

CA MPANULA CEA E. 885 



tate or entire, often wanting at flowering time; stem leaves linear or linear-oblong, 

 acute, mostly entire, sessile, or the lower narrowed into short petioles and some- 

 what spatulate; flowers, racemose (rarely solitary), drooping or spreading; calyx- 

 lobes subulate, spreading, longer than the short-turbinate tube; corolla blue, cam- 

 panulate; capsule obconic or ovoid, pendulous, ribbed, opening by short clefts 

 ju-ar the base. On moist rocks and in meadows, Lab. to Alaska, south to N. J., 

 Neb., Ariz, and Cal. Also in Europe and Asia. June-Sept. 



2a. Campanula dnbia D. C. Northern Bell-flower. Stems ascending, 

 I -3 dm. high, glabrous, or slightly pubescent on the angles. Basal leaves reni- 

 form to ovate, long-petioled. those of the stem linear-lanceolate, wider than those 

 If the preceding species; flowers usually solitary, sometimes 2-4, erect, 2-2.5 cm> 

 long; calyx-lobes lanceolate to linear-lanceolate. On wet rocks, mountains of Me. 

 and N. H.; Que. to Lab. and Newf. (Q rotundifolia Langs dor Jiana Britton, 

 not C. Langsdorfiana Fisch.) 



3. Campanula rapunculoides L. Creeping or European Bellflower. 

 (I. F. f. 3492.) Perennial by slender rootstocks; stem glabrous or pubescent, sim- 

 ple or rarely branched, leafy, erect, rather stout, 3-9 dm. high. Leaves pubescent 

 or puberulent. crenate-denticulate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 the lower and basal ones mostly cordate, 7-15 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, slender- 

 petioled, the upper short-petioled or sessile, smaller; flowers short-pedicelled, 

 drooping. 25-55 mm. long; corolla deeply 5-lobed, much longer than the linear 

 spreading calyx-lobes; capsule globose, nodding, about 8 mm. in diameter, open- 

 ing near the base. In fields and along roadsides, N. B. to Ont., southern N. Y. 

 and Ohio. Nat. from Europe. July-Sept. 



4. Campanula glomerata L. Clustered Bellflower. Dane's Blood. 

 (I. F. f. 3493.) Perennial by short rootstocks; stem stout, simple, erect, pubescent, 

 leafy, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves pubescent on both sides, crenulate, the lower and basal 

 ones oblong or ovate, mostly obtuse, sometimes cordate, 5-10 cm. long, the upper 

 lanceolate or ovate -lanceolate, acute, sessile or clasping, smaller; flowers about 25 

 mm. long, sessile, erect and spreading; corolla deeply 5-lobed; calyx-lobes lanceo- 

 late, acuminate; capsule ovoid or oblong, erect, about 6 mm. high, opening near 

 the base. Infields and along roadsides, eastern Mass. Nat. from Europe. June- Aug. 



5. Campanula aparinoides Pursh. Marsh or Bedstraw Bellflower. 

 (I. F. f. 3494.) Perennial; stems very slender or filiform, weak, reclining or dif- 

 fuse, rough with short retrorse bristles, leafy, paniculately branched, 1.5-6 dm. 

 long. Leaves lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, sessile, sparingly crenulate with low 

 teeth, or entire, rough on the margins and midrib, acute at both ends, 12-35 mm - 

 long. 2-6 mm. wide; flowers paniculate, 5-8 mm. long; corolla deeply 5-cleft, 

 its tube equalling or longer than the triangular-lanceolate acute calyx-lobes; cap- 

 sule subglobose, opening near the base. In grassy swamps, N. B. to the N. \Y. 

 Terr., south to Ga., Ky. and Colo. June- Aug. 



6. Campanula uliginosa Rydb. n. sp. Blue Marsh Bellflower. Per- 

 ennial; similar to the preceding but branches less spreading; stem 3-6 dm. high, 

 retrorsely hispidulous on the angles. Leaves linear, 2.5-6 cm. long. 1-4 mm. wide, 

 retrorsely hispidulous on the margins and midribs, acute, minutely denticulate with 

 callou= teeth or entire; corolla blue with darker veins, cleft to below the middle 

 into lanceolate lobes; capsule subglobose. about 5 mm. long and nearly as broad, 

 opening near the base. In wet meadows. Me. and northern N. Y. to Minn, and 

 Iowa; type collected by B. C. Taylor at Chisago City, Minn. 



7. Campanula divaricata Michx. Panicled Bellflower. CI. F. f. 3495.) 

 Perennial, glabrous but somewhat viscid; stem erect, paniculately branched, slent 

 der. 3-9 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, the uppermos- 

 sometimes linear, sharply serrate, acuminate at the apex, narrowed to the base, 

 the upper sessile, the lower petioled. 5-7 cm. long, 6-25 mm. wide; flowers in 

 compound panicles, drooping; corolla light blue, about 6 mm. long; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, acute, often dentate; capsule turbinate, alxmt 5 mm. long, opening near 

 the middle. On rocky banks, Va. and W. Va. to Ga. and Term. June Sept. 



8. Campanula Americana L. Tall Bellflower, (I. F. f. 3496. ) Annual 

 or biennial, more or less pubescent; stem erect or nearly so. simple or rarely with a 

 few long branches. 6-18 dm. high. Leave- thin, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, ser- 

 rate, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, petioled, or the upper sessile, 



