POPULAR FLORA. 
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51. LOBELIA FAMILY. Order LOB E LI ACEiE. 
Herbs with milky (acrid-poisonous) juice, alternate leaves, and scattered flowers, the 
stamens free from the peculiarly irregular corolla, which is split down on one side (Fig. 
184), and borne with it on the many-seeded ovary. We have only one genus, viz. : — 
Lobelia. Lobelia. 
Calyx with its short tube adherent to the 2-celled ovary, and with 6 slender teeth or lobes. Corolla 
unequally 5-lobed, and split down to the bottom on the upper side! Stamens 5, united into a tube both 
by their filaments and their anthers ! Style one. Pod opening at the top. The following are the 
commonest wild species (all but Nos. 3 and 4 in low grounds); fl. summer and fall. 
1. Cardinal-flower L. Tall, smooth, with a raceme of large, brilliant red flowers. L. cardinal™. 
2. Great Blue L. Rather hairy, Lor 2° high; leaves lance-oblong; flowers 1' long, crowded in a 
leafy raceme, light blue. ■ L. syphilitica. 
3. Spiked L. Stem simple, straight, and slender, 1° to 3° high, including the long and naked spike- 
like raceme of small pale-blue flowers; lowest leaves obovate or oblong. L. spicata. 
4. Indian-Tobacco L. Branching, 8' to 18' high; leaves ovate-oblong; flowers very small, in irregular 
leafy racemes, pale blue ; pods inflated. Open places. L.inflata. 
52. CAMPANULA FAMILY. Order CAMPANULACEAS. 
Like the last family in all general respects, except that the 
showy corolla is regular, 5-lobed ; the 5 stamens separate ; the 
stigmas and the cells of the pod 3 or 5. Juice milky. The 
principal genus is 
Campanula or Bellflower. Campanula. 
So called from its generally campanulate or bell-shaped corolla (Fig. 
179 and 412). The following are the commonest species. 
* Wild species : stigmas and cells of the pods 3 
1. Harebell C. A slender and very pretty plant, growing on shaded, 
cliffs, 5' to 12' high ; root-leaves round or heart-shaped, long-stalked, 
toothed ; stem-leaves very narrow, entire ; flowers nodding, the 
bright blue corolla bell-shaped, 4 1 or more long. C. rotundifolia. 
2. Marsh C. A slender plant growing among grass, in wet places, with 
rough-angled stem and lance-shaped leaves ; a few small pale 
flowers on diverging peduncles. C. aparinoides. 
3. Tall C. Stem tall, leafy, ending in a leafy loose spike (1° or 2° 
long) of blue flowers; corolla wheel-shaped; style long and curved. 
Rich low ground. C. Americana. 
* * Garden species: stigmas and cells of the pod 6. 
4. Canterbury Bells. Hairy, with stout stems, very large blue (or white) flowers, and broao 
appendages of the calyx covering the pod. Q Medium ■ 
412. Harebell. 
