278 CAMPAXULACE.K. (CAMPANULA FAMILY.) 



1 -4-folletI, the rella 1-seeded. — Ilorha or slirubs. Leaves alternate. Peduu- 

 c'le.s axillarv, (iirlKjtoinou.s. Flowt'r.s blue or wliite. 



1. S. Plumieri, V'ahl. .Slimhbv.tlcsliy.siiiootli; leaves oldung-obovatc, 

 eutire, Ijearded in the a.xils; pedumh-.s sliurler than tiie leaves ; cal\x tul)iilar, 

 truncate, <ili.><rurely .'i-tootlied ; corolla thick, split to the base ; .stamens short; 

 ovarv 4-ovuled ; drupe 2-celled, 1 -seeded. — Coast of bouth Florida. 



Okdek 78. CAMPANULACE^. (Campanula Family.) 



Herbs, with milky juice, alternate leaves, and regular mo.stly blue 

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

 valvate in the bud. Stamens 5, free from the corolla, the bi'oad fila- 

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

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

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

 albumen. 



1. CAMPANULA, L. Bellflowek. 



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

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

 valves. — Flowers single, spiked, or panicled. 



* Flowers single oi' panicled, on slender spreading pedicels : corolla small 

 (3" -4"), hell-shaped. 



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

 the margins and uiidiil) of the linear nearly entire leaves, hispid backward; 

 paincle few-fiovvered ; calyx lobes triangular ; corolla white. — Swamps among 

 tlie mountains, Georgia, and northward. July - August. — Stem 1° - H^ '"'gli- 

 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 Idue, nodding. — Mountains of Georgia and Carolina. July - 

 August. — Stem 1° -2° high. 



3. C. Ploridana, Watson. Smooth ; stem filiform, angular, simple or 

 branched above (6'- 12' long); leaves lanceolate, entire (8'- 12' long), the 

 uj)per ones linear; peduncles terminal; calyx lobes subulate, bidentate, 

 spreading, longer than the .5-parted blue corolla ; stigmas recurved. — South 

 Florida. 



« * 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 ; s])ike elon<ijated, leafy ; corolla (1' wide) 

 blue.— Dry rocky soil. August- Sept. — Stem 2<^-4'^ high. Spike l°-2° 

 long. Stjle exserted. Earliest leaves cordate. 



