154 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



growing thickly, ovate or lance-shaped, irregularly toothed, 

 the lowest quite large. Time, July to September. 



Calyx tube, short, s-cleft. Corolla, 2-lipped, split on the 

 upper side. Upper lip 2, lower 3 lobed. One inch long. 



The blue of this lobelia is rather pale, fading sometimes to 

 nearly white. It is a hairy, tall-stemmed plant (3 feet high), with 

 a long, leafy panicle of showy flowers. A near relative of the 

 cardinal-flower, but by no means as pretty. According to Mr. 

 William Hamilton Gibson, a plant specially prepared for cross- 

 fertilization, the pistil maturing after the anthers have discharged 

 their pollen. 



36. Marsh Bell-flower 



Campanula aparinoldes. — Family, Campanula. Color, pale 

 blue or white. Leaves, long, narrow, small, rough along the 

 edges and mid-rib. Time, July. 



Calyx, 5 -cleft. Corolla, bell -shaped, twice the length of 

 calyx, but small, less than | inch long. Stamens, 5. Tod, 

 3-celled. 



The little bells of this plant must be sought for. Look among 

 the leaves around a mossy, wet stump, and you may find a weak, 

 triangular stem about 20 inches long, with flowers here and there 

 on slender pedicels. By means of tiny hooks along the angles of 

 the stem the plant is able to raise itself, and keep from being 

 utterly smothered by the stronger growths around it. 



37. Loosestrife 



Lysimachia stricta. — Family, Primrose. Color, yellow, with 

 dark markings. Leaves, opposite, long, narrow, acute at both 

 ends, dotted. Time, June to August. 



Calyx, 5- or 6-parted. Corolla, more deeply, generally 5- 

 parted, wheel-shaped. Stamens, 4 or 5, their filaments united. 

 Style and stigma, i. Fruit, a round pod. Flowers, on slender 

 stems in long, leafy racemes. Stem, i to 2 feet high, straight, 

 smooth, branched above, bearing numerous flowers, which are 



