236 PENTANDRTA. MONOGYNFA. solanum. 



Spec. I. p. 1043. Mich. FL I. p. 150. Pursh Fl. I. p. 

 156. 71/ M /t /. Ca^ p. 23. £ Hio H SA-. I. p. 282. Roem, 

 ^ Schult. IV. p. 662. Dill, Elth. p. 362. t. 269. f. 348. 



Root perennial. Seem suffruticose, but annual, erect, branched, 

 about a foot high, armed with sharp expanding prickles. 

 Leaves prickly along the midrib and larger veins on both 

 sides, covered with a stellate pubescence. Racemes lateral, 

 few-flowered, often longer than the leaves, Calyx prickly, 

 with acuminate segments. Corolla large, white, or pale blue j 

 segments ovate, acute. Berries globose, yellow. 



Hab. In Pennsylvania and Maryland. Muhlenberg. June. 



164. CAMPANULA. L. 



Calt/x mostly 5-cleft. Corolla campanulate, 5-cleft. 

 Filaments dilated at the base. Stigma 3 — 5-cleft. Cap- 

 sule 3-(rarely 5-)celled, opening by lateral pores. Gen. 

 pi. 290. Xutt. Gen. I. p. 136. Juss. p. 164. 

 Lam. III. t. CXXIII. Roejn. ^ Sehult. Gen. 

 877. Nat. Ord. Campanula /^^ 5 A-. Bell-Jlower. 



1 . C. rotundifolia L. : glabrous ; radical leaves reniform- 

 cordate, crenate ; cauline ones linear, entire ; panicle lax, 

 few-flowered. Willd. Spec. I. p. 892. Smith FL Brit. 

 I. p. 235. En^. Bot. t. 866. M i c h. Fl. I. p. 108. Purs h 

 F/. I. p. 159. Roem. ^ Schuli.\.\>.2^. 



Boot perennial, creeping. Stem erect, slender, a foot or more 

 high, terete, branched at the base. Radical leaves on long 

 petioles, cordate and oblong ; cauline leaves 2 — 3 inches long, 

 very narrow. Flowers few, drooping, in a loose terminal pa- 

 nicle or raceme. Pedicels 1 -flowered, elongated. Segments 

 of the calyx subulate, spreading. Corolla blue; segments 

 broad-ovate, acute. Stamens included ; JUamtnts dictated at 

 the base, and closing the base of the corolla; anthers linear, 

 marcescent. Style longer than the stamens ; Hti^ma 3-lobed. 



Hab. On rocks along the banks of rivers. Passaic Falls, New- 

 Jeisey. Fishkill, New-York, Ecc. June. This plant is sel- 

 dom found with radical leaves, as they wither very early. 



2. C. amplexicauHs Mich. : stem simple, erect ; leaves 

 cordate, crenate, amplexicaul ; flowers axillary, sessile, glo- 

 merate. Mich. Fl.]. 1^. 108. Elliott Sk. I. p. 262. 

 Roem. ir Schult,Y.p,]55. C. perfoliata L. W ill d. 

 Spec. I. p. 915. Pwrs/i i^/. I. p. 116. jBig. Bos/, p. 54. 

 Walt. Car. p. 100. 



Moot annual. Stem 8 — 12 inches high, angular; angles re- 

 trorsely hispid. Leaves broad-cordate, amplexicaul, and thus 

 appearing perfoliate^ dentate-crenate, with prominent veins be- 



