326 CAMPANULACEAE. 



3. Campanula petiolata DC. (C. rotundifolia American authors, in part; 

 not L.) On hills and mountains from Mackenzie and Wash, to N. M. and 

 Utah. — Alt. 5000-12,000 ft. — Gunnison Co.; Gray's Peak; Rist Cafion ; Breck- 

 enridge; Narrows; near Ft. Collins; Ilorsetoolh Gulch; Palmer Lake; Dillon 

 Canon; Trinidad; Howe's Gulch; gulch west of Soldier Canon; Boulder. 



4. Campanula aparinoides Pursh. In wet meadows from N. B. and Sask. 

 to Ga. and Colo. — Along Platte, near Denver (Eastzvood.). 



2. SPECULARIA Heist. Venus' Looking-glass. 



Leaves cordate-clasping; capsule oblong. i. .S". perfoliata. 



Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate; capsule linear-cylindric. 2. S. leptocarpa. 



1. Specularia perfoliata (L.) A. DC. On hillsides from Me. and B. C. to 

 Fla., Ariz, and Ore.; also in Mex. — Spring Canon; Howe's Gulch; Horse- 

 tooth Gulch; Platte River. 



2. Specularia leptocarpa (Nutt.) A. Gray. In dry soil from Mo. and MonL 

 to Tex. and Colo. — Locality not given. 



Family 130. LOBELIACEAE Dumort. Lobelia Family. 



I. LOBELIA L. Lobelia, Cardinal-flower. 



I. Lobelia syphilitica L. In wet places from Me. and S. D. to Ga., La. 

 and Colo. West of the Missouri River it is only represented by the smaller 

 var. Ludoviciana A. DC. — Vicinity of Ft. Collins; hills north of La Porte; 

 Denver. 



Order 48. VALERIANALES. 



Family 131. VALERIAN ACEAE Batsch. Valerian Family. 



I. VALERIANA L. Valerian. 



Leaves thick, entire or with linear, entire divisions ; veining almost parallel. 

 Fruit and ovaries pubescent ; bracts in the staminate plant linear-lanceolate. 



I. V. edulis. 

 Fruit glabrous, scurfy, muricate or rugose. 



Basal leaves oblanceolate ; fruit broadly ovate ; corolla of the staminate 



plant 2.5-3 nim. wide ; root thick. 2. V. trachycarpa. 



Basal leaves narrowly linear-oblanceolate ; fruit narrowly ovate ; corolla of 

 the staminate flowers less than 2 mm. wide ; root rather slender. 



3. V. furfurascens. 

 Leaves thin ; the cauline ones pinnate ; veining distinctly pinnate. 



Ovary and fruit at least when young pubescent. 4. V. micrantha. 



Ovary and fruit glabrous. 



Basal leaf-blades ovate-cordate. 5. V. ovata. 



Basal leaf-blades spatulate, oval or lanceolate, tapering at the base. 



Lateral leaflets or lobes of the stem-leaves small, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. 



6. V. acutiloba. 

 Lateral leaflets of the stem-leaves ample, ovate to lanceolate, acute. 



7. V. occidentalis. 



I. Valeriana edulis Nutt. On hillsides and dry meadows from Ida. and 

 Mont, to Colo, and Utah. — Alt. up to 11,000 ft. — Berthoud Pass; Continental 

 Divide; Columbine; Conejos River, north of Antonito. 



