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summit. Leaves broad-lanceolate, sessile, decurrent, sometimes inciiaed, 

 pubescent. Flowers in leafy racemes, secund. Cabix witli subulate 

 segments. Anthers blue. Stigma compressed. — liiight blu--. If. 

 Sept. — Oct. In wet places. Common. 2 — 4 feet. 



13. L. caudixa'lis, (L.) Stem erect, terete, simple, pubescent toward 

 the summit. Leaves broad-lanceolate, senate, euneate, sprinkled with 

 hairs. Flowers in terminal, secund racemes ; segments of the calyx 

 subulate; filaments red. Anthers h\nQ. — A bright scarlet flower, li. 

 Sept. Damp rich soils. 2 — 3 feet. Cardinal Flower 



The L. inflata and syphUitica are possessed of powerful medical properties ; the 

 former of which has long been esteemed by the profession as a remedial agent in 

 asthma and otiier pectoral affections. It is now considered by a respectable and in- 

 fluential class of practitioners, as of prime importance in the cure of almost all dis- 

 ea-ses. Its being of universal application, \\^ believe thej' found on the hypothesis of 

 its possessing alterative powers in a high degree. Of the truth of these assertions we 

 are entirely unable to judge. 



Order LXX.— CAMPANULA'CE.E. 



Cahjx superior, 5-parted, persistent. Corolla inserted into 

 the top of the calyx, with a 5-cleft border, rnarcescent, regular ; 

 aestivation valvate. Stamens 5, inserted into the calyx. An- 

 thers 2-cel!ed. Ovary 2-celled, with many ovules. Style sim- 

 ple, hairy. Fruit dry, crowned by the persistent calyx and 

 corolla, dehiscing by pores. Seeds numerous, attached to a 

 central placentae. Herbaceous plants. 



Genus I.— CAMPAX'ULA. Tourn. 5—1. 

 (From campana, a bell, from the shape of its flower.) 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla campanulate, dosed with valves, 

 bearing the stamens. Stiyma, 3-cleft. Cai^sule inferior, 3- 

 celled, dehiscing by lateral pores, 



1. C. amplexicau'lis, (Mich.) Stem generally simple, erect, pentan- 

 gular, with the angles retrorsely aculeate. Leaves cordate, sessile, pu- 

 bescent, persistent, 5-)iarted, with lanceolate segments. Corolla with 

 5 acute segments. Antliers purple. Style pubescent toward the sum- 

 mit. Capsule oblong, angled. — I'urple. 0. April. Very common. 6 

 — 12 inches. Specularia perfoliata, D. C. 



2. C. acumina'ta, (Mich.) Stem erect, terete, glabrous. Leaves Ian 

 ceolate, remotely serrate, euneate, glabrous. Flowers generally 3 in 

 the axil of each leaf — Blue. 2^. July — Aug. Mountains. 



C. Americana, L. 



3. C. divarica'ta, (Mich.) Stem erect, glabrous. Leaves sessile, lan- 

 ceolate, with a long, tapering summit, a cluster of small leaves in each 

 axil. Flowers small, solitary, in terminal panicles, with subulate leaves 

 at each division. — Sept. Mountains. 2 feet. 



4. C. erixoi'des, (L.) Stem decumbent, diflfuse, flexuous, angleil by 

 the decurrent leaves. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, decurrent, witJj mar- 

 gins and midrib retrorsely aculeate. Flowers in panicles, small, solitary, 

 terminal, nodding. — Aug. Mountains. 



