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L O B E L I A S P E C U L U M .
LobeVs Venus s LooJàng-glass.
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SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers simple.
E S S E N T I A L GENE R I C C H A R A C T E R .
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CALYX S-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis.
Capsula infera, 2- seu 3-locularis.
CUP 5-cleft. Blossom 1-petalled, irregular. Capsule
beneath, 2- or 3-celled.
LOBELIA foliis linearibus, integerrimis, superne
acutis, ad basin dentatis, et ad apicem latioribus:
corollis atro-purpureis, laciniis subequalibus
: frutex pygmeus, ramulis numerosis
tenuissimis patentibus.
SP ECI F IC C H A R A C T E R .
LOBELIA with linear leaves, entire, and pointed
on tlie upper part of the plant, but toothed
on the lower part, and broader at the end :
Blossoms of a dark purple colour, with
nearly equal segments. A dwarf shrub, with
numerous slender spreading branches.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E . ,
1. A. blossom spread open.
2. T h e empalement, chives, and pointal, tips and summit magnified.
O . this perfectly new species of Lobelia we do not find either figure or description in any author anient
or modern The r e s embl anc e i tbe a r s t o theCa™p. . . / a Spe c .Z«m, o rBe l l - f l owe r edVenus - sLo ok,ng -
d a s s induced us to give it the same specific title. I t is a delicate slender little annual, with an abundant
L c e s s i o n of dark purple flowers, which appear to great advantage when the sun shines. l a the regularity
of its corolla it differs essentially from the genus Lobelia, and in a manuscript of the late Dr . So-
Sander we find an intention to separate it by the generic title of Speculare.
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