Class V. Order I. 85 



bracte at the bend. Flowers small, white. Brocksides. July. 

 Perennial. 



90. CAMPANULA. 

 CAMPANULA PERFOLIATA. L. Clasping Bell flower. 



Stem simple ; leaves heart shaped, toothed, clasp- 

 ing ; flowers sessile, aggregate. L. 



Syn. CAMPANULA AMPLEXICAULIS. Mich. 



Found by the road side in Medford and elsewhere. Stem 

 erect, leafy, angular, slightly pubescent. Leaves small, alter- 

 nate, reniform-heart shaped, tooth-crenate, clasping the stem. 

 Flowers axillary, sessile. Segments of the calyx lanceolate, 

 very acute, with a distinct middle rib. Corolla blue, spreading. 

 June. Annual. 



CAMPANULA ERINOIDES. Lt. Slender Bell flower. 



Stem triangular, the angles rough backward ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate ; flowers terminal. 



Syn. CAMPANULA FLEXUOSA. Mich. 



Found in meadows among the high grass, supporting itself like 

 a Galium on surrounding plants. Stem from eight to twenty in- 

 ches in height, very slender and flexible, uniformly triangular, 

 the angles rough with minute reflexed prickles. Leaves given 

 oft' successively from the three sides, linear, sessile, nearly en- 

 tire, the midrib gnd margin rough backward. A variety occurs 

 with lanceolate leaves with a few minute teeth. Branches few, 

 near the top, axillary, leafy, one or two flowered. Flowers 

 small, terminal. Corolla very small, twice or thrice the length 

 of the calyx, deeply five cleft, white with pale blue veins. 

 Filaments valve like, hairy. Stigma' tritid. Capsule globular, 

 three celled. Found at Medford and Brighton. Variety 2d at 

 Sudbury. June, July. 



91. LOBELIA. 

 LOBELIA CAUDINALIS. L. Cardinal flower. 



Stem erect ; leaves broad-lanceolate, serrate ; spike 

 terminal, pointing one way. L. 



This superb plant, cultivated and much prized in Europe, is a 



