PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Lobelia. 3^7 
LOBE'LIA. # Cal. five«clefl: Bloss. one petal, irregular, di¬ 
vided lengthwise on the back: Anthers united into a 
tube : Caps, two or three-celled. 
L. DORTMAN f NA. Leaves strap-shaped, very entire, containing two 
longitudinal cells: stem almost naked. 
Dicks. H. S. —( Hook. FI. Land. 157. E.)— E. Bot. 140— FI. Dan. 39— 
Lightf. 21. at p. 505— Clus. Cur. 40— Park. 1250— Pet. 67. T. 
Whole plant, even the leaves beneath the water, lactescent. Root fibrous ; 
fibres numerous, hair-like. Stem upright, cylindrical, hollow, smooth, 
twelve to eighteen inches high, naked, except three or four oval sessile 
scales, about a quarter of an inch long. Leaves in a circle at the bottom 
of the water, numerous, about two inches long, reflexed at the end with 
an elegant curve, smooth, green, composed of two hollow, parallel, tubes. 
Flowers as many as nine in a loose bunch, rising above the water, from 
one half to once inch asunder. Fruit stalks slender, about half an inch 
long; from the bosom of a flower-scale. Flower-scales similar to the 
scales on the stem. Calyx divided into five strap-shaped segments. 
Blossom, (bearded at the mouth, E.), pale blue, three quarters of an 
inch long; upper lip upright; lower, segments oval, reflexed, the middle¬ 
most the largest and longest. Woodw. 
Cardinal-flower. (Welsh: Bidawglys dufrdrig. E.) Lakes in Wales, 
Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Scotland. Coniston Water and Winan- 
dermere. Mr. Woodward. Loch Lomond. Dr. Hope. (White Meer, 
near Ellesmere, and about Llyn Idwall and Llyn Ogwen, between Capel 
Curig and Bangor, North Wales. Mr. Griffith. Bomere Pool, near 
Shrewsbury. Dr. Evans, in Bot. Guide. Derwentwater. Mr. Winch. In 
the lake near the Inn at Avimore, North Britain, where Muphar pumila 
grows in abundance. Hooker. Loch Achray. Miss Collett. Fi. Lond. E.) 
P. July—Aug. 
L. u'rens. Stem nearly upright : lower leaves roundish, scolloped : 
the upper spear-shaped, serrated: flowers in terminal bunches. 
{Curt. — E. Bot. 953. E.)— Bocc.Rar. 11. 3— H. Ox. v. 5. 56. 
Stem straight, simple, a foot high, rather bare, the angles rough. Root- 
leaves elliptical, smooth, bluntish, somewhat toothed; stem-leaves far 
asunder, sessile, (rather decurrent, E.) shortly serrated, smooth. Clusters 
erect. Flowers upright, distant. Calyx five-cleft, rough; segments awl- 
shaped, upright. Blossom blue, rough, the palate having two pale 
blotches ; segments of the lower lip spear-shaped, pendent. Linn. Whole 
plant lactescent, fetid, of a warm taste, and. if chewed exciting a pun¬ 
gent sense of burning on the tongue, especially the root. 
(Acrid Lobelia. E.) Mountainous meadows, (and bushy heaths in 
Devon. E.) Shute Common, between Axminster and Honiton. Mr. 
Newberry. (On the slope of a heath called Kilmington Hill, two miles 
from Axminster, close to the road. Lord Webb Seymour. This very 
scarce plant has likewise been found in 1800, by Miss Burgess, near the 
town of Ottery St. Mary. E. Bot. E.) P* Sept.f 
* (In honour of the Flemish physician, Matthias de Lobel, Botanist to King James I. 
born 1538 ; at an early age became enamoured with the love of plants ; in 1570 published, 
(in conjunction with Pena), “ Stirpium Adversaria;” in 1576, “Observations;” and 
was through life a considerable traveller, and a zealous promoter of his favourite science, 
till his death in 1616. E.) 
•f (It seems probable that this plant may possess medicinal virtues, at least as worthy 
of attention as those of the more valued foreign species. E.) 
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