632 CAMPANULACE^E. 



ered ; bracts longer than the pedicels ; calyx- tube top-shaped, half the length 

 of the denticulate lobes, in fruit oblong, covering the capsule ; corolla deep 

 blue, more or less bearded in the throat. Wet places, South Carolina 

 (Gray). August. 



L. Cliffortiana, L. Annual; stem branching (1-1 high); leaves 

 ovate, petioled, dentate, the upper ones narrower and sessile ; racemes loosely 

 many-flowered, the pedicels longer than the bracts and flowers ; calyx-tube 

 obconical, enclosing the lower half of the ovoid capsule, the lobes subulate. 

 Southern States (Gray). Introduced. 



Var. Xalapeusis, Gray. Stem weaker; leaves thinner; tube of the 

 calyx enclosing only the base of the capsule ; seeds smooth. (L. Xalapensis, 

 H.B.K.) Manatee, South Florida ( Garber). East Florida (Miss Reynolds}. 



L. Feayana, Gray. Annual, smooth (4' -8' high); stem simple or 

 branched ; leaves few, the lowest orbicular, crenate, petioled, the others 

 narrower, nearly sessile ; racemes loosely 4 - 10-flowered ; calyx-tube ob- 

 conical, in fruit enclosing the lower half of the capsule, the lobes subulate ; 

 seeds rough. Damp places. East Florida. 



L. Gattingeri, Gray. Smooth ; stem weak, branching ; leaves thin, ses- 

 sile, oblong-ovate, obtuse, serrate, the lowest obovate ; racemes peduncled, 

 very slender, many-flowered ; calyx-tube ovoid, longer than its pedicel, shorter 

 than the linear-subulate entire lobes, the sinuses not appendaged ; corolla 

 (4" -5" long) deep blue. Barrens of Tennessee (Dr. Gattinger). April. 

 Stem 10' -20' high. Leaves 2' or less long. 



L. Floridana, Chapm. Stem stout (3 -5 high) ; lowest leaves thick, 

 lanceolate or strap-shaped, sessile by a broad base, denticulate (6' -9' long) ; 

 the others small (!' long) and distant; raceme rigidly erect, closely flowered, 

 the stout appressed pedicels as long as the linear denticulate bracts ; calyx- 

 tube obconical, in fruit enclosing the lower half ^of the ovoid capsule, the 

 ovate-lanceolate lobes mostly denticulate, the acute sinuses rarely appen- 

 daged ; corolla (8" 9" long) blue, the tube longer than the lobes, almost 

 villous within, the upper lobes reflexed. Wet pine-barrens. Florida. June - 

 September. 



ORDER CAMPANULACE.E. 



CAMPANULA. L. 



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, bidentate, 

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

 Florida (Feay). 



SPECULABIA, Heister. 



S. biflora, Gray. Stem rough, simple or branching at the base ; leaves 

 ovate or oblong, sessile, crenate, the upper ones bract-like ; flowers single or 

 by pairs, mostly apetalous. Waste places and fields, Florida to South 

 Carolina. 



