130 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



base. Leaves oval lanceolate, sessile, large, crenulate, lower ones nearly gla- 

 brous. Flowers in leafy racemes. Calyx hispid, with reflexed margins. 

 Corolla large. 



Blue. %. July— Sept. Mountains. 2-3 feet. 



7. L. PuBERULA. Stem erect, slightly angled, silky, pubescent. Leaves 

 sessile, the lower ones obovate, obtuse, serrulate, the upper ones lanceolate, 

 finely serrulate, with a silky luster. Flowers in racemes on short pedicels, 

 all turning to one side ; segments of the calyx villous, lanceolate, cilicae. 



Blue. % Sept.— Oct. Wetsoils. Common. 2-3 feet. 



8. L. Amobna. Stem erect, simple, pubescent, angled near the summit. 

 Leaves broad-lanceolate, sessile, Recurrent, sometimes incised, pubescent. 

 JPZoM;er^ in leafy racemes, secund. Calyx with subulate segments Anthers 

 blue. Stigma compressed. 



Bright blue. %. Sept. — Oct. In wet places. Common. 2-4 feet. 



9. L. Cardinalis. Stem erect, terete, simple, pubescent towards the sum- 

 mit, imves broad-lanceolate, serrate, cuneate, sprinkled with hairs. Flow- 

 ers in terminal secund racemes; segments of the calyx, subulate; filaments 

 red. Anthers blue. Cardinal flovoer. 



A bright scarlet flower. %. Sept. Damp rich soils. 2-3 feet. 



Remarks. — The L. Liflata and Syphilitica are possessed of powerful medical prop- 

 erties; the former of which has long been esteemed by the profession as a remedial 

 agent in Asthma and other pectoral affections. It is now considered by a class of Prac- 

 titioners known by the usual appellation of Thom| sonians, as of prime importance in 

 the cure of almost all diseases. Its being of universal application, we 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 LXXI. CAMPANULACE^. 



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

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

 lar, sestivation valvate. Stamens 5, inserted into the calyx. 

 Anthers 2-ceIled. Ovary 2-cellod, with many ovules. Style 

 simple, hairy. Fruit dry, crowned by the persistent calyx 

 and corolla, dehiscing by pores. Seeds numerous, attached 

 to a central placentaB. Herbaceous plants. 



Genus I CA^MPANULA. 



CrtZ//a?5cleft, Corolla campanulate, closed with valves, 

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

 celied, dehising by lateral pores. 



1. C. Amplexicaulis. Stem generally simple, erect, pentangular, with 

 the angles retrorsely aculeate. Leaves cordate, sessile, pubescent, persistent, 

 5-parted, with lanceolate segments. CoroZ^a with 5 acute segments. An- 

 thers purple. Style pubescent towards the summit. Capsule oblong, angled. 



Purple. <v). April. Very common. 6-12 inches. 



2. C. Acuminata. Stem erect, terete, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, re- 

 motely serrate, cuneate, glabrous. Flowers generally 3 in the axil of each 

 leaf. 



Blue. %. July— August. Mountins 



3. C. DivARtCATA. Stem erect, glabrous, heaves sessile, lanceolate, with 

 along, tapering summit, a cluster of small leaves in each axil. Flowers 8ma\\, 

 solitary, in terminal panicles, with subulate leaves at each division. 



September. Mountains. 2 feet. 



