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MOUNTAIN BLUEBELLS 



Merten'sia cilia'ta, syns. M. polyphyl'la, "M. sibi'rica" 1 



Flowers blue, in loose end clus- 

 ters, usually without bracts, 

 somewhat drooping 



United petals (corolla) tubu- 

 lar-funnel-shaped, up to Y\ in. 

 long, shallowly 5-lobed 



Threadlike stalk (style) often 

 protruding from corolla and 

 persistent after seeds ripen 



"Seeds" (nutlets) 4, small, 

 hard, nutlike, wrinkled at ma- 

 turity 



Outer united flower parts 

 (calyx) deeply 5-lobed; lobes 

 oblong, blunt, usually hairy- 

 fringed around edges, usually 

 less than '/* in. long 



Stems up to 5 ft. in height, 

 very leafy, unbranched or 

 branched only near the top, 

 erect, pale, hollow, hairless, 

 coated with whitish, waxy 

 bloom 



Leaves alternate, usually 1 to'. 

 4 in. long, veiny, somewhat 

 hairy-fringed on margins, often 

 blister-dotted, egg-shaped or 

 somewhat heart-shaped, oblong 

 or lance-shaped; lower ones 

 blunt at tips; upper ones sharp 

 or tapering-pointed 



Root woody, thickened, often 

 with branched root crown 



1 See footnote on following page. 



