278 CAMPANULACE.E. (CAMPANULA FAMILY.) 



1 - 4-celleil, the cells 1 -seeded. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, dichotomous. Flowers blue or white. 



1. S. Plumieri, Vahl. Shrubby, fleshy, smooth ; leaves obloug-obovate, 

 entire, bearded hi the axils ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; calvx tubular, 

 truncate, obscurely 5-tootlied ; corolla thick, split to the base; stamens sliort; 

 ovary 4-ovuled ; drupe 2-celled, 1-seeded. Coast of South Florida. 



ORDER 78. CAMPANULACEJE. (CAMPANULA FAMILY.) 



Herbs, with milky juice, alternate leaves, and regular mostly blue 

 flowers. Calyx 3-5-lobed, adherent to the ovary. Corolla 5-lobed, 

 valvate in the bud. Stamens 5, free from the corolla, the broad fila- 

 ments and anthers distinct. Style single, hairy above. Stigmas '2 or 

 more. Capsule 2 - several-celled, many-seeded, splitting at the apex, 

 or opening by lateral valves or holes. Embryo straight in fleshy 

 albumen. 



1. CAMPANULA, L. BELLFLOWEB. 



Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla 5 lobed, mostly bell-shaped. Filaments dilated at 

 the base. Stigmas 3, slender. Capsule short, 3-celled, opening by lateral 

 valves. Flowers single, spiked, or pauicled. 



* Flowers sinyle or panlcled, on slender spreading pedicels: corolla small 



(3"- 4"), hell-shaped. 



1. C. aparinoides, Pursh. Stem weak, reclining, the angles, as als&. 

 the margins and midrib of the linear nearly entire leaves, hispid backward ; 

 panicle few-flowered ; calyx lobes triangular ; corolla white. Swamps among 

 the mountains, Georgia, and northward. July - August. Stem 1- H high. 

 Lowest leaves narrowly obovate. 



2. C. divaricata, Michx. Smooth ; stem terete, paniculate above ; the 

 branches somewhat naked, spreading ; leaves scattered, ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate at each end, coarsely serrate ; calyx lobes subulate ; style slightly ex- 

 serted ; corolla blue, nodding. Mountains of Georgia and Carolina. July- 

 August. Stem 1 - 2 high. 



3. C. Floridana, Watson. Smooth ; stem filiform, angular, simple or 

 branched above (6' -12' long); leaves lanceolate, entire (8'- 12' long), the 

 upper ones linear; peduncles terminal; calyx lobes subulate, hidentate, 

 spreading, longer than the 5-parted blue corolla; stigmas recurved. South 

 Florida. 



* * Flowers spiked, single or 2-3 together: corolla large, somewhat 



wheel-shaped. 



4. C. Americana, L. Stem tall, smooth or hairy, mostly simple ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate ; spike elongated, leafy ; corolla (V wide) 

 blue. Dry rocky soil. August- Sept. Stem 2-4 high. Spike l-2 

 long. Style exsertecl. Earliest leaves cordate. 



