LOBELIA. 
£58 
failing, and repeated In the evening; the dofe is gradu¬ 
ally Increafed till its purgative effects become too violent, 
when it is to be intermitted for a day or two, and then 
renewed till a perfect cure is effected. During the ufe of 
this medicine a proper regimen is enjoined, and the ul¬ 
cers are alfo to be frequently waffled with the decoftion, 
or, if deep and foul, to be fprinkled with the powder of 
the inner bark of New Jerfey tea-tree (Ceanothus Ameri- 
canus). Although the plant is faid to cure the dileafe in 
a very Ihort time, yet its virtues have not been confirmed 
by any inftances of European practice. 
25. Lobelia laflefcens, or milky lobelia: fhrubby, leaves 
fmootb, elliptic-lanceolate, ferrate; peduncles axillary, 
folitary, without brailes, calyxes fmootb. This fpecies is 
native" of the ifland of St. Helena. It is probably the 
fame with L. arborea of Fortier, found in the Society Hies. 
26. Lobelia Surinamenfis, or Surinam lobelia: fuffruti- 
cofe; leaves oblong, ferrate, fmooth; peduncles axillary, 
folitary, bracted at the bafe, calyxes torulofe. L. laevigata, 
■which is the fame with this, is thus defcribed in the Sup¬ 
plement : Stem herbaceous, fmooth, round ; leaves alter¬ 
nate, petioled, elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, acute, fmooth, 
ferrate; calyx fuperior, with five awl-Ihaped patulous 
teeth; corolla oblong, tubular, incurved, red, with a ca¬ 
vity at the bafe within and below the ftamens; Itamens 
longer than the corolla; capfule globular, crowned with 
the calyx, two-celled; feeds minute. Native of the Weft 
Indies; introduced in 1786, by Mr. Alexander Ander- 
fon ; flowers in April. 
27. Lobelia inflata, or bladder-podded lobelia: Item 
upright; leaves ovate, fubferrate, longer than the pedun¬ 
cle; capfules inflated. This is a biennial plant in Eng¬ 
land. Stems 'channelled, hairy, two feet high. Leaves 
about two inches long, and one broad in the middle, 
feflile, light green. Flowers fmall, on long, flender, ax¬ 
illary peduncles, forming a loofe fpike; corolla light blue. 
It fl owers in July, and the feeds ripen in September. Na¬ 
tive of Virginia and Canada. Cultivated by Mr. Miller 
in 1759. 
28. Lobelia Cliffortiana, or purple lobelia: ftem up¬ 
right, leaves cordate, even, obfoletely toothed, petioled; 
eorymb terminating. This is an annual plant. The ftem 
rifes about a foot high, and then divides into four or five 
fmaller, which grow erecl. The lower part has heart- 
Ihaped fmooth leaves, an inch and a half long, and three 
quarters of an inch broad at the bafe, leflening to a point 
at the end, on Ihort petioles. The upper flender Items 
are thinly furniihed with fmall purplilh flowers to the 
top. It is a native of America : Linnaeus fays of Virginia 
and Canada; but Mr. Miller gives it to Jamaica, whence 
Dr. Houftoun fent him the feeds; he cultivated it in 1739, 
29. Lobelia urens, or flinging lobelia: ftem upright; 
fmooth, angular; leaves lanceolate, toothed, fmooth ; 
racemes fpike-Ihaped ; calycine fegments awl-Ihaped, even. 
Stem nearly upright, fomewhat curved ; from twelve to 
eighteen inches high; Ample, fmpoth, angular; the an¬ 
gles rough. The whole plant is milky, of a warm talte, 
and, if chewed, efpecially the root, excites a pungent 
fenfe of burning in the tongue. Native of France, Spain, 
and England ; on Shute Common, between A.xminlter and 
Honiton ; flowers in July and Auguft. 
30. Lobelia minuta, or lealt lobelia 1 root-leaves ovate, 
fcapes capillary. This is a minute annual plant, like Ca- 
jheraria and Bellium, only about an inch high. Root fili¬ 
form, creeping by runners. It is allied to L. Laurentia, 
but is more tender, without any bracte on the fcape. It 
differs from L. erinus in having no ftem but the fcape or 
naked flowering llalk. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Introduced in 1772, by Monf. Richard. It flowers from 
June to September. 
31. Lobelia volubilis, or twining lobelia: ftem twining. 
Stem filiform, contrary, herbaceous. Native of the Cape, 
where it was found both by Sparrman and Thunberg. 
