132 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA 



1. S. racemdsa, L. Red Elder. 



Stems woody, with a warty bark Snd very large brown pith; leaflets 5-7, 

 ovate-lanceolate, pubescent beneath; flowers yellowish-white, in a cone- 

 shaped cyme; fruit bright red ripening early in summer. Delta, Man. 

 ^Locally, Man.-Alta. 



2. S. canadensis, L. Common Elder. 



Pith white ; leaflets 5-11, rather smooth, some of the lower often 3-parted, 

 cyme flat; fruit purplish-black. Open places, Man. and Sask. 



LXXXIII. CUCURBIT ACEJE (Gourd Family). 



Succulent vines, either trailing or climbing by tendrils, with alter- 

 nate petioled leaves and dioecious or moncecious flowers. Calyx 

 5-lobed, the tube adhering to the ovary; corolla 5 or 6-cleft or parted, 

 inserted on the calyx; stamens usually 3, two with 2-celled anthers, 

 and one with a 1-celled anther; ovary 1-3-celled; fruit a pepo, 

 usually fleshy but sometimes membranous. 



1. ECHINOCtSTIS. 



Calyx 5-cleft; corolla 6-parted, the petals narrow, united at the 

 base; ovary 2-celled with 2 ovules in each cell; fruit fleshy at first, 

 but becoming dry, armed with weak J)rickles; seeds large, flattened, 

 with rough covering. Climbing annuals with greenish-white flowers 

 in axillary clusters. * 



1. E. lobMa, (Michx.) T. and G. Wild CnctTMBEH. ' 



Leaves deeply 5-lobed. Moist places. Red River Valley to Saskatchewan 

 River. 



LXXXIV. CAMPANULACEiE (Bluebell Family). 



Herbs with alternate exstipulate leaves, bitter and often milky 

 juice, and perfect flowers. Calyx 5-toothed, the tube adherent to 

 the ovary; corolla gamopetalous, usually regular, 5-cleft; stamens 6, 

 alternate with the lobes of the corolla, inserted with it; style 1, 

 usually hairy above ; stigma 2-6-lobed ; fruit a 2-several-eelled cap- 

 sule; seeds many. 



1. CAMPANULA. Bellplowbr. 



Calyx 5-cleft; corolla 5-lobed, bell-shaped; stamens 5, separate, 

 the filaments broad at thp base; stigma 3-lobed; capsule 3-oelled. 

 Herbs with usually terminal, nodding, bell-shaped flowers. 



