PLATE, DCLIX.
L O B E L I A FULGEN S.
Jlefulgent-Jlowered Lobelia.
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CLASS XIX. ORDER VL
SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers simple.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis.
Capsula infera, 2- seu 3-locularis.
CuF 5-cleft. Blossom l-petalled, irregular. Capsule
beneath, 3- or 3-celled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
LOBELIA foliis lanceolatis obsolete denticulatis,
supra tomentosis, glabris, subtus lucidis :
racemis corapositis, terminalibus.
LOBELIA with lance-shaped leaves obscurely
toothed, downy on the upper surface, smooth,
and shining beneath: the racemes compound
and terminal.
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The chives. .
2. Empalement and pointal, summit magnified.
AMONGST the Lobelias, this elegant species claims altogether precedence; superior in colour even to
the L. cardinalis, large in its flowers, tall in growth, and so easily cultivated that their abundance
and beauty will ensure them admission into every collection. Our figure was made from a plant in the
collection of J. Vere, Esq. in the summer of ISIO. It was raised from Botany Bay seed at the Hammersmith
Nursery in I8O9.
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