Campanula. CAMPANULACE^. 427 



2. Campanula aparinoides, Pursh. Slender Swamp Bell-Jiower. 



Stem slender, flaccid, much branched above, acutely somewhat triangular ; the angles, with 

 the margin and midrib of the leaves retrorsely aculeate ; leaves linear-lanceolate, remotely 

 crenate-denticulate ; pedicels slender, flexuous ; lobes of the calyx triangular, one-third the 

 length of the campanulate corolla. — Pursh, fl. 1. p. 159; Torr. ft. 1. p. 237 (excl. syn. 

 Michc.) ■ Beck, hot. p. 213 ; Darlingt.jl. Cest. p. 157.; DC. prodr. 7. p. 472. C. erinoides, 

 Muhl. cat. p. 22 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 85 ; Ell. sk. I. p. 263, not of Linn. ; Hook. fl. Bar ' 

 Am. 2. p. 28. 



Root perennial ? Stem about a foot high, usually supported by other plants ; the angles 

 almost winged. Leaves sessile, about an inch long, acute at each end, smooth above. Flowers 

 3-4 lines long, very small, nodding ; the pedicels spreading. Calyx smooth. Corolla white, 

 with pale blue veins ; the lobes ovate, acute. Filaments hairy. Style as long as the corolla! 

 Capsule globose, 3-celled. 



Wet meadows, among high grass ; not uncommon in the valley of the Hudson, and in the 

 northern parts of the State, but rare in the western counties. June - August. 



3. Campanula Americana, Linn. American Bell-fower. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, much acuminate, uncinately serrate., somewhat hairy, narrowed at 

 the base , the lowest ones often somcAvhat cordate ; flowers solitary or several together, in a 

 long leafy spike ; tube of the calyx elongated and obconical , the segments shorter than the 

 campanulate-rotate corolla. — iiwn. sp. 1. p. 164 ; Torr. fl.\. p. 237 ; Beck, hot. p. 213 ; 

 Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 156 ; Hook. fl. Bar-Am. 2. p. 28 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 478. C. acumi- 

 nata, Miduv. fl. I. p. 108 ; Pursh, fl. l.p. 159 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 202 ; Torr. I. c. C. obliqua, 

 "Jacq. hort. Schoenbr. 3. t. 336." 



Root biennial. Stem 2-3 feet high, erect, simple or somewhat branched, smoolhish or a 

 little hairy. Leaves 2-4 inches long and an inch or more wide, sparingly pubescent on both 

 sides with short appressed hairs, the margin ciliate ; the lowest ones contracted into a petiole 

 at the base. Flowers numerous, rather showy, sessile ; the lower part of the .spike leafy. 

 Calyx smooth ; the segments subulate-lanceolate, spreading. Corolla pale purplish blue. 

 Style long and cxserted. Ripe capsule more than half an inch long, tapering at tiie base. 

 Seed ovoid-lcnlicular, shining, strongly margined. 



Moist shady places. Near Troy {Dr. Aikin and Dr. Wright) ; Pcnn-Yan {Dr. Sartwell) ; 

 Chemung valley, and on the Concwango river {Dr. Knieskern); Falls of Niagara {Mr. Cooper). 

 July - August. 



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