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** *+ Simple or sparingly panicled, slender: leaves entire or nearly so, the upper 

 reduced to linear or awl-shaped bracts : root perennicd or biennial. 



8. li. spicata, Lam. Minutely pubescent; stem wand-like, simple (1°- 

 3° high) ; stem-leaves obovate- or lanceolate-oblong; raceme long and spike-like, com- 

 monly dense. (L. Claytoniana, Michx.) — Dry grounds, Massachusetts to Wis- 

 consin, and southward. Aug. — Flowers pale blue. 



9. Li. Nuttdllii, Boem. & Sch. Stem very slender (l°-2° high), minute- 

 ly roughened, mostly simple ; root-leaves obovate ; those of the stem oblong-linear ; 

 flowers loosely scattered in a small wand-like raceme ; the thi-ead-form pedicels 

 longer than the bruct, shorter than the Jloiver, usually with minute bractlets near the 

 base; lobes of the calyx short, awl-shaped. — Sandy swamps, Long Island, Now 

 Jersey, and southward. July - Sept. Much resembles the next. 



10. li. Kdlmii, L. Stem slender, branching (4'- 18' high), smooth ; root- 

 leaves cblong-spatvlate ; those of the stem linear ; raceme loose, few-flowered ; pedi- 

 cels shorter than the linear leaf-like bracts, longer than the flower, with 2 minute brad- 

 lets above the middle. — Damp limestone rocks and banks, W. New England to 

 Wisconsin along the Great Lakes. July - Sept. 



1- -I- -1- -t- Stem simple and nearly leafless, except at or near the base : flowers in a 

 simple loose raceme: leaves fleshy : calyx-tube acute at the base; auricles none. 



11. Id. paluddsa, Nutt. Nearly smooth ; stem slender (1°-2J° high); 

 leaves thickish but flat, scattered near the base, linear-spatulate or oblong-linear, den- 

 ticulate, mostly tapering into a petiole ; lower lip of the corolla bearded in the 

 middle. IJ. — Bogs, Delaware and southward. — Flowers ^' long, light blue. 



12. li. Uortmilnna, L. (Water Lobelia.) Very smooth; scape 

 thickish (5' - 12' high), few-flowered; leaves all tufted at the root, linear, terete, holloiv, 

 with a, partition lengthwise, sessile ; lower lip of the pale-blue corolla slightly 

 hairy. H. — Borders of ponds, New York, New England, and northward. July 

 -Sept. — Flowci's J' - 1' long. Summit of the pod free from the calyx. (Eu.) 



Order 61. CAMPANULACEjE. (Campanula Family.) 



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

 adherent to the ovary ; the regular 5-lobed corolla bell-shaped, valvule 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, 

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

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

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



1. CAMPANUIiA, Tourn. Bellflowek. 



Calvx 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. (A diminutive of the Italian 



campana, a bell, from the shape of the corolla.) 



