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13. L. Dortm^nna, L. (Water Lobema.) Very smooth ; scape thick- 

 ish (5'- 12' liiuli). hir-tliiwcnd ; leaves all tti/hd ut the root, linear, teirte, hollow, 

 witli Ji partition leiigtlnvisc, sessile; lower lip of the corolla slightly hairy; 

 calvx-tul)L' aliout as long-as the lobes, in fruit much longer. — In the gravelly 

 lionlers of ponds, N. Penn. to New England, and northward. — Corolla 6" - 8" 

 long. (Ku.) 



OnoER 55. CAMPA^ri^ACE^. (Campanula Family.) 



Ilerhs, with milh/ Juice, alternate leaves, anil scattered Jlowcrs ; the calijx 

 adherent to the ovary ; the reyidar b-lohed corolla hell-shaped, valcate in the 

 hud ; the 5 stamens free from the corolla and usuull;/ distinct. — Style 1, be- 

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

 iiiiiny-seedcd. Seed small, ana troj)ous, with a straight embryo in fleshy 

 alimmen. — Flowers generally blue and showy. — Sparingly represented 

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



1. CAMPANULA, Toum. Bellflower. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla generally hell-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens .5, separate j 

 the filaments broad and meinbranaeeous 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 

 liolcs. — Herbs, with terminal or axillary flowers ; in summer. (A diminutive 

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



* Indifjenous species, peremduls, exce/jt No. 2 and No. 4. 

 f- Flowers Joosehf panicled (or rareli) solitary), lonr/-peduncled : jyxls no(hliti(j. 



1. C. rotundifolia, L. (IIarebkll.) Slender, branching (.5' -12' high), 

 1 - 10-ilowered ; rout-leaves round-heart-shaped or ovate, mostly toothed orcrenatc, 

 long-petioled, early withering away ; stem-leaves numerous, linear or narroichj 

 lanceolate, entire, smooth ; calyT-lol)es awl-shaped, varying from J to § the length 

 of the bright-blue corolla (which is G"-9" long). — Rocky shaded banks : com- 

 mon northward, and along the mountains. — A delicate and pretty, but variable, 

 species, with a most inappropriate name, since the round root-leaves are rarely 

 obvious. (Eu.) 



Var. linifblia. Stems more upright and rather rigid ; the lowest leaves 

 varying from heart-shaped to ovate-lanceolate ; corolla ij'-l' long. (C. linifo- 

 lia, L<im.) — Shores of the Great Lakc-i, and northwestward. (Eu.) 



2. C. aparinoides, Pursh. (Maush Bellflowek.) Stem simple and 

 slender, irial: (8' - 2U' high), few-flowered, somewhat .3-anglcd, roMf/Zi backwards 

 on the aiif/les, as are the slightly toothed edijis and midrib of the linear-laurcolate 

 leaves; peduncles divertjitief, slender; lobes of the cali/r triani/iilar, half the length 

 of the i)cll-shaped nearly white corolla. (C. crinoidcs, Midil.) — Bogs and wot 

 meadows, among high grass. — Plant with .--uincwliat the habit of a Galium ; the 

 corolla barely 4" long. 



-3. C. divaricilta, i\iichx. Very smooth ; stem loosely branched (1°- 3° 

 high) ; leaves ohlonylaiiceolute, pointed at both ends, coarsely and sharply toot/ted; 



