CAMPA.XULACEAC. (CAMPANULA FAMILY.) 243 



err sparingly panicled, slender : leaves entire or nearly so, the :-}>J>CT 

 'I bracts : root perennial or biennial. 



8. I*. Spicaila, Lam. Minutely pubescent ; stem wand-like, simple (1- 

 3 high) ; .-' or ktnceofafooblong ; raceme long and s/nke-like, com- 

 monly dense. (L. Chiytoniami, Mirhx.) Dry grounds, Massachusetts to Wis- 

 consin, and southward. Aug. Flowers pale blue. 



9. L,. Ntlttallii, Kujm. & Sch. Stem vert/ slender (l-2 high), minute- 

 ly roughened, /.s7/y simple; roof-faire* ofwale ; those of tlic stem oblong-linear; 



.ittcred in a small wand-like raceme; the thread-form pedicels 

 lonrjrr t/inu tit" bnn-t. Sorter than the flower, usually with minute bractlets mar lie. 

 base; lobes of the calyx short, awl-shaped. Sandy swamps, Long Island, New 

 Jersey, and southward. July -Sept. Much resembles the next. 



10. JL. K;il*liii, L. Stem slender, branching (4'- 18' high), smooth ; root- 



<:mtiiliit? ; tliosti of tin- stem linear ; raceme loose, few-flowered; pedi- 

 cels shorter titan the linear leaf-like bracts, longer than the flower, with 2 minute bract- 

 lets above the middle. Damp limestone rocks and banks, W. New England to 

 Wisconsin aloni; the Great Lakes. Also Pomi, Porter. July -Sept. 

 -*--- Stem simple and nearli/ leafless, / <-' ft ut or near the bctse : flowers in a 

 simple loose, raceme: leave* flaky t cnli/.r-tnbf. acute at the base; auricles none. 



11. ii. paluddsa, Nutt. Nearly smooth ; stem slender (l-2^ high); 



//V/.-/V// but flat, scat t<rrd near the base, linear-.<if>aiii/ate or oblong-linear, den- 

 ticulate, mostly tapering into a petiole; lower lip of the corolla bearded in the 

 middle. 1J. Bogs, Delaware and southward. Flowers ' long, light blue. 



12. Lu Dort ill anna, L. (WATER LOBELIA.) Very smooth; scape 

 tliif-kifih (5' - 12' high), few-flowered ; leaves all tufted at the root, linear, terete, hollow, 

 with a partition h-ngthwise, sessile ; lower lip of the pale-blue corolla slightly 

 hairy. ]\. Borders of ponds, New York, New England, and northward. July 

 - Sept. Flowers ' - ' long. Summit of the pod free from the calyx. (Eu.) 



ORDKFI 01. CA3IPANUL.ACE^E. (CAMPANULA FAMILY.) 



Herbs, with milky juice, alternate leaves, and scattered flowers ; the calyx 

 adherent to the ovary ; the regular 5-lobed corolla bell-shaped, valvate in the 

 bud ; the 5 xtamens free from the corolla and usually distinct. Style 1, be- 

 Kt-t wilh collecting hairs above: stigmas 2 or more. Pod 2 - several-celled, 

 m.my-seeded. Seed small, anatropous, with a straight embryo in fleshy 

 albumen. Flowers generally blue and showy. Sparingly represented 

 in America, in the Northern States by only two genera. 



1. CAMPANULA, Toura. BELLFLOWKR. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla generally bell-shaped, 5-lobcd. Stamens 5, separate, 

 the filaments broad and membranaceous at the base. Stigmas and cells of the 

 pod 3 in our species, the short pod opening on the sides by as many valves or 

 holes. Herbs with terminal or axillary flowers. (A diminutive of the Italian 

 camjtana, a bell, from the shape of the corolla.) 



