CC 
_~ teretes, subcolorati, robusti, bractea equilong: 
625 . 
CYPHIA Phyteuma. 
Rampion-flowered Cyphia. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. CAMPANULACEE. Jussieu gen. 163. Div. . Anthera dis- 
tincte. : : 
CAMPANULACEE. Brown prod. 1. 559. Sect. IL. Corolla 
irregularis (nunc 5-petala). Antherz spe connate. 
CYPHIA. Cal. turbinatus limbo 5-partito. Cor. 5-partita, quasi 5- 
petala petalis basi latis conniventibus, apice patentibus. Fil. pilosa, basi 
(v. apice) coalita; anthere oblonge (distinct). Stigma truncatum pubes- 
cens, hinc cernuum, Fructus ****. Radix tuberosa; caulis herbaceus 
simplex; folia digitata aut lobata (v. indivisa ); flores spicatt terminales 1- 
bracteati, bractea lobatéd. Hic LoBELta bulbosa Linn. Jussieu loc. cit. 
C, Phyteuma, foliis oblongis crenatis (ciliatis), scapo erecto. Willd. sp. pl. 
1. 953. 
* Lobelia Phyteuma. Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. 2. 1319. Thunb. prod. 39.. 
Tuber oblongum, subovatum. Fol. radicalia, plurima, in rosam divari- 
cata, succulenta, jirma, spathulato- v. obovato-oblonga, dentibus glandu- 
losis albis raris obsoletius serrata, ciliata ceterum nuda, exteriora humi 
appressa, majora 2-3 uncialia latitudine % uncie v. circd, nervis crassiusculis 
subdiaphano-pallentibus subtis varicosis. Scapus teres, virens, glaber, spi- 
thameus, erectiusculus, crassitudine feré penne corvine, subaphyllus vel 
foliolis nonnullis vagis inferne stipatus. Racemus terminali-continuus, sim- 
plex, laxus, multiflorus, sparsus, bracteatus, inferné distuntior : flores carnet, 
recurvo-patentes,  uncie longi; pedicelli appressé erecti, flore breviores, 
if lanceolata subdentatd infra 
extus rugato-gibbosé ad basin aliisque 2 oppositis minoribus in medio. 
Germ. inferum, virescens, turbinatum, anguloso-sulcatum, calyce brevius, 
glanduld annulari viridissima coronatum, biloculare, polyspermum: cal. con- 
_ tinuus, pentaphyllus, virens, corolla subtriplo brevior, foliolis patentibus su- 
perneé distantibus, lineari-acuminatis, glanduloso-subserratis nervo medio pal- 
lidiore, posticis 2 de basi ab invicem subdistantioribus. Cor. 5-petala, irregu- 
laris, semunciam excedens, imo calyci inserta ; pet. lineari-ligulata, isometra, 
acuminata, convoluto-apiculata, medio tends in tubum rubicundum anticé 
angustissimé apertum postice gibbosum intis pilosum conniventia, inde in 
limbum pallidum purpureo-varium ringentem glabrum patentia ; labio supe- 
riore 3-lobo lobis contiguis; inferiore bilobo lobis divaricatis. Stam. tubo 
equalia, extus hirsuta; fil. eodem plano ac petala inserta, lineari-atte- 
nuata, in cylindrum conniventia, ad punctum infra cuspidem antheriferam in- 
Jferne subnudam conferruminata, ceterum ab invicem discreta: anthere dis- 
tincte, lineari-oblonge, luteo-sordentes, introrsum adnate, biloculares in lon- 
gum dehiscentes, receptaculo posticé piloso ; (estivantes ) contiguo-conniventes, 
(post anthesin) patentes: pollen ¢ yranulis sphericis luteis grumosum. Sty- 
lus staminibus subequalis, viridi-pallens, grosso-filiformis, glaber, subclava-_ 
tus, apice pariim infleaus v. obsolete assurgens: stig. (estivans) apex tumidi- 
usculus obtusus supine versus in areolam obliquam villosam cum glanduld media 
secernente truncatus; (post anthesin) glandula predicta in styli summi latus 
supinum promota videtur, i ’ s 
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