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CAMPANULACEAE. 



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3. Campanula rapunculoides L. 



Creeping or European Belltlower. 



(Fig. 3492.) 



Campanula rapunculoides \,. Sp. PI. 165. 1753. 



Perennial by slender rootstotks; stem gla- 

 brous or pubescent, simple or rarelj' branched, 

 leafy, erect, rather stout, i°-3° high. Leaves 

 pubescent or puberulent, crenatc-dcuticulate, 

 ovate or ovate lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 the lower and basal ones mostly cordate, 3'-6' 

 long, I'-i' wide, slender-petioled, the upper 

 shortpetioled or sessile, smaller; flowers 

 short-pedicclled, drooping, I'-i^^' long in an 

 elongated bracted i-sided raceme; corolla 

 campanulate, blue to violet, rather deeply 5- 

 lobed, much longer than the linear spreading 

 calyx-lobes; capsule globose, nodding, about 

 4" in diameter; opening near the base. 



In fields and along roadsides. New Brunswick 

 to Ontario, southern New York, Pennsylvania and 

 Ohio. Naturalized from Uurope. July-Sept. 



4. Campanula glomerata L. Clus- 

 tered Bellflower. Dane's Blood. 

 (Fig. 3493-) 



Campanula glomc7ala L. Sp. PI. 166. 1753. 



Perennial by short rootstocks; stem stout, 

 simple, erect, pubescent, leafy, i°-2° high. 

 Leaves pubescent on both sides, crenulate, 

 the lower and basal ones oblong or ovate, 

 mostly obtuse, sometimes cordate, slender- 

 petioled, 2'-\' long, the upper lanceolate or 

 ovate-lauceolate, acute, sessile or clasping, 

 smaller; flowers about i' long, sessile, erect 

 and spreading in terminal and axillary glom- 

 erules; corolla campauulate, blue, rather 

 deeply 5-lobed; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acum- 

 inate; capsule ovoid or oblong, erect, about 

 3" high, opening near the base. 



In fields and along roadsides, eastern Massa- 

 chusetts. Naturalized from Europe. Some- 

 times called Canterbury Bells, a name more 

 properly belonging to C. medium and C. Trach- 

 elium. June-Aug. 



5. Campanula aparinoides Pursh. 

 Marsh or Bedstraw Bellflower. (Fig. 3494. ) 



Campanula aparinoides Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 159. 1814. 



Perennial; stems very slender or filiform, weak, 

 reclining or diffuse, rough with short retrorse bris- 

 tles, similar to those of Galium aspreUuin, leafy, 

 paniculately branched, 6'-2° long. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, or linear-lanceolate, sessile, sparingly dentate 

 with low teeth, or entire, rough on the margins and 

 midrib, acute at both ends, ji'-iyi' long, i''-^" 

 wide; flowers pale blue or white, paniculate, 2%"- 

 4" long; pedicels filiform; buds drooping; corolla 

 open-campauulate, deeply 5-cleft, its tube equal- 

 ling or longer than the triangular-lanceolate acute 

 calyx-lobes; style included; capsule subglobose, 

 opening near the base. 



In grassy swamps, New Brunswick to the Northwest 

 Territor}', south to Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska and 

 Colorado. Called also Slender Bellflower. June-Aug. 



