ORDER 72. BELLWORTS. 233 
lower. Stamens united into a curved tube. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 
opening at top. Seeds very small—Flowers axillary, generally forming 
leafy or bracted racemes. July—Sept. 
§ Stems leafy....a 
§ Stems leafless, leaves nearly all crowded at the root, under water....11, 12 
a Flowers bright red or scarlet, large and showy....1, 2 
a Flowers blue, varying to bluish-white....b 
b Stem stout, 2-8 or 4f. high. Flowers large, about 1’ long....8-5 
b Stem slender, 6/-2f. high. Flowers small (2-%’ long)....¢ 
c¢ Stem branched, racemes several, ioose, or flowers scattered....6, 7 
c Stem generally simple, bearing a single raceme... .8-10 . 
1 L. cardina’lis. Cardinal-flwr. Stem smooth. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute. 
2 L. fol’gens. Mexican. Stem downy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, long-pointed. t+ 
8 L. puber’ula, Leaves obtuse, denticulate. Raceme one-sided. Plant downy. 
4 L. syphilit’ica. Blue C. Lvs. acute, slightly toothed. Racemes equal, hairy. 
5 L.ame’na. Pretty C. Leaves acuminate, toothed. Racemes one-sided, 
smoothish. 8. 
6 L. infla’ta. Indian Tobacco. Hairy. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, toothed. Pod inflated. 
7 L. Kal’mii. Kalm’s C. Smooth. Leaves linear-spatulate, entire. Fls. blue-white. 
8 L. Nuttal’lii, Nuttall’s L. + Pedicels twice as long as the flowers. Leaves 
linear, extremely slender. S, M. 
9 L.spica’ta. Spiked ZL. Pedicels as long as the flowers. Racemes dense. 
Leaves oblong. 
10 L, leptostach’ya. Slender-spiked LZ. Pedi. none. Lvs. lance-oval, smooth. © 
11 L. Dortman’na. Water LZ. Root leaves linear, terete, hoilow, fleshy. Scape long. 
12 L. paludo’sa. Marsh Z. Root leaves linear-oblong, flat. Stem tall’ 8. 
Orver LXXII CAMPANULACE. Bellworts. 
Herbs with a milky juice, alternate leaves ; 
flowers mostly blue and showy, with a superior 
calyx; a regular and mostly campanulate 5-lobed corolla ; with the 5 
stamens usually separate, and ovary adherent to the calyx tube; and with 
the 2-5-celied pod crowned with the remains of the calyx. 
Analysis of the Genera, 
Calyx tube very short (below the flower). CaMPaNn’ULA. 1 
Calyx tube long and three-angled. SprcuLa’Rla. 
