280 CAMPANULACEAE. 



tered, without stamiiiodia. Ovary bristly or prickly. Berry bristly. Seeds 

 filling the cavity. 



1. S. angulata L. Stems and branches viscid-pubescent: leaf-blades 6-15 cm. 

 wide, 5-angled or 5-lobed, the lobes distinctly toothed: hypanthium flattish: 

 sepals of the staminate flowers triangular, 3-5 mm. long: corolla rotate, white, 

 striped with green, 10-12 mm. wide: berries clustered, ovoid, 1.5-2 cm. long. 

 — Common, in waste places and thickets. — Sum. — Nimble-kate. Stab- 

 cucumber. 



Family 2. CAMPANULACEAE. Bellflower Family. 



Herbs or woody plants. Leaves alternate: blades enth'e, toothed, or 

 iobed. Flowers perfect, regular, sometimes dimorphous. Calyx of 5 

 sepals, or fewer in eleistogamous flowers. Corolla of 5 partly united 

 petals. Androecium of 5 distinct stamens. Gynoecium 2-5-carpellary, the 

 ovary more or less inferior. Fruit capsular. 



Corolla campanulate or funnelform : inflorescence racemose or paniculate. 



1. Campanula. 

 Corolla rotate : inflorescence spicate. 



Style declined : flowers complete throughout. 2. Cajipanulastkum. 



Style straight : flowers various, the earlier ones eleis- 

 togamous. 3. Speculaeia. 



1, CAMPANTJLA [Tourn.] L. Perennial or sometimes annual herbs. 

 Leaf -blades entire to Iobed. Flowers perfect, all alike and complete. Hypan- 

 thium relatively short in age. Corolla campanulate to funnelform. Stamens 

 included. Capsules opening by lateral or basal perforations or valves. — 



Bellfloaver. 



Corollas over 12 mm. long. 



Stem-leaves with linear blades : basal leaves with orbicular or ovate-orbicular 



blades : sepals subulate : capsules of a turbinate type. 1. C. rotundifoHa. 



Stem-leaves and basal leaves with ovate or ovate-lanceolate 



blades: sepals lanceolate: capsules hemispheric. 2. C. rapuncnloldes. 



Corollas less than 10 mm. long. 3. C. aparinoidcs. 



1. O. rotundifolia L. Stems glabrous or nearly so, nearly 1 m. tall or less, 

 diffuse: basal leaves with orbicular or ovate-orbicular, often toothed, long- 

 petioled blades cordate at the base ; stem-leaves linear, entire : sepals subulate, 

 longer than the hypanthium: corolla blue or purplish-blue, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; 

 lobes broadly ovate to reniform: capsules turbinate to obovoid-turbinate, 5-6 

 mm. long: seeds 1 mm. long. — M. S. Occasional, on rocky creek-banks. — 

 Limestones, schists, serpentine. — Spr. — Bluebell. Harebell. 



2. C. rapunculoides L. Stem sparingly pubescent or glabrous, 1 m. tall or 

 less, commonly simple: leaf -blades ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 4-11 cm. long, serrate or crenate-serrate, those of the lower leaves 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, and long-petioled, those of the upper ones 

 narrowed at the base and sessile or nearly so: sepals lanceolate, as long as 

 the hypanthium or longer: corolla blue, 2.5-3 cm. long; lobes ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, much shorter than the tube: capsules hemispheric, 5-7 mm. long, 

 ribbed : seeds fully 1 mm. long. — S. Occasional, on roadsides and in fields. 

 — Nat. of Eu. — Sum. — Creeping-bellflower. 



3. C. aparinoides Pursh. Stems 2-6 dm. long, prickly throughout: leaf -blades 

 1-3.5 cm. long, those of the upper leaves linear to lanceolate: sepals ovate to 

 triangular-ovate, 1.5-2 mm. long: corolla white or pink, 5-8 mm. long: capsules 

 globose-obovoid : seeds about 0.5 mm. long, smooth. — Common, in swamps and 

 spring-runs. — Sum. — Marsh-bellflower. 



