BELLFLOWER FAMILY 



Pistil. — Ovary three-celled; stigma three-lob ed. 



Fruit. — Capsule globose, nodding, opening near the 

 base. 



Pollinated by bees and flies. Nectar-bearing. 



This European Bellflower has escaped from gardens 

 and makes itself very much at home along the road- 

 sides and in the meadows of southern Canada, through- 

 out New England and New York, somewhat less often 

 in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Its erect, rigid stem, set 

 with long ovate leaves and crowned with a raceme of 

 widely expanded purple-blue bells, has little grace but 

 much vitality. It increases chiefly by runners. 



BLUEBELLS OF SCOTLAND. HAREBELL 



Campdnula rotundifolia 



A native perennial, growing on moist rocks and in 

 meadows from Labrador to Alaska, south to New Jersey 

 and Nebraska. Europe, Asia, North America. June- 

 September. 



Stem. — Slender and branching; six to twelve inches 

 high. 



Leaves. — Basal leaves orbicular or ovate, heart-shaped 

 at base, toothed or crenate, long-petioled, early wither- 

 ing. Stem leaves linear or lanceolate, entire, smooth. 



Flowers. — Bright blue, nodding bells. 



Calyx. — Five awl-shaped lobes. 



Corolla. — Open bell, five-lobed. 



Stamens. — Five. 



Pistil. — Ovary three-celled; stigma three-lobed. 



Campanula rotundifolia is the Bluebell of literature; 

 a citizen of the northern world, growing in Europe, 



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