L O B E L I A P I N I F O L I A.
Pine-leaved Lobelia.
CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.
SVNGENESIA MONOGAMIA, Tips united. Flowers limpie.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
C A L Y X . P e r í a n t h i um monophyllum, quinqucd
e n t a t u m , míninum, gennini circumnat
n m , marcefcens; d e n n c a l i i fuhxqualibus.
C O R O L L A monopeiala, irregularis ; tubus cylindraecus,
calyce loiigior, fupernc longitudin
a l i t e r divifus; limbus quiiiquepartilus;
laciniis lanceola ti», q u a r um fuperiorea duas
minores, magia reflexa;, profundius divilie,
conílitueiilis l a b i um fuperius; ires reliqua;
inft-riores in.igis patentes,f.-cpius majores.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta quinqué, fubulata, lnngit
u d i n e tubi petali, Anthera: connata; in
c y l i n d r um oblongum, b a h quioqucfariam
dehifcentem.
Pi S T I L L UM. Germen acuminatum, inferum.
Stylus cyliiidraccns, longitudine naminum.
Stigma obtufum, lnfpidum.
PERicAKnuM. Captula o v a l a , biloculariis, apire
debileens, cincla calyec.
S E M I N A pluriiiia, minima.
S P E C I F IC
I.D'.V-li i foliis lanceolato-linearibus, c o n i e r t i s , int
e g e r r i m i s ; denticulis calyciuis longiflim
i s ; iloribus cacrulcis.
E M P A L F M E X T . Cup one leaf, five-toothed, very
fmall, growing round the feed-bud, witheri
n g ; toothlets nearly e q u a l.
B L O S S OM one petal, irregular; tube cylindrie
longer than t h e cup, divided longitudinally
above; border five-parted; fegments lanceiliapcd,
of which the two upper ones are
fmallcr, more reflexed, deeper divided and
form the upper l i p ; the three other lower
ones fpread more, and often are larger.
C H I V E S . Five threads, awl fliaped, the length
of t h e tube of the petal. Tips j o i n e d together
forming an oblong cylinder, fplitting
i n t o five divilions at t h e bafe.
P O I N T A L . Sced-bud tapered, beneath. Shaft
cylindrical the l e n g t h of t h e chives. Summit
blunt, hairy.
SEEO-VESSEL. Capfule egg-fhaped, two-celled,
fplitting at top, girt by the cup,-
SEEOS numerous, fmall.
CHARACTER.
Lobelia with leaves between lance and linearfliaped,
crowded together, and quite ent
i re ; toothlets of t h e cop very l o n g ; flowers
blue.
REFERENCE TO T H E PLATE.
1 The Empalement. ,... ,
1. A Blofihmfptead open, w i t h the chives m their place.
3. A half ripe feed-pod.
4 The Pointai, with t h e fummit detached and magnified.
5. A ripe feed-veffel, cut tranfverfely.
„ ,F T-«B this plant was fent by Mr. F . M a i f o n , to t h e royal gardens a t K e w ; as we find
A B O U T the year I , 8 0 , tins p a n wa j plant of t was not to be found in any of
it in t h e catalogue of tha ^ " ^ ^ S ; 1 & h ? « £ t introduction of it, by Mr. NivenJ to
our botanic g a r d e s , or t b e l J licatcilimb; grows to the height of eighteen i n c h e s;
t h e H i b b e r t m n C * . ^J^L „o m y tvvo flowers at the termination of each branch. It may
b r a n c h i n g but l.Ule,_ and P ™ ^ 0 ? ™ ^ „ . ] l k h ,.; e n 9 ; „ this c o u n t r y ; but, like molt of t h e fpecies
be inereafed It approves molt of a l i g h t fandy peat, with a fmall mix- f JofEm' lit, in proportion to t h e general fize ufed for plants
of t h e fame bignefs. Flowers in J u l y.