LOBE LIA CAVANILLE'SII 
CAVANILLE’S LOBELIA. 
EXOGEN.E. 
OR 
Natural division 
to vvhicb 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER LOBELIACE^. 
CALYCIFLOR.!;, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
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PEXTAXDRIA, 
MONOGTNIA, 
OF LIN'XEUS. 
No 236. 
GENUS. Lobelia. Linn^-US. Calyx 5-lobus ; tubo obconico, oroideo,vel 
hemisidiserico. Corolla superne longitudinaliter fissa, bilabiata, tubo cylin- 
draceo vel infundibuliformi recto; labio superiore saepius miiiore et erecto, 
inferiore sspius pateute latiore 3-fido vel rarius 3-dentato. Anthers 2 infe- 
riores vel rarius omnes apice barbatse. Ovarium iuferum vel semisuperum, imo 
(in speciebus simillimis) subliberum. Herb^ vel rarius suftrutices, foliis al- 
ternis, floribus saepius racemoso spicatis, pedicellis axillaribus, corolla ccerulea 
alba, violacea, rubra vel ex rubro aurea. 
SPECIES. Lobelia Cavanillesii {Martius') foliis lineare-lanceolatis, 
serrulatis, glabris; pedunculis folio aequantibus fere semper ebracteatis; calyce 
5-fido, glaberrimo, undulato, segmentis tubo eampanulato aequantibus; authe- 
ris birsutissimis. 
Character oe the Genus, Lobelia. Calyx 5-lobed; tube ob- 
conical, ovoid or hemispherical. Corolla split longitudinally above, 
bilabiate, the tube cylindrical or funnel-shaped, straight; the upper 
lip generally smaller and erect, the lower generally spreading broader, 
3-cleft or rarely 3-toothed. Anthers, the two lower, or rarely the 
whole, bearded at the top. Ovariuh inferior, or half superior, or 
(even in species much allied) nearly free. 
Description of the Species, Lobelia Cavanillesii. Ste:\i, 
(4 feet high) erect, but slender and lax, glabrous, of deep red-purple, 
marked by prominent scars where the leaves had fallen, branched be¬ 
low, hardly above, somewhat woody. Leaves (3-4^ inches long) 
narrow lanceolate, acutely serrulate, spreading wide, glabrous, darker 
above than below, where the strong middle rib and reticulated veins 
are very prominent. Peduncles axillary, solitary, filiform, wiry, 
glabrous, purple, about as long as the leaves, ebracteate, spreading 
wide, or having a segmoid flexure outwards. Calyx green, purplish 
along the ribs, undulate, glabrous, 5-cleft, segments ovato-linear, as long 
as the tube which is campanulate. Corolla glabrous, bilabiate, in¬ 
serted into the throat of the calyx, cleft along the whole of its upper 
side, where it is red but yellow below and within ; segments of the up¬ 
per lip linear, acute, erect and twisted; low^er lip oblong, slightly de¬ 
flected, 3-dentate. Stamens scarcely shorter than the corolla; fila- 
