1 have no specimens. Mr. Gunn suggests that it may be a monstrous state o f S. ; and sends forms
o f that plant, resembling it in hahit and in the inflorescence.
Gen. I I . FO R ST E R A , U n n . f il.
Flores monoic i v. dioici. Calyx 1 -3 -b r a c te o la tu s ; limbus 3 -6 -p a r titu s . Corolla campanulata; limbus
4 - 9 - f id u s ; faux nuda v . glanduloso-incrassata. Glandnloe epigynæ staminibus alteriiæ. Antheroe
2 , ad apicem columuæ oppositæ, rima transversali dehiscentes. S tigm a 2 -lob um v. stigmata 2 , floribus
fertilibus porrecta, piumosa, masculis intra antheras occlusa. Ovarium 1 -2 - lo c u la r e ; ovula plurima, co-
lumnæ centrali affixa, ascendentia, anatropa. Fru c tu s capsularis, 1-locularis, septicide ? bivalvis. Semina
minima, conferta ; te sta reticulata.— Herbæ pe rennes, so lita ri
folia alteì-na, im b rica ta ; flores sessiles v. p e d u n c u la ti, albi.
Very remai'kable alpine plants of Tasmania, New Zealand, and Fuegia, nearly alhed to Stylidium.— Stems
simple and sohtary in the Tasmanian species, in others branched and densely tufted, forming broad, hard, mossy
patches. The F. bellidifolia is a small, scapigerous species, with a rosulate tuft of coriacous, spathidate leaves, each
about 4 - 1 inch long. Scape 3 -5 inches long, slender, oue- (rarely two-) flowered, with one to three bracts at the
top. Flowers small, white, inclined. Ovary turgid, two (?)-celled, with many ovules. Cafya:-lobes six, erect, bluut,
minutely cibate. Corolla white, campanulate, with a flve-lobed, spreadhig limb, and short tube ; the lobes linear-
ohlong, blunt, with small, bifid lobules in the angles. Stamens and style united into a central, erect column, surmounting
the ovary, having at its base two large glands. Antliers on the top of the column sessile, bui'sting transversely,
the two halves hooded, upper turned back. Stigma two-lobed, inconspicuous in the male flowers, plumose
and spreading in the fertile. Fruit a membranous, many-seeded capsule. (Named iu honour of J. li. Forster, the
Naturalist who accompanied Captain Cook’s second voyage.)
1. F o r s t e r a b e l l i d i f o l i a (H o ok . I c . P I. t . 8 5 1 ) ; foliis omnibus radicalibus e lliptico-oblongis obtusis
spathulatis coriaceis glaberrimis integerrimis, scapo gracili 1-floro apicem versus bracteolato, flore inclinato,
calycis tu b o globoso, limbo breviter campanulato inæqualiter breviter 5-Iobo, lob is ciliolatis, coroDæ tubo
brevi, lob is 6 lineari-oblongis obtusis lobulis bifidis in terjectis, stigm atis lob is inæqualibus, inferiore decurvo
longiore, capsula oblonga. {Gunn, 2 7 7 .)
H a b . Mount SorreU, and summit o f the range above Birches In le t, Maequarrie Harbour, M illig a n ,
Gunn.— (F l. D e c .)
N a t . O r d . X L V I. LOBELIACEÆ.
There are about forty species o f th is Order known to inhabit Australia, most o f th em belon g in g to
th e g en u s Lo b e lia itse lf. They are pretty equaRy distributed along th e coasts o f th e Continent, a few
b e in g common to both th e eastern and western divisions, and one. L o b e lia anceps, to various other parts of
th e world. As an Order, Lobeliaceoe are hardly separable from Campanulaceoe, and some varieties o f the
Tasmanian Campanulaceous genus, Wahlenhergia saxicola, h avin g a sligh tly irregular coroUa, break down
one o f th e b e st characters that separate them.
Gen. I . L O B E L IA , L .
Calyx 5-lob u s, tubo obconico, ovoideo v , hemisphærico. CoroUa superne longitudinaliter fissa, bilabiata,
tubo recto v. paulo curvo, labio superiore m inore inferiore latiore patente 3-lobo. Antheroe 2 , inferiores
v . rarius omnes apice barbatæ. Capsula 2-locularis, apice valvis porisve d ehiscens.— Tasmaniæ omnes
herbaceæ; îo liis a lte rn is ; ñ o ñ h u s a x illa rib u s v . racemoso-spicatis ; corolla p le risq u e p a llid e cærulea.
