426 CAMPANULACEiE. Campanula-. 



Order LVII. CAMPANULACEiE. DC. The Bei.l-elower Tribe. 



Calyx mostly 5-lobed (sometimes 3 - 8-Iobed), persistent. Corolla regular, 

 mostly campanulate, usually 5-lobed, withering. Stamens 5 (rarely 3 - 8), 

 distinct : pollen spherical, rough. Ovary adherent to the calyx ; style furnished 

 with collecting hairs. Capsule 2 - several-celled, many-seeded. Embryo 

 straight, in the axis of fleshy albumen. — Herbaceous plants, with a milky juice. 

 Leaves alternate, mostly toothed and undivided. Flowers usually showy. 



1. CAMPANULA. Linn, (in part) ; Endl. gen. ^083. bi^ll-flower. 



[Named from the Latin, campanula, a little bell; in allusion to the form of the flowers.] 



Calyx 5-clcft. Corolla 5-lobed or 5-clcft, usually campanulate. Stamens 5 ; the filaments 



broad and membranaceous at the base. Style covered with collecting hairs : stigmas 



3 or 5, filiform. Seeds ovoid or lenticular. — Mostly perennial herbs. Flowers a.xillary, 



racemose, or in terminal panicles. 



All of the following species belong to the section Eucodcm of Alpli. DC, in which the sinuses of the calyx are not 

 appendagcd or rcflcxcd. 



1. Campanula rotundifolia, Linn. Harebell. 



Radical leaves petiolate, reniform-cordate, crenately toothed ; stem-leaves linear, entire ; 

 flowers few, drooping ; segments of the calyx subulate, erect, one-third or one-lialf the length 

 of the campanulate corolla. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 163 ; Engl. hot. t. 866 ; Miclix. Jl. 1. j). 108 ; 

 Pursh, ft. 1. p. 159 ; Torr. fl.l. p. 236 ; Beck, hot. p. 213 ; Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 27 ; 

 DC. prodr. 1. p. 471. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stems smooth, erect or assurgent, 8-12 or more inches in 

 height, sometimes several from one root. Radical leaves on long slender petioles, soon 

 withering ; the lamina about half an inch in diameter ; the cauline leaves 2-3 inches long, 

 and generally very narrow, but sometimes 2-3 lines wide. Flowers few (on high mountains 

 sometimes almost or quite solitary), in a loose terminal raceme or panicle ; the pedicels long 

 and slender. Segments of the calyx commonly about one-third the length of the corolla, 

 which is of a bright blue color, with broadly ovate acute segments. 



Rocky banks of rivers, and on mountains. Fishkill mountains ; Troy ; Trenton and Nia- 

 gara falls ; and rather common in the northern part of the State. June - August. A slender 

 and graceful plant ; common to Europe and North America. 



