768 
Kitaibel’s Bell-flower. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
152 C. r’tecans (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 105.) leaves 
linear-lanceolate, quite entire : lower ones the broadest, smooth, 
and tapering into the petioles; stem downy; flowers axillary, 
at length spicate ; calycine segments setaceous, divaricate, rather 
pungent, length of corolla; 2%. Native of Siberia. C. 
speciosa, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, 1. c. Stem simple, 
terete, weak. Flowers terminal, and rising from the axilla of 
the superior leaves, forming an interrupted spike, hardly pedun- 
culate, 
Elegant Bell-flower. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. Pl. 1 foot. 
153 C. Camrscna’tica (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 343.) 
radical leaves cordate, toothed : cauline ones oblong-lanceolate, 
quite entire; stem weak, usually 1-flowered. 2%. H. Native 
of Kamtschatka. Radical leaves on long petioles, angularly 
toothed, membranous, glabrous: cauline leaves tapering into the 
petioles. Root capillary, much branched. Calycine segments 
unequal, subulate, reflexed. 
Kamtschatka Bell-flower. P1. 4 foot.? 
Cult. All the species are elegant and handsome when in 
blossom, and are well adapted for decorating flower borders. 
They in general thrive well in common garden earth. The seeds 
of the biennial and annual kinds should be sown in the open 
border in spring. The perennial species may either be propa- 
gated by division or by seed. Some of the perennial and bien- 
nial species, natives of the warmer latitudes, require a little pro- 
tection in winter, when the weather is severe. Some of the 
smaller perennial kinds answer well for decorating rockwork, or 
to be grown in pots, among other alpine plants. j 
XVI. SPECULA'RIA (so called from the ancient name of 
one of the species, Speculum Veneris, or Venus’s Looking-glass). 
Heister, syst. pl. gen. ex fruct. &c. p. 8S. in 1748. Alph. D. C. 
mon. p. 344.—Legoúzia, Durand, fl. bourg. 2. p. 26. (1782.). 
Delarb. fl. auvergn. 1. p. 45. Gray, nat. arrang. brit. pl. 2. p. 
410.—Spéculum Véneris, Gerard, herb. 356. Rai. hist. 1. p. 
742.—Pentagonion, Tabern. icon. $16.—Elatine, Cesalp. 1. 9. 
cap. 82.—Avicularia, Gessn. tab. phyt. 9. f. 76. J. Bauh. hist. 
2. p. 800.—Campanula species, Dodon. pempt. p. 168.—Tourn. 
inst. 1. p. 112. Lin. gen. no. 290. Willd. spec. 1. p. 912. Roem. 
et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 153.—Prismatocarpus species, Lher. 
sert, angl. p. 2. Moench, meth. p. 496. Batsch, anal. flor. 11. 
p. 52. t. 13. Lam. et D. C. fl. fr. ed. 3d. vol. 3. p. 708.—Apé- 
nula, Neck. elem. 1. p. 234. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-lobed, with an 
elongated, prismatic, or long-obconical tube. Corolla rotate, 5- 
lobed. Stamens 5, free, one-half shorter than the corolla; 
anthers longer than the filaments, which are short, membranous, 
and pilose. Style inclosed, pilose: hairs secund, disposed in 10 
rows; stigmas 3, filiform. Capsule long, prismatic, 3-celled, 
dehiscing by 3 valves at the apex, or a little above the middle 
part. Seeds ovoid or lenticular, rather compressed, shining.— 
Dwarf annual herbs, natives of the region of the Mediterranean, 
and the temperate parts of Europe; one species alone a native 
of America. Leaves alternate, equally scattered over the stem, 
small; lower ones unlike the rest. Flowers terminal and axil- 
lary, erect, always sessile. Corollas blue, rose-coloured, white, 
grey, or variegated, shining in the sun; hence the generic 
name. 
* Tube of calyx very long, prismatic, and angular. Capsule 
’ dehiscing towards the top, near the lobes of the calyx. Seeds 
ovoid. Leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, nearly entire, not stem- 
clasping. 
1 S. pentaconia (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 344.) stem branched, 
Jarger ; flowers terminal, solitary ; calyx beset with a few stiff 
CAMPANULACE. XV. CAMPANULA. 
XVI. Specuna‘ria. 
hairs, having a long prismatic tube, and long linear-lanceolate, 
spreading lobes; corolla the length of the calycine lobes. ©. 
