292 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



earlier roundish^ the later deeply cut and toothed. Time, 

 spring and summer. 



Like its larger prototype, the yellow heads of flowers grow 

 singly on stems at first leafless. Later these scapes branch 

 and gather leaves. 



From I to 10 inches high, growing in shade, on rocks, in hilly 

 or wooded places. Very pretty and delicate, keeping company 

 with small ferns and corydalis. 



32. Cynthia. (See page 297) 



K. amplexkciulis bears i to 3 stem-leaves, clasping, nearly 

 entire, oblong, or oval; those from the root more or less 

 toothed on short, winged petioles. Flowers small, delicate, 

 deep yellow. 



33. Harebell 



Campanula rotundifblia. — Family, Campanula. Color, blue. 

 Leaves, the earlier ones from root, roundish, heart-shaped or 

 ovate, dying soon. Later ones on the stem, narrow, lance- 

 shaped, numerous. Time, June, July. 



Calyx, 5-cleft. Corolla, 5-lobed, bell-shaped, nearly an inch 

 long. Stamens, 5. Stigmas, 3. Fruit, a capsule, 3 -celled, 

 nodding. 



One of our loveliest blue flowers, growing singly or a few to- 

 gether on slender stems a foot high or more. Gray says the spe- 

 cific name " is most inappropriate, since the round root-leaves are 

 rarely obvious.'' It is possible that we might more often find 

 them by hunting and gathering the plant by its root. Though it 

 delights in rocky steeps, where it remains concealed from the 

 gaze of most people, it will also deign to hang its dainty bells 

 from a lake-side, nestling under broad ferns and tall grasses. It 

 is often found in the rock fissures that attend the Hudson River. 

 This seems to be the " bluebell " of Scotland. 



34. Whorled-leaved Milkweed 

 Asclepias verticillata. — Family, Milkweed. Color, green- 



