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*+ * Simple or sparingly panicled, slender: leaves entire, or nearly so, the upper 

 reduced to linear or awl-shaped bracts : root perennial or biennial. 



8. Li. Spicata, Lam. Minutely pubescent; stem wand-like, simple (1- 

 3 high) ; stem-leaves obovate- or lanceolate-oblong ; raceme long and spike-like, com- 

 monly dense. (L. Claytoniana, Michx.} Dry grounds, Massachusetts to Wis- 

 consin, and southward. Aug. Flowers pale blue. 



9. L.. Nuttallii, Roem. & Sch. Stem very slender (l-2 high), minute 

 ly roughened, mostly simple ; root-leaves obovate ; those of the stem oblong-linear ; 

 flowers loosely scattered in a small wand-like raceme ; the thread-form pedicels 

 longer than the bract, shorter than the /lower, usually with minute bractlets near the 

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

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



10. L. Kalniii, L. Stem slender, branching (4'- 18' high), smooth : root- 

 leaves oblong-spatulate ; those of the stem linear ; raceme loose, few-flowered ; pedi- 

 cels shorter than 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 along the Great Lakes. Also Penn, Pcrter. July -Sept. 



4- - -i -4 Stem simple and nearly leafless, except at or near the base : flowers in a 

 simple loose raceme : leaves fleshy : calyx-tube acute at the base ; auricles none. 



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

 leaves thickish but flat, scattered near the base, linear-spatulate 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. L,. Uortlliaiina, L. (WATER LOBELIA.) Very smooth; scape 

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

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

 hairy. 1|. Borders of ponds, New York, New England, and northward. July 

 - Sept. Flowers ' - 1' long. Summit of the pod free from the calyx. (Eu.) 



ORDER Gl. CAMPANULACE/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 tlie 

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

 set with collecting hairs above : stigmas 2 of more. Pod 2 - several-celled, 

 many-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, Tourn. BELLFLOWER. 



Calyx 5-clcft. 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 oi 

 holes. Herbs with terminal or%xillary flowers. (A diminutive (>f the Italian 

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



