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Corolla tubular bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens with short fila- 

 ments dilated at the base. Pistil with three stigmas and a 

 3-celled ovary. Capsule long and narrow, firm in texture and 

 strongly ribbed, crowned by the persistent calyx lobes, opening by 

 a hole at the top left by the falling away of the base of the style. 



G. specularioi'des Nutt. Leaves linear, sessile, coarsely toothed. 

 Corolla deep blue with a white center. Flowers on short peduncles 

 at the ends of the stems and branches. This is widely distributed, 

 but not conspicuous. 



II. CAMPANULA, Harebell 



Perennial herbs with determinate inflorescence. Calyx 

 lobes narrow. Corolla blue, bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 

 5, with the filaments dilated at base. Capsule short and 

 roundish, 3-5-celled, opening on the sides or near the base by 

 35 small) uplifted valves, leaving round perforations. 



a. C. prenanthoi'des Durand. Stems clustered, slender, a foot or 

 two high. Leaves ovate-oblong, coarsely serrate, those on the stem 

 mostly sessile, the lower ones on short petioles. Pedicels shorter 

 than the flowers. Calyx lobes much shorter than the corolla. Style 

 conspicuously extending beyond the corolla. This is found in moist, 

 shady places in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and 

 in redwood forests along the coast. 



b. C. Scou'leri Hook. Stems slender, branching, a foot or so 

 high, smooth or slightly pubescent. Leaves ovate, pointed, sharply 

 serrate, tapering to a petiole. Flowers on long pedicels, somewhat 

 panicled. Corolla oblong in bud, exceeding the slender calyx lobes, 

 deeply 5-cleft, with ovate-oblong lobes. In shady woods from middle 

 California north to British Columbia. 



LOBELIA'CE^. LOBELIA FAMILY 



Low herbs with milky juice. Leaves simple, alternate. 

 Flowers scattered or in racemes. Calyx 5-lobed, adnate to the 

 ovary or only to its lower half. Corolla irregular, apparently 

 2-lipped, inserted, with the free part of the calyx, on the 

 ovary. Stamens 5, alternate with the lobes of the corolla. 

 Filaments united into a tube at the base and usually even to 

 the top. Style 1, stigma 2-lobed. Ovary 2-celled with an 



