Volume 10 — PLATE DCLIX. LOBELIA FULGENS. Refulgent-flowered Lobelia.

CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.

SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers simple.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula infera, 2-seu 3-locularis.

Cup 5-cleft. Blossom 1-petalled, irregular. Capsule beneath, 2-or 3-celled.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Lobelia foliis lanceolatis obsolete denticulatis, supra tomentosis, glabris, subtus lucidis: racemis compositis, terminalibus.

Lobelia with lance-shaped leaves obscurely toothed, downy on the upper surface, smooth, and shining beneath: the racemes compound and terminal.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

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 1810. It was raised from Botany Bay seed at the Hammersmith Nursery in 1809.