244 CAMPANULACE^F. [Lobelia. 



Sub-order II. Campanule'ae. Corolla regular. Anthers usually free. 

 Capsule dehiscing within the calyx-lobes. 



Corolla 5-partite, segments narrow. Flowers capitate 2. Jasione. 



Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed ; lobes broad 3. Wahlenbergia. 



Capsule dehiscing at the sides, below the calyx-lobes. 



Corolla 5-partite, segments narrow. Flowers capitate 4. Phyteuma. 



Corolla 5-toothed or lob3cl. Ovary short, broad 5. Campanula. 



Corolla rotate or campanulate. Ovary long, narrow 6. Specularia. 



1. LOBELIA, L. 



Perennial herbs. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx-tube ovoid or 

 obconic, limb 5-fid. Corolla very irregular ; tube split at the back ; limb 

 2-labiate, 2 upper lobes smaller erect or recurved, 3 lower pendulous. 

 Stamens 5, epipetalous ; anthers connate, all, or the 2 lower only, bearded 

 at the tip. Ovary 2-3-celled ; style filiform, included, girt with a ring of 

 hairs, stigmas 2 broad spreading. Capsule 2-3-celled, top exscrted and 

 loculicidally 2-3-valved. Testa pitted. — Distrib. All but very cold 

 regions ; species about 200. — Etym. Mathias Lobel, a Flemish botanist. 



1. L. Dortman'na, L. ; leaves all radical submerged, subcylindrical 

 2-fistular, scape slender cylindric fistular, flowers drooping. 



Gravelly mountain lake-bottoms, ascending to 1,650 ft.; Wales, Shropshire, 

 and from Westmoreland to Shetland; Ireland ; fl. July-Aug. — Rootstock short, 

 stolouiferous; root-fibres white, cellular. Leaves 2-3 in., linear, obtuse, 

 recurved. Scape 1-2 ft., bracteate near the base; raceme lax, emersed. 

 Flowers f-1 in., pedicelled ; bracts short, oblong, obtuse. Calyx obconic, 

 terete ; lobes short, obtuse. Corolla, pale lilac ; lobes linear obtuse, upper 

 erect, lower longer. Anthers included. Capsule clavate, inclined. — Distrib. 

 N. Europe from France to Mid. Russia, N. America. 



2. L. u'rens; L. ; stem leafy, leaves obovate or oblong-spathulate obtuse 

 sinuate-toothed, upper linear decurrent, flowers erect or spreading. 

 Heaths, Dorsetshire and Cornwall; fl. Aug.-Sept. — Glabrous or pube- 



rulous. Stem 1-2 ft., erect, slender, angular. Leaves 2-3 in., subsessile, 

 teeth callous. Racemes 4-8 in., pedicels very short; bracts lanceolate, 

 exceeding the 5-augled narrow obconic calyx. Flowers § in. Calyx-lobes 

 subequal, subulate, shorter than the tube. Corolla blue or purple; lobes 

 subequal, lanceolate, acute. Capsule erect. — Distrib. W. France, Spain, 

 Madeira. — Acrid and pungent. 



2. JASI'ONE, L. SHEEP'S-BIT. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Radical leaves usually rosulate ; cauline 

 narrow, alternate. Flowers small, in terminal centripetal heads ; invo- 

 lucre of many bracts. Calyx-tube short, limb 5-fid. Corolla regular, 

 5-cleft to the base. Stamens 5, epigynous ; anthers subconnate, tips free. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; style clavate, with 10 hairy ridges, stigmas 2 short. 

 Capsule 2-valved at the top. Seeds minute, testa shining — Distrib. 

 Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia ; species about 10. — Etym. doubtful. 



