92 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPOKT. 



L(. spicata, Lam. Lobelia, 



Common through the south half of the state and in the Red river valley ; extend- 

 ing northeast to the upper Mississippi, Houghton. 



L. Kalinii, L. Kalm's Lobelia. 



Common through the north half of the state and south to Minneapolis, Roberts, 

 Upham; rare southward, as in peat bogs in the Minnesota valley between Kasota and 

 Mankato, Leiberg. 



Li. Dortnianna, L. Water Lobelia. 



Isle Royale, Dr. A. B. Lyons; doubtless in Minnesota north of lake Superior. 



CAMPANULACE^. Campanula Family. 



CAMPANULA, Tourn. Bellflower. 



C rotimdifolia, L. Harebell. Bluebell. 



Common throughout the state. A very pretty flower, plentiful in all our prairie re- 

 gion and along the shore of lake Superior ; in the latter situation varying through 

 intermediate forms to the var. linifolia of Gray's Manual, Roberts. 



C. aparinoid.es, Pursh. Marsh Bellflower. 



Common throughout the state. (In the vicinity of Mankato, a bellflower is reported 

 by Leiberg as common in bogs, agreeing well with the description of this species, except 

 in the large size of the flowers, which have the corolla H to % of an inch long, five 

 times as long as the small calyx- lobes. The ordinary smaller-flowered form of this 

 species has not been observed there. The large-flowered form has also been collected 

 at Minneapolis ) 



C. Americana, L. Tall Bellflower. 



Frequent through the south part of the state; extending north to Douglas county, 

 Mrs. Terry. 



SPECULARIA, Heister. Venus's Looking-Glass, 



S. perfoliata, A. DC. Venus's Looking-Glass. 



Lapham. Minneapolis, Xossitbe; near Saint Paul, Mrs. Terry. Infrequent. 



South. 



ERICACE^. Heath Family. 



GAYLiUSSACIA, HBK. Hucklebeeky. Whortleberry. 



O. resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Common Black Huckleberry. 



Frequent, often common, northeastward ; extending west to Cass lake, Schoolcraft, 

 and south to the falls of Kettle river, in section 15, T. 42, R. 20, Upham. 



VACCINIUM, L. Cranberry. Blueberry, Bilberry. 



V. Oxycoccus, L. Small Cranberry. 



Common northward ; extending west to the upper Mississippi river, Oarrison, 

 Becker county, Oedge, and Fergus Falls. Leonard; and south to Anoka county (plenti- 

 ful), Roberts, and White Bear lake, Ramsey county, Kelley. 



Y. niacrocarpon. Ait. Large American Cranberry. 



Common through the north half of the state, excepting the Red river valley and 

 near the shore of lake Superior ; extending south to Fergus Falls, Leonard, and Min- 

 neapolis, Roberts. Much gathered for the market, especially by the Chippswa Indians. 