III. With a proftrate Item, andgalhed leaves. 32. Lo¬ 
belia Laurentia, or Italian annual lobelia : Item prof- 
trate; leaves lanceolate-oval, crenate; ftem branched 5 
peduncles folitary, one-flowered, very long. This is fel- 
dom more than three or four inches high. The leaves re¬ 
ferable thole of the common daily in lhape and fize. Na¬ 
tive of Italy, about Pifa ; in the ifland of Elba, Corfica, 
and Sicily. Micheli made this a diltinft genus under the 
name of Laurentia, in compliment to Marcantonio Lau- 
renti, M. D. and profelTor at Bologna. 
33. Lobelia repanda, or ferpentine-leaved lobelia: ftem 
proftrate, quite Ample ; leaves roundifli, repand-toothed ; 
peduncles axillary, folitary, one-flowered. Native of 
New Zealand. 
34. Lobelia erir.us, or fmall fpreading lobelia: ftem pa¬ 
tulous, leaves lanceolate, fomewhat toothed, peduncles 
very long. This is an annual plant; a fpan high. Flow¬ 
ers fmall and blue, appearing in July; fucceeded by fmall 
roundifli feed-veflels, filled with fmall feeds which ripen 
in September. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Said 
in the Kew Catalogue to have been introduced by Mr. 
Mafl'on in 1774; but was cultivated by Mr. Miller in 
1 759 - 
35. Lobelia erinoides, or trailing lobelia : ftem proftrate, 
filiform; leaves petioled, oblong, toothed. This alio is 
an annual plant, with many flender trailing herbaceous 
Ample Items, half a foot long. It is a native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Said in the Kew Catalogue to have been 
introduced by Mr. Mafl'on in 1786; but was cultivated by 
Mr. Miller in 1759. 
36. Lobelia anceps, or double lobelia : leaves lanceolate, 
decurrent. Root annual. It may perhaps be a variety of 
the preceding. Native of the Ealt Indies. 
37. Lobelia pubefeens, or downy-leaved lobelia: Items 
angular, proftrate; leaves lanceolate, toothed, rough- 
haired, peduncles axillary, one-flowered. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, where it was found by Mr. W. Pa- 
terlon ; introduced in 1780, by the countefs of Strath¬ 
more; flowers from May to Auguft. 
38. Lobelia Zeylanica, or Ceylon lobelia: Hems pro¬ 
cumbent, leaves ovate, ferrate, acute, lower obtufe, pe¬ 
duncles one-flowered, capfules fubvillofe. This is a fmall 
plant, that has the appearance of Veronica Chamtedrys,, 
Stem creeping. Leaves alternate, petioled, alnioft fmooth; 
lower obtufe, crenate; upper acute, Ihaiply ferrate. Pe¬ 
duncles axillary, fubfolitary, longer than 'the leaf, pube- 
feent. Stem round. Leaves cordate, frr.ooth, petioled. 
Flowers blue. Native of China, in watery and Ihady 
places. This appears to be the Campanula Ceilanica of 
Seba ; and is Ihown on the Plate, at fig. 7. 
39. Lobelia lutea, or yellow lobelia: Items procumbent, 
leaves lanceolate, ferrate; flowers feflile fubfpiked. Stem 
quite Ample, upright, III dated. Leaves alternate, feflile, 
upright,, with a few acuminate upright ferratures. Flow¬ 
ers terminating, yellow, larger than the leaf. Native o£ 
the Cape; introduced in 1774, by Mr. Francis Malfon 
flowers in June and July. 
40. Lobelia hirfuta, or hairy lobelia : Ihrubby, hirfute, 
proftrate, leaves ovate-toothed, peduncles lateral very long, 
two or three flowered. Found at the Cape by Thunberg. 
41. Lobelia coronopifolia, or buck's-horn leaved lobelias 
leaves lanceolate, toothed, peduncles very long. Stem pro¬ 
cumbent, hairy. Leaves linear, with three teeth on each 
fide; peduncles longer than the whole plant. Native of the 
Cape; introduced in 1787 by Francis Malfon; flowers in 
July and Auguft. 
IV. With a proftrate ftem, and entire leaves. 42. 
Lobelia depreffa, or flatted lobelia: deprefled, leaves 
lanceolate, ftem flelliy. Stem herbaceous, a hand long, 
vu'ricofe, proftrate on every fide. Peduncles -alternate, 
the length of the leaves, folitary. Flowers dark-purple. 
Native of the Cape. 
43. Lobelia fpeculum. A pretty little annual, fup- 
poled to have been only of late difeovered at the Cape of 
Good Hope ; but which, from Dr. Sims’s account, appears 
