BLUEBELL FAMILY 
( Campanulacece) 
(A) Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) (Euro¬ 
pean ). This beautiful European species is a frequent 
escape from gardens and is quite firmly established in 
several localities in the Eastern States. 
The simple stems are erect and quite tall, ranging 
from 1 to 3 feet high. The toothed, lance-shaped leaves 
alternate along the lower portion of the stem and the 
bell-shaped, purplish flowers are in loose spikes on the 
terminal portions. 
(B) Harebell; Bluebell (Campanula rotunclifolia) 
is the “ Blue Bells of Scotland ” so familiar to us in 
song and verse. It is a, very slender-stemmed species 
but very hardy, as attested by the altitudes at which it 
is found on mountains. The flowering stems are very 
slender and wiry, sparsely set with linear leaves; they 
usually branch near the summit, each division bearing 
a demure, drooping, violet bell. It is found in bloom 
from June until September in rocky or sandy places in 
Canada and northern United States, 
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