CAMPANULACEAE. Vor. III. 
1. Specularia biflora (R.& P.) F.& M. Small 
Venus’ Looking-glass. Fig. 4024. 
Campanula biflora R. & P. Fl. Per. 2: 55. pl. 200. 7. 6. 
1799. 
S. bifora F. & M. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1: 17. 1835. 
Legouzia biflora Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 309. 1894. 
Glabrous, or nearly so; stem simple or branched, 
very slender, roughish on the angles, 6’-2° high. 
Leaves ovate, oblong, or the upper lanceolate, ses- 
sile, acute or obtuse at the apex, crenate with a few 
teeth, or entire, 4”-10” long, or the upper smaller; 
earlier flowers with 3 or 4 ovate to lanceolate calyx- 
lobes, those of the later flowers 4 or 5, lanceolate- 
subulate, longer; capsule oblong-cylindric, 3-5 
long, opening by valves close under the calyx-teeth. 
In dry soil, Virginia to Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, 
Florida and Texas. Also in Oregon, California and 
South America. April-July. 
2. Specularia perfoliata (L.) A. DC. 
Venus’ Looking-glass. Fig. 4025. 
Campanula perfoliata L. Sp, Pl. 169. 1753. 
S. perfoliata A. DC. Mon. Campan. 351. 1830. 
L. perfoliata Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 309. 18094. 
More or less pubescent; stem densely leafy, 
simple or branched from near the base, slender. 
rather weak, sometimes prostrate, retrorse-hispid 
on the angles, or nearly smooth, 6-24’ long. Leaves 
orbicular or broadly ovate, strongly cordate-clasp- 
ing or the lower merely sessile, crenate-dentate 
or sometimes entire, +’-1’ wide; flowers solitary 
or 2-3 together in the axils, sessile, the later 
(upper) ones with 5 (rarely 4) triangular-lanceo- 
late acuminate rigid calyx-lobes, and a rotate blue 
or violet corolla 5-10” broad, the earlier ones 
with 3-4 shorter calyx-lobes longer than the rudi- 
mentary corolla; capsule oblong, or narrowly tur- 
binate, 2”-3” long, finally opening at about the 
middle; seeds lenticular. 
In dry woods, Maine and Ontario to British Co- 
lumbia, south to Florida, Louisiana, Mexico, Arizona 
and Oregon. Called also clasping bellflower. May- 
Sept. Also in the mountains of Jamaica and Santo 
Domingo. 
3. Specularia leptocarpa (Nutt.) A. Gray. 
Western Venus’ Looking-glass. Fig. 4026. 
Campylocera leptocarpa Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 
(IL.) 8: 257. 1843. 
S. leptocarpa A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 82. 1876. 
L. leptocarpa Britton, Mem, Torr. Club 5: 309. 18094. 
Hirsute, or nearly glabrous; stem slender, simple, 
or branched from the base, 6’-15’ high. Leaves 
linear-lanceolate to oblong, sessile, not clasping, acute 
_ at both ends, or the lowest obtuse at the apex, entire 
or sparingly denticulate, 4’-1’ long, 1’-2” wide; 
flowers sessile and usually solitary in the axils, the 
later ones with 4-5 subulate calyx-lobes and a rotate 
corolla 5”-9” broad, the earlier ones with 3 shorter 
calyx-lobes and rudimentary corolla; capsule linear- 
cylindric, 4’-8” long, less than 1” thick; the upper at 
length opening near the summit; seeds oblong. 
In dry soil, western Missouri and Kansas to Montana, 
Colorado and Texas. May—Aug. 
