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LOBELIA siphilitica. 
Blue American Lobelia. 
—a—— 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA (y. Monadelphia Pentandria v. Syngenesia Monogamia). 
Nat. ord. CAMPANULACER. Jussieu gen. 163. Div. I.— Brown prod. 
1. 559. Sect. I. Cor. irregularis (nunc 5petala). Anth. 
sepée connate, 
LoprLiacem, Jussieu in ann. du mus. 18. 1. 
LOBELIA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 60. 
a, 
L. siphilitica, caule erecto, foliis ovato-oblongis utrinque acutis ineequalitér 
serratis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, calycum sinubus reflexis peduncu- 
lisque hirtis. Willd. enum. 1. 217. 
Lobelia siphilitica. Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. 2.1820. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 945. La- 
marck encyc. 3. 586. Jacq. coll. 1. 163. ic. rar. 3. t. 597. Michaua bor. 
amer. 2. 151. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 1. 359. Pursh amer. sept. 2. 447. 
Nuttall gen. 2. 75. ‘ 
Lobelia caule erecto, foliis ovato-lanceolatis crenatis, floribus lateralibus. 
Lin. hort. cliff. 426. Gron. virg. ed. 2.134; (mutato charactere specifico 
ex hort. cliff. male citato adq 
ue LOBELIAM erinoidem referente, exclusis- 
que synonymis cunctis preter Claytoni. a. 
Rapunculum siphiliticum. Gaertn. sem. 1. 152. t. 30. Sig. 9. 
Rapunculum americanum flore diluté caruleo. Dodart. mém. 105. Rob. ic. 
264, 
FT 
_ A hardy perennial, cultivated as far back as 1665; 
having been brought from America, where it is in great 
repute among the Indians for its medicinal virtues; the 
secret of which however, after having been purchased by Sir 
William Johnston, does not seem to have been confirmed by 
European practice. The plant grows to two feet or more 
in height, abounds with milky juice, and has a rank smell. 
The root, the part used as medicine, is described by Dr. 
Woodville as having the taste of tobacco, and as being apt 
to excite vomiting. — 
According to Pursh the species is found from New York 
to Carolina; affecting low grounds on the banks of rivers 
and the vicinity of springs. 
The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Colvill. 
The following view of the general structure of the 
