LOBELIA 
ACUMINATA. 
GALLIS, LOBELIE A FEUILLES POINTUES. 
ANGLIS , THE SIMPLE UPRIGHT LOBELIA. 
J ussijei f classis g ? ordo 4 • FAM . NAT. LO BELI ACE SE. 
Linnjei , classis 5, ordo i. PEN TANDRI A MONOGYNIA . 
CHARACTER GENER 1 CUS. 
— Calix, superus monophyllus, 5 dentatus, denticulis subse- 
qualibus. 
— Corolla, monopetala, irregularis, basi ventricosa incurva, dorso 
fissa,limbosubbilabiato, 5 partito, laciniis inaequalibus,patentibus. 
— Stamina, 5 filamentis basi liberis, antheris in cylindrum con¬ 
natis, setis interpositis. 
— Ovarium inferum, subovatum, stylo cylindrico, compresso, 
stigmate obtuso, hispido. 
— Fructus, capsula infera, pentagona, calice coronata, 2 aut 3 
locularis, loculis polyspermis, seminibus minimis. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Caule erecto, basi sufruticoso, foliis lanceolatis, utrinque atte¬ 
nuatis, acuminatis, serrulatis, racemo simplici terminali. Swarth. 
— Rapunculus, folio oblongo, serrato, flore galeato, integro, pal¬ 
lide luteo. Sloan. Cat. 58, H . 1 , 158, t. 95 ,f. 2 . 
— Lobelia salicina, foliis lineari lanceolatis, serrulatis, nudius- 
culis, erectis, racemo terminali. Lam . anc ., n 10 ,^?. 583. 
DESCRIPTION. 
D’une touffe de racines tracantes, succulentes, blanches, sort une 
tige simple, herbacee dans sa partie superieure, un peu ligneuse 
