescent. Leaves cordate, 
ovate, toothed, -25 to -5 in. long. Peduncles *5 to 1*5 in. long. 
Corolla green with pink marks. Berry -3 in. long ellipsoid, purple. 
Hab. High mountains at 4000 to 7000 ft. altitude. Selangor, 
Menuang Gasing (Kloss); Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson), 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. 
Isotoma longiflora Presl. An erect Herb about a foot tall, poisonous 
and very hot tasting, with lanceolate dentate leaves and long-tubed white 
flowers, the limb nearly regular, a native of the West Indies, has escaped from 
gardens in many places in Singapore and Penang, but has not established 
itself completely. 
Order LXXIX. CAMPANULACE/E. 
Herbs. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers solitary, or in 
cymes, sometimes scorpioid or racemed, regular. Calyx inferior. 
Corolla-tube short (or long), lobes equal and similar. Stamens as 
many; anthers free from style. Ovary inferior, 2- to 5-celled; 
ovules many. Fruit capsular or baccate indehiscent. Species 
about 600, whole world. 
Flowers solitary, peduncled; roots tuberous; berry 
white . . . . . . • .1. Campanum^A 
Flowers in dense axillary scorpioid cymes; berry 
small . ..2. Pentaphragma 
Flowers in dense terminal spikes; capsule circumsciss 3. Sphenoclea 
1. CAMPANUMiEA, Bl. 
Erect (or climbing) herbs; roots tuberous. Leaves opposite, 
round at base (or cordate). Flowers solitary or few in a forked 
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