PLATE CCCXXXIX. LOBELIA CORONOPIFOLIA. _Buck’s-horn-leaved 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-petal, irregular. Capsule beneath, 2 or 3-celled. See LOBELIA PINIFOLIA, Pl. CCLXXIII. Vol. IV. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Lobelia foliis lanceolatis, dentatis, glabris; floribus solitariis, axillaribus; pedunculis elongatis; stigmatibus obtusis, pilosis. Lobelia with lance-shaped leaves, toothed and smooth; flowers solitary, from the base of the leaves; foot-stalks lengthened; summits blunt, hairy. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Chives magnified. 2. The Cup, Chives, and Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified. The character of most of the Lobelias from the Cape, and elsewhere, is, that they are either annual or biennial, and can scarcely be considered as shrubs. Our present subject is a biennial from the Cape of Good Hope, flowers the first year from the seed, if sown in March, and may be preserved a second year; but, as it seeds so abundantly, it is scarce worth the pains to preserve it, as the plants of one year’s growth are so much handsomer than those preserved through the winter. It flowers from July till October, and should be kept in sandy peat earth. The L. coronopifolia was introduced to the Kew Collection in 1787, by Mr. F. Masson, and is now in most collections. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXL. 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. Lobelia with the lower leaves egg-shaped and scollopped, the upper ones lance-shaped and toothed; the two smaller petals bearded; flowers grow in spikes; summits two-cleft. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A Blossom cut open, with the chives in their place, magnified. 2. The Cup, Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; the Summit detached and magnified. This most delicate little plant, of which our figure represents the whole, was raised in 1801, from Cape seeds, sent by Mr. Niven from thence, for the Clapham gardens; where our drawing was made this year, 1803, in the month of August. It is an annual plant, producing its seeds freely, as do most species of this genus, which should be sown in the month of March, in light sandy peat, and transplanted about May. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXLI. PHASEOLUS CARACALLA. _Snail-Flower Kidney-Bean._ CLASS XVII. ORDER IV. _DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Chives in two sets. Ten Chives.