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LOBELIACEiE. 

 LOBELIA, L. 



1332. L. CARDiNALis, L. (Cardinal Flower.) 



River-sides and along streams common. July — 4-. (B.) This is 

 undoubtedly one of our finest Canadian wild flowers, and has 

 been cultivated in Europe for many years. 

 1337. L. INFLATA, L. (Indian Tobacco.) 

 Sandy fields. July — 4. (B.) 



OAMPANULAOE^— Bell-wort Family. 



CAMPANULA. 



1342. C. rainonculoides, L. 



Waste ground. Introduced. For many years there was a large 

 patch of this persistent plant on the vacant lot where the rooms 

 of the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society now stand. 



1344. C. KOTUNDiFOLiA, L. (Hare-bell.) 



Crevices of rocks. Not uncommon. June — 2. (B.) 



1345. C. APARiNOiDES, Pursh. (Rougli Bell-flower.) 



Marshes and along streams. Common. A slender plant, the 

 weak stems rough with short spines on the angles. Flowers 

 nearly white. July — 2. (B.) 



VAOOINIAOEiE.— Blueberry Family. 



GAYLQSSACIA, HBK. Huckleberry. 

 1350. G. RESiNOSA, T. & G. 



Sandy fields and swamps. Race-course swamp. Aylmer. East 

 Templeton. June — 1. Whole plant covered with resinous 

 globules. Fruit black. 

 YACCINIUM, L. Blue-berry. 



1352. V. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. (Early Blueberry.) 



Borders of swamps and hill-sides. Chelsea Mountains. Aylmer. 



Race course on Bank street road. May — 2. 

 A smooth dwarf shrub with oblong, serrate, leaves^ which are 



smooth on both sides. Flowers cylindrical bell-shaped, white 



tinged with red. Our earliest blue-berry ripe by the middle of 



July. 



1353. V. Caxadense, Kalm. 



Swamps, sandy fields and hill-sides, with the last, not uncommon. 



May — 2. A dwarf shrub, the whole plant downy. Flowers small, 



green tinged with red. 

 1355. V. CORYMBOSUM, L. (Swamp Blue-berry.) 

 Swamps and mossy rocks. May — 2. 



Under this name are grouped several very different varieties. 

 Var. atrococcum is a high bush found in swamps with leaves 



entire and downy underneath, as also are the branchlets. 



Flowers white ; berries black without bloom. 



