CAJyiPAMUlJACfiA-W-i (BLUEBKJ.L I'AMIJLV) 413 



sides, deeply cocdate, 3-7-lobed toiabout'thei middlfe; the lobes triangijlar- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, remotely serrulate: staminate flowers very 

 numerous, in narrow compound racemes: pistillate flowfers solitiary, or rarely 

 2 together:'fruit ovoid, green,j aboutj5 .cm. long, armed with slender spines.-n 

 Along rivers and in waste places; from the eastern part of our range to the 

 Atlantic States. 



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113. CAMPANULACEAE Juss. Bluebell Family 



Herbs with^aHernate exstigulate leaves. , Flpwers racempse or solitary, 

 generally blue and showy. Calyx-tube adnate to the Qva,ry../ Corolla, sym- 

 petalous, jCampanulate or rotate. Stamens usually 5, free from the corolla 

 and distinct. Style single but mostly .with 2-5 stigmas, if iCapsule prismatic 

 or, elpngated^oblong, 2^-celled,i opening by small. l^tei:al valves. .Seeds 

 minute and numerous: , , , i :• i, ii.' •• 



Corolla campanulate , ' . . i , . . , ..'1 ' . ' / ' 1. Campanula. 

 CbtoUa rotate' ] . .'.''. . ; . . . . ^2. Specularia. 



1. CAMPANULA L'.'.',,, Bluebell. Harebell.' 



Herbs -with tfertninal or Axillary ' (usually blue) flbwfel'si Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Corolla generally bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, separate, *ith filaments 

 broad arid jnembranacepus at base. Stigmas 3, and as many dells'of the ovary. 

 Pcid short, opening on th^ sides by as many valve's or fibres. ' '" il i 'i 



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Low and mostly l-flowered; capsule opening near the summit. 



Alpine; with woody caudex 1. C. uniflora. 



Subalpine; with iiliform rootstock . . . . . . . 2. C. P.arryi. 



Taller and several tq many-flowered. , ..,. .. .^. . 



Stem siAboth; capsyle nodding .» , ;.! ' ^(..SA-lJIO . 3- C,,rotundifolia. 



Stem hispid on the angles; capsule erect . . . . . 4. C. aparinoides. 



h. Campanula liiiiflbra L. Sp. PI. l'63'. 1753; ' Chiefly glabroUs, 4-10 cm. 

 high, from a stout; Several-headed rootstock: leaves small, 1-3 cm. long/ 

 thickish, entire or nearly so ; .the Ipwest spatulate bi-foblpng, objaise ; i the upper- , 

 most linear: flowers 8-12. mm, in length, mostly ,hprj?ontal:,calyx-tjUbe nearly, 

 as long as the lobes which are from hklf to fully as long as tne deeply cam-' 

 panulate bluish corolla: capsule jcylindraceous or clavate, about 1 cm..long.i — 

 On baire klpine slopes in the Rocky Mountains, and extending into the arctic 

 regions. 



2. Campanula Parryi Gray, Syn. Fj^^Iif, A. ,2: 395. 1886. From elongated 

 and creeping filiform rootstocks, Sr-^S^cm.. Tiig"h, mainly smooth and glabrous; 

 stemislendCT, erect, simple and- with; Slender-peduncled, flower,; or witl^ gome 

 lateral leafy branches :, leaves thitinish, entire or spariiigl?y ca,llous-denticuk,tejv 

 somewhat veiny; radical and lower; spa^ulate or lanceolia;te with tapering base, j 

 hirsute-ciliate; upper linear-lanceolate, from a sessile base,' attenuate-acute: 

 flower erect in anthesis: corolla almost crateriform, 5-lbbed to middle, spread- 

 ing, 2'-3 cm, in diameter, violet-blue or even purplish, little surpassing the 

 liiiear-subulate often Callous-denticulate calyx-lobes: ovary turbinate; capsule 

 nearly, bbovate, opening olosei.un,d?li the )^S9\ of.the ^^e;ti calyx-lobes. P. 

 planiflora. — In the mountains of ou?jange. >■; [,,,1 



3.1 Campanula rotuadifolia L. Sp. PL 163.. 1753. Slender, branching, 

 10-30 cm. high, 1-10-flowered: root leaves . round-fcordate or ovate, mostly 

 toothed Or crenate, long-petioledy early withering awa,yj stem leaves numerouSj,i 

 linear or narrowly lanceolate, entire, smooth:, calyxf lobes. awl-shappd: pap- 

 s\ile nodding, opening, at or near tbp' base. (C peiioiato, iRyjlb. Fl. Cpl. 32^. 

 1906.) — Subarctic and- ext^iding southward, in th^ mouniaina to Ii|e.3fico. , 



4. Campanula aparinoides Pursh, Fl. 1: ,150. 1816. .Stemalmpst filiform, 

 3-t6 dm. high, cquablyleafyto the top, thesharpangleg rough with short ra- 



