80. CAMPANULACE.E. [5. Sphenoclea. 



free from corolla, filaments often dilated at the base, anthers oblong 

 free. Ovary 2-3-celled. Stigma of 3 narrow lobes. Capsule erect 

 2-3-celled, loculicidally 2-3-valved above. Seeds very many. 



1. W. gracilis, DC, inc. W. ag-restis, A.DC, and W. indica, A.DC. 



A very variable herb. In our area erect glabrous or very nearly 

 so, 3-8" with many branches spreading from the root or up to 15" 

 strict and very slender. Leaves linear to oblong, denticulate, sessile, 

 lower 1-2", iipper reduced to bracts. Branches of panicle usually 

 bifurcate Avith pale-blue narrowly campanulate fls. -3" long or 

 •25" diam. 



Ill rice fields or damp ground. Bettiab, Hieronymns ! Purneah ! Ohota Nag-pur ! 

 freiiuent. Possibly throughout our area. Fl., Fr. May-Jan, 



Sepals •!" alsout equalling the hj-panthiuni or slightly longer, linear. Corolla- 

 lobes narrow -ovate, sometimes tipped with a yellow incurved tip, and margins 

 slightly reflexed. Lower part of filament dilated as a rhomboid memlirane inclined 

 inwards, filiform above. Capsule •2.5-'3". 



4. CAMPANULA, L. 



Herbs with alternate or radical subrosulate leaves. Flowers blue, 

 purple or Avhite, sub-solitary, panicled spicate or svibcapitate, lower 

 often axillary. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, persistent. Corolla campanulate, 

 5-lobed or 5-fid, Stamens 5 free, filaments dilated at the base. Ovary 

 3-celled, stigma shortly 3-(5)-lobed. Capsule truncate, dehiscing by 

 small valves at the base or sides. Seeds very many, ellipsoid or 

 compressed. 

 1. C. canescens, Wall. 



An erect herb with strict hairy stems 8-20" high, often several 

 from the rootstock. Cauline leaves linear, linear- oblong or lanceolate, 

 1-2" long, sessile or contracted into a very short petiole. Flowers 

 lilac or grey-purple, dimorphic (in one form without corolla or 

 stamens), usually subspicate on the branches of narrow panicles, 

 becoming more diffuse with elongate x^edicels in fruit. 



.\lluvial banks of the Soane, Behar. J.D.H. ! Parasnath, T.T. ! It occurs on the 

 plateau lands iu the Central Provinces and will probably be found in Chota Nagpiu- 

 on the pafg. Fl. March-April, 



Leaves hairy, entire, serrate or creno-serrate, radical, and lowest cauhne leaves 

 elliptic or oblanceolate. Calyx "2" or much smaller in the imperfect flower. Corolla 

 campanulate "lb" or and stamens in the imperfect flower. Capsule "1" or (fide 

 C. B. Clarke) •2--25". 



5. SPHENOCLEA, Gaertn. 



An annual erect herb with alt. leaves and small flowers, bracteate 

 and 2-bracteolate in cylindrical or somewhat conical capitate spikes. 

 Calyx half-superior, 5-fid. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 

 on the corolla alternating with the small lobes, filaments short, 

 anthers ovate. Ovary inferior or half-inferior in fruit, 2-celled Avith 

 2 large axile placentae, style very short, stigma simple or obscurely 

 lobed. Capsule membranous below, circumsciss, Avith numerous small 

 oblong minutely verrucose seeds and terete embiyo. 

 1. S. zeylanica, Gaertn. Jhil-mirich, Beng. (teste Roxburgh). 



An erect Aveedy-looking annual Avith fibrous roots, much-branched 

 stem 1-2 ft. high, fistular, glabrous. Leaves 1-3" lanceolate, sessile 



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