OHDER 72. BELLWORTS. 



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C AMP A N ' U L A . BeU-flo wer. Harebell. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla bell-shaped, 

 funnel-shaped, or wheel-shaped, its 

 6 lobes valvate in the bud, closed at 

 the base inside by the valve-like 

 bases of the 5 stamens. Pod open- 

 ing on the sides. U Herbs with 

 axillary or terminal flowers. June- 

 October. 



Fig. 526. The Harebe'l, the whole plant 

 7. Ovary of Canterbury Bells, with/, a broad 

 niament, , an anther, and p, the hairy style. 

 S. A cross-section of the curious 5-cel!ed seed- 

 vessel, 2 placentiB in each cell. 9. Seed cut 

 open, showing the large embryo. Fig. 530. 

 Flower of American Beilwort Fig. 531. 

 Flower of Patent Beilwort 



Corolla wheel-shaped, flat, in leafy spikes. . . .1, 2 



Corolla bell-shaped, &c., broadly or narrowly a 



a Flowers on slender pedicels, solitary or panicled . . . .b 



a Flowers sessile or nearly so. Stem erect. Gardens.... 7-9 



b Flowers large (6-12" broad). Root leaves unlike the stem leaves 3, 4 



b Flowers small (2-5" broad). Leaves all similar in form ... .5, 6 

 1 C. America'na. American B. Stem tall (2-4f.). Leaves pointed at ends, smooth. 

 G. planiflo'ra. Stem low (7-12'), simple. Lvs. thick, shining, obtuse, or acute, t 



3 C. rotundifo'lia. Harebell. Stem weak. Hoot Ivs. roundish, stem Ivs. linear. 



4 C!. persicifo'lia. Peach B. Stem erect. Leaves lance-linear. Flowers very 



broad, t 



5 O. aparinoi'des. BeJstraw B. Stem reclining, rough backwards. Flowers white. 



6 C divarica'ta. Patent B. Erect. Panicle wide. Leaves toothed. Fls. blue. S. 



7 C. glomera'ta. Flowers crowded above, funnel-shaped. Plant smooth, t 



8 0. me'dimn. Canterbury B, Flowers distant, very large, obtuse at base, t 



9 0. lanugino'sa. Woolly B. Flowers scattered, rather large, acute at base, j 



