PLATE DII.
LOBELIA SURINAMENSIS; Var. flore rubro.
Surinam Lobelia; Red-flowered Variety.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, 5-fida, irregularis. Antheræ cohærentes. Capsula infera, 2-seu 3-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 læte rubris, pentagonis, curvatis, tubulosis, supra basin impressis.