212 LXXI. CAMPANULACE^. 



Corolla 2-labiate, the tube cylindrical or funnel-shaped, cleft 

 at back; upper lip 2-lobed, often smaller, erect; lower lip 

 spreading or pendulous, 3-lid. Two lower, or all the anthers 

 bearded. Ovary inferior or half-superior. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-valved, many-seeded, opening at the apex. — Fl. Cap. Hi. p. 

 537. 



Erect or procumbent herbs or small shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers 

 pedicelled, mostly in termhial spikes or racemes, blue in the Cape species. — 

 26 species, dispei'sed. 



7. DOBROWSKYA, Presl. 



Calyx-tube turbinate or hemispberical. Corolla split down 

 the back, 3-parted, the 2 upper petals distinct, clawed, erect ; 

 3 lower connate into a 3-fid lip. Filaments and anthers con- 

 nate, all the anthers bearded. Stigmas 2, linear, revolute. — 

 Fl. Cap. iii. p. 549. 



Annual or perennial. Leaves alternate, opposite, or 3-5 in a whorl. 

 Flowers axillai'y, on long pedicels, blue. — 5 species, dispersed. 



8. ENCHYSIA, Presl. 



Calyx 5-fid; tube ovoid. Corolla funnel-shaped, subre- 

 gular, the tube not split ; lobes subequal, sub erect. Two 

 lower anthers tipped with 4 bristles. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 551. 



Small annuals, with racemose, white or purplish flowers. — JS". secnndciy 

 Sond., a native of the Western district, is our only species. 



9. LAURENTIA, Midi. 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-toothed. Corolla-tube not split, cylin- 

 drical, straight ; limb ^2-labiate, 2 upper lobes smaller, erect, 

 lower lip larger, 3-lobed, reflexed. Filaments free at base, 

 connate in the middle ; anthers included, glabrous, the 2 lower 

 only tipped with hairs or bristles. Capsule ovoid, inferior. 

 ISeeds minute. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 552. 



Small, glabrous herbs, with blue or whitish flowers, on terminal or axillary 

 pedicels. — 4 species, dispersed. 



Teibe 2. Campanuleje. (Gren. 10-17.) 



10. LIGHTFOOTIA, L'Her. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 5-parted to the base, or rarely 

 deeply 5-fid. Filaments broad, ciliated ; anthers free, cadu- 

 cous. Ovary 3-, rarely 5-2-celled ; style thicker upwards ; 

 stigmas 2-3-5, short. Capsule mostly half-superior, 2-5- 

 celled, opening by apical valves ; cells (when 5) opposite the 

 calyx-lobes. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 554. 



Small shrubs, rarely herbs or annuals. Leaves sometimes opposite, 



