80. CA3IPANULACE.E. 



sinus. Column elong-ate, apex at first deflexecl, elastically reflexed 

 Avhen irritated. 



Leaves clustered. Corolla white oi- purple 2. Kunthii. 



Leaves scattered. Corolla rosy or purplish \. fenellum. 



1. S. Kunthii, Wall. 



A delicate little herb 1-4" rarely attaining- 8" hig-h witli rather 

 fleshy broadly oblong spathulate or obovate-orbiciilar leaves "S-'o" 

 clustered about the base or top of the very short stem, and numerous 

 erect long- stalked lax dichotomous cj'mes of minute irregular Avhite 

 or purple flowers I'l-'lo" diam., sessile at the forks. 



Dami) ground. Purueah ! Sambalpur (Ca7. Herh.) ! Fl.. Fr. Oct. -Jan. 



lutiorescence with scattered lilaiulular hairs. Buds refle.xed. Bracts usually 2 

 at the forks of the peduncle •l-"25" linear-oblong. Calyx upper lip of 3 oblong 

 sepals '07" long, lower spoon-shaped, •12" long, notched. Corolla lobes 'Oo-'O?" 

 long, anterior lobes longer than the two lateral, all oblauceolate and emarginate 

 with minute 2-fid ligules at their l)a.se. Capsule "S-'o" linear, valves dehiscing 

 from the toi). 



2. S. tenellum, Swartz. 



Stem 4—8" g'labroiis simple erect leafj^, leaves scattered oblong or 

 oblong-obovate smaller upwards, lower -5" narrowed at the base, 

 passing into the linear 'IT" long bracts at the cyme forks. Fls. sessile 

 at the forks, rosy or purplish. Capsule 'o-'To" linear, valves united 

 at the top and base. 



Chota Nagpur, Hazaribagh (var. minima with stems only 1-2" long and. 1-4-fid.), 

 ^ B. Chirkel Manbhum, Ball (only "7-1" high)! Manbhum, Campbell ^perhaps 

 jm Parasnath; ! The last is up to '4'5" high. Fl., Fr. Sept. -Jan. 



FAM. 80. CAMPANULACE^. 



Herbs or underslirubs, often Avith milky juice. Leaves alternate, 

 more rarely opposite, simple exstipulate. Inflorescence not cymose, 

 fls. bracteate or axillary, bracteoles (exc. in Sphenoclea). Calyx 

 superior or adnate to the ovary, 4-6-partite, usually persistent. 

 Corolla regular or (in Tribe Lobeliese) irregular, gamopetalous, Avith 

 valvate lobes. Stamens 4-6 alternating Avith the lobes, inserted Avith 

 the corolla on the margin of the epigynous disc (in Sphenoclea on the 

 corolla tvibe), anthers free or sj^ngenesious. Ovary 2-5-celled, ovules 

 many in the inner angles often on swollen placentae. Style J Avith 

 stigmas as many as the cells. Fruit capsular or more rarely baccate, 

 in Sphenoclea circumsciss. Seeds many, small, ellipsoid, albuminous. 

 Embryo erect, radicle next the hilum. 

 I. Corolla 2-lipped, dorsall^- spUt. Anthers connate . . 1. Lobelia. 

 II. Corolla regular. Anthers free or simiewhat connate: — 



A. Fls. not in a dense spike, stamens not epipetalous : — 



1. Capsule dehiscing at the top (not involving the 



hypanthium) :— 



Corolla stellately 5-partite. Capsule *!" diam. . 2. Cephalosfigma. 



Corolla campauulate. Capsule OA'er "2" diam. . 3. Wahlenbergia, 



2. Fruit (including hypanthium; dehiscent at base or 



sides 4. Campanula. 



B. Flowers in a dense cylindrical spike. Stamens epi- 



petalous. Capsule circumsciss at top. . . .5. Sphenoclea. 



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