244 THE FLORA. 



lower. Stamens united into a curved tube. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 

 opening at top. Seeds very small. Flowers axillary, generally forming 

 leafy or bracted racemes. July-Sept. 



Stems leafy a 



% Stems leafless, leaves nearly all crowded at the root, under water. . . .11, 12 



a Flowers bright red or scarlet, large and showy....!, 2 



a Flowers blue, varying to bluish-white.... b 



b Stem stout, 2-3 or 4f. high. Flowers large, about 1' long 3-5 



b Stem slender, 6'-2f. high. Flowers small (J-i' long) . . . .c 



c Stem branched, racemes several, ioose, or flowers scattered 6, 7 



c Stem generally simple, bearing a single raceme 8-10 



1 L. cardina'lis. Cardinal-flwr. Stem smooth. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute. 



2 L. fnl'gens. Mexican. Stem downy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, long-pointed, f 



3 L. puber'ula. Leaves obtuse, denticulate. Raceme one-sided. Plant downy. 



4 L. syphilit'ica. Blue G. Lvs. acute, slightly toothed. Racemes equal, hairy. 



5 L. amce'na. Prftty C. Leaves acuminate, toothed. Racemes one-sided, 



smoothish. S. 



6 L. infla'ta. Indian Tobacco. Hairy. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, toothed. Pod inflated. 



7 L. Kal'mii. Kalm'f 0. Smooth. Leaves linear-spatulate, entire. Fls. blue-white. 



8 L. Nutial'lii. NuttaWs L. t Pedicels twice as long as the flowers. Leaves 



linear, extremely slender. S. M. 



9 L. spica'ta. Spiked L. Pedicels as long as the flowers. Racemes dense. 



Leaves oblong. 

 10 L. leptostach'ya. Slender-spiked L. Pedi. none. Lvs. lance-oval, smooth. W 



11 L. Dortman'na. Water L. Root leaves linear, terete, hollow, fleshy. Scape long. 



12 L. palndo'sa. Marsh L. Root leaves linear-oblong, flat. Stem tall. S. 



ORDER LXXII. CAMPANULACE.E. Bellworts. 



Herbs with a milky juice, alternate leaves; 

 flowers mostly blue and showy, with a superior 



calyx; a regular and mostly campanulate 5-lobed corolla ; with the 5 

 stamens usually separate, and ovary adherent to the calyx tube; and with 

 the 2-6-celied pod crowned with the remains of the calyx. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Calyx tube very short (below the flower). CAKPAN'ULA. 1 



Calyx tube long and three-angled. SPECULA 'KIA 



