2i6 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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perfectly bell-shaped in most species, flatter and with a less 

 obvious tube in the Venus' Looking-glass, and in the Tall 

 Bellflower. Fruit a dry, many-seeded pod. 



Leaves stem-clasping, almost cup shaped 



Venus' Looking-glass no. 659 



Leaves not stem-clasping 



Flowers almost perfectly bell shaped. 

 Stem leaves narrowly linear 



Flowers whitish, about ]/z in. long , 



Marsh Bellflower no. 660 



Flowers blue, about ^^ in. long Harebell no. 661 



Stem leaves oval or lance-oval. . .European Bellflower no. 662 



Flowers not bell shaped, in a dense leafy terminal cluster 



Tall Bellflower no. &Sz 



659. Venus' Looking-glass. Spcciilaria pcrfoUata. A usu- 

 ally unbranched densely leafy herb, 6-20 in. high. Leaves 

 stem-clasping, almost cup shaped, about j4 in. wide. Flowers 

 small, one or two from each leaf insertion, rather flat, the 

 pointed lobes of the blue or violet corolla looking like sepa- 

 rate petals. In dry places, Maine and Ontario to Florida, and 

 westward. May-September. Fig. 659. 



660. Marsh Bellflower. Campanula aparinoides. A deli- 

 cate weak perennial with very slender, half prostrate stems, 

 and narrowly linear, rough margined leaves, y^-ij^ in. long. 

 Flowers bell-shaped, few, in a sparse, leafy, open cluster, 

 whitish, about 3^ in. long. In wet meadows. Maine to 

 Georgia, and westward. July. Fig. 660. 



661. Harebell. Campanula rofundifolia. An erect or some- 



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