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13. L. Dortmanna, L. (Water Lobelia.) Very smooth ; scape th'uk- 

 ish (.">'- 12' high), feiv-Jiowered ; leaves all tujled at the root, linear, terete, hollow, 

 with a partition lengthwise, sessile ; lower lip of the corolla slightly hairy ; 

 calyx-tube about as long as the lobes, in fruit much longer. — In the gravelly 

 borders of ponds, New York, New England, and northward. — Corolla 6" -8" 

 long. (Eu.) 



Order 55. CAMPANUlACEjE. (Campanula Family.) 



Herbs, with milky juice, alternate leaves, and scattered flowers ; the calyx 

 adherent to the ovary ; the regular b-lobed corolla bell-shaped, valvate in the 

 bud ; the 5 stamens free from the corolla and usually distinct. — Style 1, be- 

 set with collecting hairs above : stigmas 2 or more. Pod 2 - several-celled, 

 many-seeded. Seed small, anatropous, with a straight embryo in fleshy 

 albumen. — Flowers generally blue and showy. — Sparingly represented 

 in America, and in the Northern States by only two genera. 



1. CAMPANULA, Tourn. Bellflower. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla generally bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, separate ; 

 the filaments broad and membranaceous at the base. Stigmas and cells of the 

 pod 3 in our species, the short pod opening on the sides by as many valves or 

 holes. — Herbs, with terminal or axillary flowers ; in summer. (A diminutive 

 of the Italian cumpana, a bell, from the shape of the corolla.) 



* Indigenous species, perennials, excejit perhaps No. 2. 

 +- Flowers loosely panicled (or rarely solitary), long-peduncled : pods nodding. 



1. C. rotundifblia, L. (Harebell.) Slender, branching (5' -12' high), 

 1 - 10-flowered ; root-leaves round-heart-shaped or ovate, mostly toothed or crenate, 

 long-petioled, early withering away ; stem-leaves numerous, linear or narrowly 

 lanceolate, entire, smooth ; calyx-lobes awl-shaped, varying from J to § the length 

 of the bright-blue corolla (which is 6" -9" long). — Rocky shaded banks : com- 

 mon northward, and along the mountains. — A delicate and pretty, but variable 

 species, with a most inappropriate name, since the round root-leaves are rarely 

 obvious. (Eu.) 



Var. linifblia. Stems more upright and rather rigid ; the lowest leaves 

 varying from heart-shaped to ovate-lanceolate ; corolla |'-1' long. (C. linifo- 

 lia, Lam.) — Sbores of the Great Lakes, and northwestward. (Eu.) 



2. C. aparinoides, Pursh. (Marsh Bellflower.) Stem simple and 

 slender, weak (8' -20' high), few-flowered, somewhat 3-angled, rough backwards 

 on the angles, as are the slightly toothed edges and midrib of the linear-lanceolate 

 leaves ; peduncles diverging, slender ; lobes of the calyx triangular, half the length 

 of the bell-shaped nearly white corolla. (C. erinoides, Muhl.) — Bogs and wet 

 meadows, among high grass. — Plant with somewhat the habit of a Galium ; the 

 corolla barely 4" long. 



3. C. divaricata, Michx. Very smooth; stem loosely branched (1° -3° 

 high) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, pointed at both ends, coarsely and sharply tootlied ; 



