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CAMPANULACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



I. Legouzia biflora (R. & P.) Britton. 

 Small Venus' Looking-glass. (Fig. 3497.) 



Campanula biflora R. &P. Fl. I'tr. 2: 55. pi. 200,/. 6. 



1799. 

 Specularta biflora A. Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 82. 



1876. 

 Lef;ouzia biflora Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 309. 



1894. 



Glabrous, or nearly so; stem simple or branched, 

 very slender, roughish on the angles, 6'-2° high. 

 Leaves ovate, oblong, or the upper lanceolate, ses- 

 sile, acute or obtuse at the apex, crenate with a few 

 teeth, or entire, 4"-io" long, or the upper smaller; 

 earlier flowers with 3 or 4 ovate to lanceolate calyx- 

 lobes, those of the later flowers 4 or 5, lanceolate-sub- 

 ulate, longer; capsule oblong-cylindric, 3"-5" long, 

 opening by valves close under the calyx-teeth. 



In dry soil, Virginia to Tennessee, Kansas, Florida 

 and Texas. Also in California and South America. 

 April-July. 



2. Legouzia perfoliata (L. ) Britton. 

 Venus' Looking-glass. (Fig. 349^-) 



Campanula perfoliata L. Sp. PI. 169. 1753. 

 Specularta perfoliata A. DC. Mon. Campati. 351. 



1 8 so. 

 L. perfoliata Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 309. 1894. 



More or less pubescent; stem densely leafy, 

 simple or branched from near the base, slender, 

 rather weak, sometimes prostrate, retrorse-his- 

 pid on the angles, or nearly smooth, 6'-24' long. 

 Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate, strongly cor- 

 date-clasping or the lower merely sessile, cre- 

 nate-dentate or sometimes entire, \i'-\' wide; 

 flowers solitary or 2-3 together in the axils, ses- 

 sile, the later (upper) ones with 5 (rarely 4) 

 triangular-lanceolate acuminate rigid calyx- 

 lobes, and a rotate blue or violet corolla 5"-io" 

 broad, the earlier ones with 3-4 shorter calyx- 

 lobes longer than the rudimentary corolla; cap- 

 sule oblong, or narrowly turbinate, i"-^" long, 

 finally opening at about the middle; seeds len- 

 ticular. 



In dry woods, Maine and Ontario to British Columbia, south to Florida, Louisiana, Me.xico, 

 and Oregon. Called also Clasping Bellflower. May-Sept. 



3. Legouzia leptocarpa (Nutt.) Brit- 

 ton. Western Venus' Looking-glass. 

 (Fig. 3499-) 



Campylocera leptocarpa Nutt. Trans. .Vm. Phil. Soc. 



(11)8:257. 1843. 

 Specularta leptocarpa A.Gray, Proc. Am. .\cad. 11: 82. 



1876. 

 L. leptocarpa Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, $: 309. 1S94. 



Hirsute, or nearly glabrous; stem slender, simple, 

 or branched from the base, 6'-i5' high. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate to oblong, sessile, not clasping, 

 acute at both ends, or the lowest obtuse at the apex, 

 entire or sparingly denticulate, J^'-i' long, \"-i" 

 wide; flowers sessile and usually solitary in the 

 axils, the later ones with 4-5 subulate calyx-lobes 

 and a rotate corolla 5"-9" broad, the earlier ones 

 with 3 shorter calyx-lobes and rudimentary corolla; 

 capsule linear-cylindric, 4"-S" long, less than i" 

 thick; the upper at length opening near the sum- 

 mit; seeds oblong. 



In drj- soil, western Missouri and Kansas to Montana 

 and Texas. 5Ia}-.\ug. 



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