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Botanical Engravings of A. Poiret

ENGRAVING TEST NUMBER 79.

Artist: A Poiret. Del.

PRATIA.-Lobeliae. Sp.

Calix ovario adnatus, limbo libero, quinquedentato. Corolla subinfundibuliformis, dorso usque ad basim fissa; limbo quinquefido, patente.
Stamina 5; filamenta supernè in tubum connata; antherae connatae. Stigma bilobum. Capsula calyce carnoso-obtecta, bilocularis, non dehiscens; loculis polyspermis.
Herbulae pusillae. Caules filiformes; ramosi, folia crassiuscula; flores axilares, solitarii, pedunculati, pallidè roseo-violacei; pedunculis subbracteolatis.

J´ai consacré ce genre à la mémoire de M. Prat-Bernon, élève de la marine de première classée, mort en mer dès les premiers jours de notre navigation.

I dedicated this genus to the memory of Mr. Prat-Bernon, a student of the first-ranked Navy, died at sea in the early days of our voyage.

PRATIA REPENS. Pl. 79.

P. caule repente; foliis petiolatis, subreniformibus, undulatosubcrenulatis.

Lobelia pratiana. Olim.

In insulis Maclovianis.

FALKLAND ISLAND.

PRATIA ! ERECTA.

P. caule suberecto. Foliis sessilibus, ovato-lanceolatis, remotè et argutè dentatis.
Lobelia concolor ?? R. Brown, Prodr. Pag. 562.

In Nova-Hollandiae orâ oriental (Port Jackson) . Fraser communicavir.

EAST NEW HOLLAND.

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