256 CAMl'AXl'LACE.E. (c AM PAN TLA FAMILY.) 



1. S. Plumieri, Vahl. Shrabby, fleshy, smootli ; leaves oblong-obovatc, 

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

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

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



Order 75. CAMPANULACE^. (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. Bellflowek. 



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

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

 valves. — Flowers spiked or paniclcd. 

 * Flowers panicled, on slender spreading pedicels : corolla small (3 "- 4"), bt U-aiaptd. 



1. C. aparinoides, Pursh. Stein weak, miming, the angles, as also tin' 

 margins and midrib of the linear nearly entire leaves, hispid backward; panicle 

 few-flowered; calyx-lobes triangular; corolla white. (C. erinoides, Mn/il.) — 

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

 Stem 1°- l£° 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 Blightly ex- 

 Berted ; 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: coreBa large, somt what wheeliAaptd. 



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



ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sen-ate; spike elongated, leafj ; corolla (i ' wide) 



blue. (C. acuminata, Michx.) — Dry rocky soil, Florida to Mississippi, ami 



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



I'll. 



2. SPECULARIA, Heist. 



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

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



prismatie, ,'t-eelhd, opening by :'. lateral valves. — Low annuals. Flowers axil- 

 lary. Corolla blue. 



