LOBELIA GRACILIS.
Slender-stemed Lobelia.
CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.
SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers simple.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla monopetala, irregularis. Capsula infera, 2-seu 3-locularis.
Cup 5-cleft. Blossom one petal, irregular. Capsule beneath, 2 or 3-celled.
See Lobelia pinifolia, Pl. CCLXXIII. Vol. IV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lobelia foliis inferioribus ovatis, sinuatis, superioribus lanceolatis, dentatis; petalis duobus minoribus barbatis; floribus spicatis; stigmatibus bifidis.