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P L A T E DLIII.
L O B E L I A ASS IJR GENS.
Assiirgent Lobelia. ,
CLASS V. ORDER L
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointai.
CALTX quinquefidus. Corolla monopetala, irregularis.
Antherae cohaerentes. Capsula
infera^ 2- seu 3-locularis.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
EMPALEMENT five-cleft. Blossom of one petai,
irregular. Anthers cohering. Seed-vessel
below, with 2 or 3 partitions.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
LOBELIA foliis lanceolatis serratis, inferné denticulatis
decurrentibus, racemis compositis
terrainalibus.
LOBELIA with leaves lanoe-shaped, serrate,
toothed towards the base, and running down
the stem; the racemes compound and terminal.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A blossom spread open,
2. The chives spread open.
3 . The seed-bud and pointal.
T H I S curious species of Lobelia is a native of high mountains in Jamaica, where Brown informs us it
grows to the height of 5 or 6 feet. The plant is at present so scarce as not to be enumerated in the
L t a l o g u e of the Cambridge Garden ; nor has any figure of it, to our knowledge, been before published
° Specimens were communicated by A, B. I,arabert, esq. from his stove at Boyton, where he
informs us'that the plant is now about five feet high, with some of the lower leaves a foot and a half
lono-; that it began to blossom in the middle of July, and continued to the end of November; four
or five racemes flowering at the same time, and nodding in the manner of ostrich plumes; the blossoms
gradually opening in succession towards the top, and the racemes continuing to lengthen until
more than a foot long. The flowers have withered without producing any seed. The plant appears to
be perennial.