256 CAMPANULACE^. (CAMPANULA FAMILY.) 



1 . S. Plumieri, Vahl. Shmbby, fleshy, smooth ; leaves oblong-obovate, 

 entire, bearded in the axils; peduncles shorter than the leaves; calyx tubular, 

 truncate, obscurely 5-toothed ; corolla thick, split to the base; stamens short; 

 ovary 4-ovuled ; drupe 2-celled, 2-seeded. — Sea-shore, South Florida. 



Order 75. CAMPANULACEiE. (Campanula Family.) 



Herbs, with milky juice, alternate leaves, and regular mostly blue 

 flowers. — Calyx 3 - 5-lobed, adherent to the ovary. Corolla 5-lobed, 

 valvate in the bud. Stamens 5, free from the corolla, the broad fila- 

 ments and anthers distinct. Style single, hairy above. Stigmas 2 or 

 more. Capsule 2 - several-celled, many-seeded, splitting at the apex, or 

 opening by lateral valves or holes. Embryo straight in fleshy albumen. 



1. CAMPANULA, L. Bellflower. 



Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla ."j-lobed, mostly bell-shaped. Filaments dilated at 

 the base. Stigmas 3, slender Capsule short, 3-celled, opening by lateral 

 valves. — Flowers spiked or panicled. 

 * Flowers panicled, on slender spreading pedicels : corolla small (3 "- 4"), bell-shaped. 



1. C. aparinoides, Pursh. Stem weak, reclining, the angles, as also the 

 mai'gins and midrib of the linear nearly entire leaves, hispid backward; panicle 

 few-flowered; caly.\-lobes triangular; corolla white. (C. erinoides, Muhl.) — 

 Swamps among the mountains, Georgia, and northward. July and August. — 

 Stem 1°- li° high. Lowest leaves narrowly obovate. 



2. C. divaricata, Michx. Smooth ; stem terete, paniculate above ; the 

 branches somewhat naked, spreading ; leaves scattered, ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate at each end, coarsely serrate ; calyx-lobes subulate ; style slightly ex- 

 serted ; corolla blue, nodding. — Mountains of Georgia and Carolina. July 

 and August. — Stem 1° - 2° high. 



3. C flexuosa, Michx. Branches erect ; leaves lanceolate, the upper 

 ones approximate ; otherwise like the preceding. — Mountains of Carolina. 

 Mickaux. ( * ) 



* * Flowers spiked, single or 2-3 together : corolla large, somewhat wheel-shaped. 



4. C. Americana, L. Stem tall, smooth or hairy, mostly simple ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate; spike elongated, leafy; corolla (I' wide) 

 blue. (C. acuminata, ifichx.) —Dry rocky soil, Florida to Mississippi, and 

 northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 2° -4° high. Spike 1° - 2° long. Style 

 exserted. 



2. SPECULARIA, Heist. 



Calyx 3 -5-lobed, Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-Iobed. Stamens free; the fila- 

 ments membranaceous, hairy, shorter than the anthers. Stigmas 3. Capsule 

 prismatic, 3-celled, opening by 3 lateral valves. — Low annuals. Flowers axil- 

 lary. Corolla blue. 



