lobeliaceæ

pl. [Mod. Lat., ., lobeli(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ.] Bot .: Lobeliads; an order of epigynous exogens, alliance Campana les. It consists of herbs or shrubs, with milky juice, alternate leaves without stipules; the calyx five-lobed or entire; corolla mono petal ous, irregular, five-lobed or deeply five-cleft; stamens five, anthers cohering in a tube; ovary, inferior, one to three-celled; seeds, very numerous, parietal or attached to the axis; style, simple; stigma, surrounded by a cup-like fringe; fruit, capsular, one to three-celled; many-seeded, dehiscing at the apex. Found in semitropical and temperate climates. The acridity of their milk makes them suspicious, About 275 species are known. Sir Joseph Hooker makes the Lobelia cere a sub-order of Campanulacese. The order is divided into three tribes, Clint oneæ, Lobelese, and Deli em.