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A very extensive genus, found in aU parts o f the temperate and tropical world, o f which the Australian species
arc for the most part insignificant and often creeping weeds ; but some are erect and rather pretty plants.—
U a v e s alternate. Flmoers axülaiy or in terminal racemes, nsuaUy pale blue. Calyx-inbc obconic or ovoid, often
gibbous. Its lobes five, uneijual, sometimes one- or two-toothed. Corolla with a nearly straight tube, slit down the
back, two-lipped; upper lip smaller, lower three-lobed. Stamens epigynous or inserted ou the corolla. Anthers
combined mto a tube, two or move bearded at their tips. Capsule membranous or coriaceous, often gibbous,
two-celled, many-seeded, dehiscing at the apex. (Named in honour of Mathias de L'Obel, a Flemish botanist and
author,)
1. Lobelia anceps (Thunb. Prodr. Cap. 4 0 ) ; glaberrima, caule compresso trigono angulis alatis
erecto v. basi decumbente, foliis decurrentibiis linearibus lanceolatis spatliulatis cuneatisve integerrimis v.
dentatis, pednncnlis axillaribus folio brevioribus, capsulis cylindraceis.— L . alata e t L . cuneiformis, U i .
Nov . I lo ll. 5 1 . t . K e t l S ; B r . P ro d r. 6 6 1 . (Otirm, 3 9 5 .)
H u b . Common in marshy places, especially near th e sea.— (PL N o v ., D e c .) (u. v.)
D i s t e i b . Tbrougbout Tropical and South-eastern and South-western Australia, N e w Zealand, Chili,
and South Africa.
An erect or decumbent, simple or branched, smooth herb, with weak, flattened, three-angled, winged stems
and branches, a foot or so high.—Zeaces 1 -3 inches long, contracted into rather broad, decurrent petioles, very
variable iu shape, hnear-lanceolate, spathulate or much elongated and ligulate, sharp, entire or waved, and toothed.
Peduncles solitary, axillary, short, 2 -4 lines long, much shorter than the leaves amongst which they rise, but rareb'
the branches become racemose at the end, tiie upper leaves being reduced to bracts below the peduncles. Flowers
inconspicuous. Ovarium nan-ow, much elongated when ripening. Corolla short, pale blue. Capsule variable iu
size, 4 to 1 inch long.
2. Lobelia surrepens (Hook, fil.) ; parvula, glabra, caulibus brevibus (pollicaribus) repentibus
crassis, foliis approximatis obovato-lanceolatis oblongo-spathulatisve obtusis integerrimis in petiolum brevem
angustatis carnosiusculis basi interdum subciliatis, pednncnlis folio brevioribus axillaribus l-fio r is, calycis
tubo brevi obconico glaberrimo, lo b is brevibus triangulari-ovatis, coroUæ tubo calyce subduplo longiore
laciniis oblongis, staminibus basi corollæ insertis. [Gunn, 1 1 7 9 .) (T a b . L X IX . A .)
H a b . Alpine places, 3^ > 0 0 0 feet, in marshy ground : Artlmr’s Lakes, Marlborough, summit o f Western
Mountains, e tc ., Gunn.— (Fl. Jan.)
Tlus little species is most neai'ly allied to L. anceps, and resembles a dwarf, stunted form of that species, but
the whole plant is not more thau 2 inches long, with crowded foliage, and tbe short ovaries and fruit at once distinguish
I t .— Glabrous, or miuiitely cüiated at the base of the upper leaves only. Stems creeping, short, stout,
1 - 2 inches long. Leaves crowded, rather fleshy, obovate or oblong or lanceolate-spatlmlate, naiTOwed into a
short petiole, blunt, ijuitc entire or obscurely toothed. Peduncles solitary', axülary, shorter than the leaves. Floivers
smaU, pale blue. Stamens inserted at the veiy base o f the tube of the c o r o lla .-P l . \ t e LXIX. A . Fig. 1, flower ;
2, corolla laid open, siioiving the insertions of the stamens ; 3, ovary and style ; 4, transverse sectiou of ovary:—
a ll magnified.
3 . Lobelia pedunculata (Brown, Prodr. 5G2) ; pube.scens v. glabrata, caulibus repentibus intri-
catisve ramosis gracilibus, foliis parvis distichis petiolulatis ovatis grosse dentatis, pedunciüis axillaribus
brevibus e lougatisve calycibusque pubescentibus, calycis tubo brevi lobis subulatis triangularibusve, coroilæ
tubo breviusculo, staminibus basi tu b i corollæ fissi in s e r t i s . -DG. F ro d r. vii. 3 6 7 . {Gunn, 5 5 0 .) (T a b
L X IX . B .)
H a b . N o t uncommon in good soil, where damp : on the margin o f rivers, and occasionally on the
mountains, Gunn.— {Y\. Oct.) {v. v.)
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