PLATE DIL
LOBELIA SURINAMENSIS ; Far.Jorembro,
Surinam Lobelia ; Red-Lowered Variety.
CLASS V. ORDER L
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSiiNTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-fidus. Corolla l-petala, 5-fida, irregiúaris.
Antherae cohaerentes. Capsula
infera, 2- seu S-locularis.
EMPALEMENT 5-cleft. Blossom 1 petal, irregular,
5-cleft. Chives adhering together.
Capsule beneath, 2, sometimes 3 loculaments.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
LOBELIA caule suffruticoso : foliis oblongis,
glabris, serratis : floribus axillaribus, pedunculatis
: corollis laete rubris, pentagonis,
curvatis, tubulosis, supra basin impressis.
Habitat in Suriaamo.
LOBELIA with a shrubby stem : leaves oblong,
smooth, and sawed: flowers axillary, pedunculated
: blossoms of a bright red colour,
five-sided, curved, and tubular, indented
just above the base.
Native of Surinam.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
J . The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. The chives spread open.
4 . The seed-bud and pointal.
5. Seed-bud cut transversely.
A fine hving specimen of this elegant variety of the Lobelia Surinamensis was communicated to the
author by A. B. Lambert, esq. who received it amongst a large collection of hot-house plants presented
to him by Lord Seaforth, and collected by that nobleman in the West Indies whilst Governor of the
Island of Barbadoes. The plant from which this figure was delineated was near four feet iiigh, ^^^th
numerous branches terminated by buds and flowers, whose brilliance enlivening tlie gloomy month of
November, may justly rank it as one of the greatest ornaments of the liot-stove.