. The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general description, natural history, chemical and medical properties, mode of culture, propagation , &c., designed as a book of reference for botanists, physicians, florists, gardeners, students, at the bottom rather elliptical, and obtuselylancc-shaped; they are both minutely serrated, veined, smooth, andwithout footstalks; the Jlowcrs are numerous, large, blue, and growupon a long spike, short peduncles; the corolla consists of a longtube, which is nearly cylindrical, and divided at the
. The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general description, natural history, chemical and medical properties, mode of culture, propagation , &c., designed as a book of reference for botanists, physicians, florists, gardeners, students, at the bottom rather elliptical, and obtuselylancc-shaped; they are both minutely serrated, veined, smooth, andwithout footstalks; the Jlowcrs are numerous, large, blue, and growupon a long spike, short peduncles; the corolla consists of a longtube, which is nearly cylindrical, and divided at the limb into fivepointed oval segments, of a rich blue color; the calyx is composed offive halbert-shaped leaves, fringed at the margin, and reflected at eachside; the filaments are five, tapering, equal in length to the tube ofthe corolla, and closely connected at the top by the anthers j the ger-men is short and oonical; the style is about the length of the stamens,which terminates with a blunt, hairy stigma; the capsule is oval, anddivided into two cells, which contain many small seeds. Lobelia, of which there are at least fifty difltrcnt species, wasfirst introduced to botanical notice by M. Lobel, physician and bot-anist to James I., of England, from whom the plant derived its name. 148. ?^, c ^y^^^^le^h NAT. OUDER. Ill) Tliere are ten of these species common to onr New EnglcUid States,and among them one of the most beautiful, generally known as theCardinal Flower, Lobelia Cardinalis. This superb plant, accordingto Mr. Aiton, was first cultivated in England by the celebrated bot-anist, Mr. Ray, and it has now become a general and favorite orna-ment in the gardens of that country, where much care is bestowedupon its culture, while in its native soil it is quite common and flour-ishes in all its bi-auty on the banks of our brooks and ponds. TheLobelia Syphilitica, which is represented in the plate, is also one ofthe species that are natives of this country; and alt
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