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Campanula erinoides. L. Slender Bell jlower. 



Stem triangular, the angles rough backward; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate; flowers terminal. 

 Syn. Campanula flexuosa. Mich. 



Found in meadows among the high grass, supporting itself like 

 a Galium on surrounding plants. Stem from eight to twenty in- 

 ches in height, very slender and flexible, uniformly triangular, 

 the angles rough with minute reflexed prickles. Leaves given 

 oflF successively from the three sides, linear, sessile, nearly en- 

 tire, the midrib and margin rough backward. A variety occurs 

 with lanceolate leaves with a few minute teeth. Branches few, 

 near the top, axillary, leafy, one or two flowered. Flowers 

 small, terminal. Corolla very small, twice or thrice the length 

 of the calyx, deeply five cleft, white with pale blue veins. Fila- 

 ments valve like, hairy. Stigma trifid. Capsule globular, three 

 celled. — Found at Medford and Brighton. Variety 2d at Sudbu- 

 ry. — June, July. 



98. LOBELIA. 

 Lobelia Cardinalis. L. Cardinal Jlower. 



Stem erect; leaves broad-lanceolate, serrate; spike 

 terminal, pointing one way. L. 



This superb plant, cultivated and much prized in Europe, is a 

 native of our meadows and brooksides. It rises to the height of 

 two feet and upward, with a simple, erect, leafy stem. Leaves 

 alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, and serrate. Raceme 

 terminating the stem, consisting of large flowers, more or less 

 inclining to one side, of a bright scarlet color. Corolla with a 

 long tube ending in five spreading segments, the three lower 

 ones widest. Tube of Stamens curved in at the top. — June, 

 July. — Perennial. 



Lobelia pallida. Muhl. Pale Lobelia. 



Somewhat hairy; stem erect, simple; leaves ob- 

 long-spatulate, dentate ; flowers spiked. 

 Syn. Lobelia spicata. Lam. 



Stem upright, smooth, or a little hairy. Leaves spatulate, ob- 

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