Campanula. CAMPANULACE^. ^ 427 



2. Campanula aparinoides, Pursh. Slender Swamp Bell-jlmcer. 



Stem slender, flaccid, much branched above, acutely somewhat triangular ; the angles, with 

 the margin and midrib of the leaves retrorscly aculeate ; leaves linear-lanceolate, remotely 

 crenate-denticulate ; pedicels slender, flexuous ; lobes of the calyx triangular, one-third the 

 length of the campanulate corolla. — Pursh, Jl. 1. p. 159 ; Torr. Jl. \. p. 237 (excl. syn. 

 Michx.) ; Beck, hot. p. 213 ; Darlingt. jl. Cest. p. 157 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 472. C. erinoides, 

 Muhl. cat. p. 22 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 85 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 263, not of Linn. ; Hook. ft. Bar.- 

 Am. 2. p. 28. 



Root perennial ? Stem about a foot high, usually supported by other plants ; the angles 

 almost winged. Leaves sessile, about an inch long, acute at each end, smooth above. Flowers 

 3-4 lines long, very small, nodding ; the pedicels spreading. Calyx smooth. Corolla white, 

 with pale blue veins ; the lobes ovate, acute. Filaments hairy. Style as long as the corolla. 

 Capsule globose, 3-celled. 



Wet meadows, among high grass ; not uncommon in the valley of the Hudson, and in the 

 northern parts of the State, but rare in the western counties. June - August. 



3. Campanula Americana, Linn. American Bell-Jlower. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, much acuminate, uncinately serrate, somewhat hairy, narrowed at 

 the base , the lowest ones often somewhat cordate ; flowers solitary or several together, in a 

 long leafy spike ; tube of the calyx elongated and obconical , the segments shorter than the 

 campanulate-rotale corolla. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 164 ; Torr. Jl. 1. p. 237 ; Beck, hot. p. 213 ; 

 Darlingt. Jl. Cest. p. 156 ; Hook. Jl. Bor-Am. 2. p. 28 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 478. C. acumi- 

 nata, Miclix. Jl.l. p. 108 ; Pursh, fl.l.p. 159 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 202 ; Torr. I. c. C. obliqua, 

 "Jacq. hort. Schoenbr. 3. t. 336." 



Root biennial. Stem 2-3 feet high, erect, simple or somewhat branched, smoothish or a 

 little hairy. Leaves 2-4 inches long and an inch or more wide, sparingly pubescent on both 

 sides with short appressed hairs, the margin ciliate ; the lowest ones contracted into a petiole 

 at the base. Flowers numerous, rather showy, sessile ; the lower part of the spike leafy. 

 Calyx smooth ; the segments subulate-lanceolate, spreading. Corolla pale purplish blue. 

 Style long and exserted. Ripe capsule more than half an inch long, tapering at the base. 

 Seed ovoid-lenticular, shining, strongly margined. 



Moist shady places. Near Troy {Dr. Aikin and Dr. Wright) ; Penn-Yan (Dr. Sartwell); 



Chemung valley, and on the Conewango river (Dr.Knieskern); Falls of Niagara {Mr. Cooper). 



July - August. 



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