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what sprawling perennial 6-20 in. high, with narrowly-linear, 

 pointed stem leaves about % in. long. Basal leaves round 

 heart-shaped 3^-1 in. wide, long stalked, but mostly absent 

 at flowering time. Flowers in a loose terminal raceme, or soli- 

 tary, the corolla blue, perfectly bell-shaped, about % in. long. 

 On wet cliffs or in meadows. Labrador to Penn. and west- 

 ward. Native also in Europe and Asia. June-September, Fig. 

 661. 



662. European Bellflower. Campanula rapunculoides. An 

 erect usually unbranched perennial, 13^-3 ft. high. Leaves 

 short-stalked, oval or lance-oval, finely toothed, 3-6 in. long, 

 about half as wide. Flowers blue, in a long, distinctly i -sided 

 raceme. Corolla perfectly bell-shaped, blue, about i in. long. 

 In fields and along roadsides. New Brunswick and Ontario, 

 Penn., west to Ohio. Often cultivated. August. Fig. 662. 



663. Tall Bellflower. Campanula amcricana. A usually 

 hairy, mostly unbranched herb 2-6 ft. high. Leaves oblong 

 or lance-oblong, 3-6 in. long, slightly toothed, the lower 

 stalked, the uj)per usually stalkless. Flowers in a long, ter- 

 minal, leafy spike. Corolla flattish, the tube not very obvious, 

 blue, or rarely whitish, about i in. wide. In moist woods. 

 New Brunswick to Florida, and westward. Locally rare. 

 August. 



