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•w- -«h Simple or sparingly panicled, slender : leaves entire or nearly so, the upper 

 reduced to linear or awl-shaped bracts : root perennial or biennial. 



8. L. spieala, Lam. Minutely pubescent; stem wand-like, simple (1°- 

 3° high ) ; stem-leaves obovate- or lanceolate-oblong ; raceme long and spike-like, com- 

 monly dense. (L. Claytoniana, Michx.) — Dry grounds, Massachusetts to Wis- 

 consin, and southward. Aug. — Flowers pale blue. 



9. L. Nllttullii, Rcem. & Sch. Stem very slender (l°-2° high), minute- 

 ly roughened, mostly simple; root-leaves obovate ; those of the stem oblong-linear; 

 flowers loosely scattered in a small wand-like raceme ; the thread-form pedicels 

 longer than the bruct, shorter than the flower, usually with minute bractlcts near the. 

 base; lobes of the calyx short, awl-shaped. — Sandy swamps, Long Island, New 

 Jersey, and southward. July -Sept. Much resembles the next. 



10. L. f&ulnaii, L. Stem slender, branching (4'- 18' high), smooth; root- 

 leaves oblong-spatulate ; those of the stem linear ; raceme loose, few-flowered ; pedi- 

 cels shorter than She linear leaf-like bracts, longer than the flower, with 2 minute bract- 

 lets above the middle. — Damp limestone rocks and hanks, W. New England to 

 "Wisconsin along the Great Lakes. Also Peon, Porter. July -Sept. 



•*- h- ■*- +- Stem simple and nearly leafless, except at or near the Ixise : flowers m a 

 simple loose raceme : leaves fleshy : calyx-lube acute at the base ; auricles none. 



11. L. paliulosa, Nntt. Nearly smooth ; stem slender (l°-2i° high); 

 leaves thickish hut flat, scattered near the base, linearspatulate or oblong-linear, den- 

 ticulate, mostly tapering into a petiole; lower lip of the corolla bearded in the 

 middle. 1). — Bogs, Delaware and southward. — Flowers V long, light blue. 



12. Li. I>ortBnutJi2ia, L. (Water Lobelia.) Very smooth; scape 

 thickish (5' - 12' high), few-flowered; leaves all tufted at the root, linear, terete, hollow, 

 with a partition lengthwise, sessile ; lower lip of the pale-blue corolla slightly 

 hairy. 1| — Borders of ponds, New York, New England, and northward. July 

 - Sept. — Flowers ^' - §' long. Summit of the pod free from the calyx. (Eu.) 



Order 61. CAMPANULACE^!. (Campanula Family.) 



Herbs, with milky juice, alternate leaves, and scattered flowers ; the calyx 

 adherent to the ovary ; the regular 5-lobed corolla bell-shaped, valvate in the 

 bud ; the 5 stamens free from the corolla and usually distinct. — Style 1, be- 

 set with collecting hairs above : stigmas 2 or more. Pod 2 - several-celled, 

 many-seeded. Seed small, anatropous, with a straight embryo in fleshy 

 albumen. — Flowers generally blue and showy. — Sparingly represented 

 in America, in the Northern States by only two genera. 



I. CAMPANULA, Tourn. Bellflower. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla generally bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, separate, 

 the filaments broad and membranaceous at the base. Stigmas and cells of the 

 pod 3 in our species, the short pod opening on the sides by as many valves or 

 holes. — Herbs with terminal or axillary flowers. (A diminutive of the Italian 

 campana, a bell, from the shape of the corolla.) 



