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summit. Leaves broad-lanceolate, sessile, decurrent, sometimes incised, 

 pubescent. Flowers in leafy racemes, secund. Calyx with subulate 

 segments. Anthers blue. Stigma compressed. — Blight blue. If. 

 Sept. — Oct. In wet places. Common. 2 — 4 feet. 



13. L. cardixa'lis, (L.) Slfm erect, terete, simple, pubescent toward 

 the summit. Leaves broad-lanceolate, seriate, cuneate, sprinkled wilh 

 hairs. Flowers in terminal, secund racemes ; segments of the calyx 

 subulate; filaments red. Anthers blue. — A bright scarlet flower. 1£. 

 Sept. Damp rich soils. 2 — 3 feet. Cardinal Flower 



The L. injlata and syphilitica are possessed of powerful medical properties; the 

 former of which has long been esteemed by the profession as a remedial agent iu 

 asthma and other pectoral affections. It is now considered by a respectable and in- 

 fluential class of practitioners, as of prime importance in the cure of almost all dis- 

 eases. Its being of universal app iiation, w-e believe they found on the hypothesis of 

 its possessing alterative powers in a high degree. Of the truth of these assertions we 

 are entirely unable to judge. 



Order LXX.— CAMPANULA'CE^. 



Calyx superior, 5-parted, persistent. Corolla inserted into 

 the top of the calyx, with a 5-cleft border, marcescent, regular; 

 aestivation valvate. Stamens 5, inserted into the calyx. An- 

 thers 2-celled. Ovary 2-celled, with many ovules. Style sim- 

 ple, hairy. Fruit dry, crowned by the persistent calyx and 

 corolla, dehiscing by pores. Seeds numerous, attached to a 

 central placentas. Herbaceous plants. 



Genus I.— CAMPAN'ULA. Tourn. 5—1. 

 (From campana, a bell, from the shape of its flower.) 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla, campanulate, closed with valves, 

 bearing the stamens. Stigma 3-cleft. Capsule inferior, 3- 

 celled, dehiscing by lateral pores. 



1. C. amplexicau'lis, (Mich.) Stem generally simple, erect, pentan- 

 gular, wi;h the angles retrorsely aculeate. Leaves cordate, sessile, pu- 

 bescent, persistent, 5-parted, with lanceolate segments. Corolla with 

 5 acute segments. Anthers purple. Style pubescent toward the sum- 

 mit. Capsule oblong, angled. — Purple. 0. April. Very common. 6 

 — 12 inches. Specularia perfoliata,D. C. 



2. C. acumina'ta, (Mich.) Stein erect, terete, glabrous. Leaves Ian 

 ceolate, remotely serrate, cuneate, glabrous. Flowers generally 3 in 

 the axil of each leaf. — Blue. It. July — Aug. Mountains. 



C. Americana, L. 



3. C. divarica'ta, (Mich.) Stem erect, glabrous. Leaves sessile, lan- 

 ceolate, with a long, tapering summit, a cluster of small leaves in each 

 axil. Flowers small, solitary, in terminal panicles, with subulate leaves 

 at each division. — Sept. Mountains. 2 feet. 



4. C. erinoi'des, (L.) Stem decumbent, diffuse, fiexuous, angled by 

 the decurrent leaves. Leaves lanceolate, seriate, decurrent, with mar- 

 gins and midrib retrorsely aculeate. Flowers iu panicles, small, solitary, 

 terminal, nodding. — Aug. Mountains. 



