. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Lobelia paludosa Nutt. Fig. 4029. 1. Lobelia Dortmanna L. Water Lobelia. Water Gladiole. Fig. 4028. Lobelia Dortmanna L. Sp. PI. 929. 1753. Perennial, aquatic, glabrous throughout, somewhat fleshy; roots numerous, white, fibrous; stem slender, simple, erect, hollow, minutely scaly, 6'-l8' high. Leaves all submersed and tufted at the base of the stem, terete,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Lobelia paludosa Nutt. Fig. 4029. 1. Lobelia Dortmanna L. Water Lobelia. Water Gladiole. Fig. 4028. Lobelia Dortmanna L. Sp. PI. 929. 1753. Perennial, aquatic, glabrous throughout, somewhat fleshy; roots numerous, white, fibrous; stem slender, simple, erect, hollow, minutely scaly, 6'-l8' high. Leaves all submersed and tufted at the base of the stem, terete, hollow, obtuse, longitudinally divided by a partition, 1'-2' long, about 2" thick; flowers in a loose terminal raceme, blue, 6"-8" long; pedicels filiform, shorter than or equalling the flowers; calyx-lobes subulate or lanceo- late, shorter than the tube, the sinuses usually not at all appendaged; corolla-tube $"-4" long, its lower lip glabrous or nearly so. Borders of ponds, usually in sandy soil, sometimes wholly emersed when the water is low, New Jersey and Pennsyl- vania to Newfoundland, Wisconsin, Washington and British Columbia. Also in Europe. July-Sept. Swamp Lobelia. Lobelia paludosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 75. 1818. Perennial, aquatic, glabrous throughout; roots few and thick; stem nearly naked, slender, simple, or branched above, i°-4° high. Leaves mostly tufted at the base, flat, narrowly oblong or spatulate, emersed, obtuse or acutish, entire or repand-denticulate and glandular, those of the stem few, small and sessile, the basal ones 2'-c/ long, z"-4" wide, narrowed into petioles; flowers pale blue, racemose, S"-6" long; calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate, about as long as the tube, the sinuses commonly not at all appendaged; corolla-tube 3"-4" long, its lower lip pubescent at the base. In swamps and ponds, Delaware to Florida and Louisiana mostly near the coast. Please note that these images are extracted fr
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