274 Campanulaceae 



petioles. Flowers erect, calyx tube top- 

 shaped, smooth or hairy, shorter than or 

 equalling the lobes; corolla narrowly cam- 

 panulate, J J an inch long, bright blue, with 

 5 slightly spreading lanceolate lobes. 



Alpine summits in the Rockies not com- 

 mon; flowering in July. 



Campanula Smooth or nearly so, stems erect 

 rotundifolia or spreading, often several from 

 L. Harebell, the same root, simple or 

 Bluebell. branched, 6 inches to 2 feet high. 

 Basal leaves nearly orbicular or broadly ovate, 

 usually heart-shaped and slender petioled, 

 J-i inch wide, dentate or entire, often 

 wanting at flowering time ; stem leaves linear 

 or linear-oblong acute, mostly entire and 

 sessile or the lower narrowed into short 

 petioles and somewhat spatulate. Flowers 

 several or numerous in racemes, drooping 

 or spreading, slender pedicelled; calyx lobes 

 hair-like, spreading, longer than the tube, co- 

 rolla bright blue, campanulate, J-i inch long. 

 On moist rocks or stony places, on slides 



