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Spring Flora of Oklahoma 
FAMILY 88. LOBELIACEiE. Lobelia Family. 
Herbs, often with milky sap which contains a nar¬ 
cotic-acid poison, with alternate, ex-stipulate, simple, en¬ 
tire, toothed or pinnately parted leaves and solitary, 
spicate, racemose or paniculate flowers. Calyx-tube ad- 
nate to the ovary, its limb 5-lobed or 5-parted. Corolla 
gamopetalous, irregular, often bilabiate, its limb 5- 
lobed. Stamens 5, inserted with the corolla. Ovary 2-5- 
celled. Stigma fringed. Fruit a 1-5-celled capsule, or a 
berry. Seeds numerous, smooth or furrowed. 
I. LOBELIA L. 
Herbs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, toothed or 
pinnately parted. Flowers solitary, spicate, racemose or 
paniculate. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, 5-lobed or 5- 
parted. Corolla gamopetalous, irregular,’ often bilabiate, 
5-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted with the corolla. Ovary 2-5- 
celled. Stigma fringed. Fruit a 1-5-celled capsule, or a 
berry. 
1. Lobelia leptostachys A. DO. Spiked Lobelia. Perennial or 
biennial, puberulent. Stem 2°-4° high. Basal leaves oval or ob- 
ovate. Stem leaves spatulate, oblong, or lanceolate, denticulate or 
entire. Spike-like raceme elongated, usually dense. Bracts linear, 
glabrous. Calyx lobes linear-subulate, the sinuses with subulate, de- 
flexed auricles. Flowers blue, 4"-5" long. 
In dry soil. May-August. Comanche County. 
FAMILY 89. CICHORIACEiE. Chicory Family. 
Herbs, almost always with milky, acrid, or bitter juice, 
alternate or basal leaves, and yellow, rarely pink, blue, 
purple, or white flowers in involucrate heads. Bracts of 
the involucre in one to several series. Receptacle of the 
head flat or flattish, naked, scaly, smooth, pitted, or 
