256 (A.MPANULACE^E. (CAMPANULA FAMILY.) 



1 . S. Plumieri, Vahl. Shrubby, fleshy, smooth ; leaves oblong-obovatc, 

 entire, bearded in the axils ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; calyx tubular, 

 truncate, obscurely 5-toothed ; corolla thick, split to the base; stamens short; 

 ovary 4-ovuled ; drupe 2-celled, 2-seeded. Sea-shore, South Florida. 



ORDER 75. CAMPANULACE^E. (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. BELLFLOWER. 



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 spiked or panicled. 

 * Flowers panicled, on slender spreading pedicels : corolla small (3 "-4"), bell-shaped. 



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

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

 few-flowered; calyx-lobes triangular; corolla white. (C. erinoides, Muhl.) 

 Swamps among the mountains, Georgia, and northward. July and August. 

 Stem 1- 1 J 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 

 and August. Stem 1 - 2 high. 



3. C. flexuosa, Michx. Branches erect; leaves lanceolate, the upper 

 ones approximate ; otherwise like the preceding. Mountains of Carolina. 

 Michaux. ( * ) 



* * Flowers spiked, single or 2 - 3 together : corolla large, somewhat wheel-shai^ed. 



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

 ovate-lanceola.te, acuminate, serrate; spike elongated, leafy; corolla ( 1 ' wide ) 

 blue. (C. acuminata, Michx.) Dry rocky soil, Florida to Mississippi, and 

 northward. Aug. and Sept, Stem 2 -4 high. Spike 1 - 2 long. Style 

 exserted. 



2. SPECULARIA, Heist. 



Calyx 3 -5-lobed Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens free; the fila- 

 ments membranaceous, hairy, shorter than the anthers. Stigmas 3. Capsule 

 prismatic, 3-celled, opening by 3 lateral valves. Low annuals. Flowers axil- 

 lary. Corolla blue. 



