LOBELIA

(Lat.), n. f. Lob-el(e*l)'i3-a8. From M. de Label, a botanist and physician to James I of England. Fr., lobelie (1st def.), her be de lobelie enflee (2d def.), lobelie enflee [Fr. Cod.] (2d def.). Ger., Lobelie (1st def.), L'kraut (2d def.), Lobe lien kraut (26 def.). Sp., 1. [Mex. Ph.l Syn.: hcrba lobelice [Ger. Ph. (2d def.). Dan. Ph., Norw. Ph., Ku . Ph., Swed. Ph.] (in flat as [Belg. Ph.]). 1. A genus of herbaceous plants distinguished from Campanula by the irregular corolla and completely united anthers, and by the exce ive acridity of the juice. The Lobeliaceos (Fr., lobelia cees; Ger., Lobeliaceen) are the lobeliads, an order of dicotyledonous plants now made a section (the Lobelice of Gray) or tribe (the Lobeliece of Bentham and Hooker) of the Campanulacece (q. v.). 2. Of the U. S., Br., Austr., Hung., and Netherl. Ph's, the dried flowering herb (the leaves and tops) of L. in flat a. The U. S. Ph. directs the use of the leaves and tops after some of the capsules have become inflated, while the Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph., and Ru . Ph. direct the use of the blooming plant, the Fr. Cod. the use of the plant, and the other Ph's the use of the leaves and flowering tops. In commerce, 1. occurs generally in the LOBELIA CARDINAL IS. [A. 327.] form of oblong, compre ed cakes, having a taste resembling that of tobacco, slight at first, but afterward sharp and burning. It is a powerful, nauseating emetic (see LOBELACRIN) and in large doses an aero-narcotic poison (see LOBELINE). L. is used in tetanus, in small repeated doses for producing relaxation of the OB uteri, and in pectoral and laryngeal affections, especially spasmodic asthma. [B, 1, 5, 18, 19, 34, 42, 121, 170, 173, 180, 275 (a, 35); B, 95 (o, 38).] K, he; K>, eil; G, go; I, die; I, in; N, in; N, tank; [s. 660]