H. Native of the Levant, about Aleppo; in Caramania, Candia, 
Thrace, &c. Campanula pentagonia, Lin. spec. 1. p. 229. Desf. 
choix. cor. p. 44. t. 33. or ann. mus. 11. p. 143. t. 18, Ker, bot. 
reg. t. 56. Prismatocarpus pentagonius, Lher, sert, angl. p. 2. 
Stem glabrous or pilose on the angles. Leaves glabrous, nearly 
entire or crenulated, with revolute edges; lower leaves obovate ; 
middle cauline ones lanceolate-obovate ; upper cauline ones 
linear-lanceolate. The corolla before expansion is blunt and 
pentagonal, but when expanded Jarge, white at the base, blue 
to the middle part, and violaceous at the extremity of the 
lobes. 
Pentagonal-flowered Venus’s Looking-glass. 
Clt. 1686. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
2 S. ratca‘ra (Alph. D. C. mon. p. $45.) stem nearly simple ; 
flowers disposed in long spikes, or approximate at the tops of the 
branches; calyx glabrous or scabrous on the margins, with a 
prismatic tube, and very long lanceolate acuminated lobes, which 
are reflexed at the apex, and are twice the length of the corolla. 
. H. Native of the region of the Mediterranean; as of the 
Island of Chalcis or Eubzea; of Dalmatia; about Rome and 
Naples; and of Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia ; among corn, and 
on dry hills. Campanula falcata, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 
154. Guss. pl. rar. p. 96. Prismatocarpus falcatus, Tenore, 
prod. p. 16. fl. neap. 1. p. 77. t, 20. Sebas et Maur. fl. rom. 
prod. 1. p. 102.—Buxb. cent. 4. p. 24. t. 38.—Cupan. panph, 
2. t. 20. Stem glabrous or a little scabrous on the angles. 
Leaves glabrous, rarely pilose, with rather revolute edges, cre- 
FI. May, Aug. 
nulated. Flowers sessile, solitary, axillary, the whole forming 
a leafy spike. Corolla rose-coloured. Lobes of calyx fal- 
cate. 
Falcate-calyxed Venus’s Looking-glass. Fl. May, Aug. Clt, 
1820. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
3 S. spr'cutum (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 346.) stem branched ; 
branches 3-flowered ; calyx glabrous or downy, with a prismatic 
tube, which is narrow at the apex, and linear-lanceolate spread- 
ing lobes, which are at length reflexed; corolla length of the 
lobes of the calyx. ©. H. Native of the temperate parts of 
Europe, and throughout the region of the Mediterranean Sea, 
in corn-fields; in Germany, Transylvania, Pyrenees, Spain, 
Italy, Greece, Syria, Barbary, &c. Campanula spéculum, Lin. 
spec. p. 238. Curt. bot. mag. t. 102. Smith, fl. gree. t. 216. 
Lagoúzia arvénsis, Durand. fl. bourg. 1. p. 37. Prismatocarpus 
spéculum, Lher. sert. angl. p. 2. Campanula pulchélla, Salisb. 
prod. p. 137. Legotzia Durandi, Delarb. fl. auvergn. p. 45. 
Campanula miroir de Venus, Jaume, pl. fr. t. 73. Camp. cor- 
data, Visiani. stirp. dalm. spec. p. 5. t. 2—Weinm. phyt. t. 286. 
Besl. eyst. 7. t. 1. f. 1—Gesn. tab. phyt. 9. t. 76.—Lob. icon: 
t. 418.—Dod. pempt. p. 168. t. 1.—Mor. oxon. 2. p. 457. sect. 
5.t.2. f. 2f. Branches glabrous or scabrous on the angles- 
Leaves crenulated, glabrous or scabrous ; lower ones obovate ; 
middle ones ovate-acute ; superior ones lanceolate, nearly entire. 
Flowers terminal and axillary, showy. Corolla greenish-white 
at bottom, deep violet towards the middle part, and the lobes 
less violaceous, paler on the outside. There is also a variety 
with white flowors. 
Var. (3, calycina (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 347.) leaves and caly- 
cine lobes broader. ©. H. Native of Iberia. Legotzia spe 
culum ? Fisch. ined. 
Var. y, pubéscens (Alph. D.C. mon. p. 347.) the whole plant 
pilose; stem erect. ©. H. Native of France and Naples: 
Prismatocérpus spéculum, var. 8, Lam. et D. C. ft. fr. ed. 3 
Prismatocarpus hirtus, Ten. prod. p. 16. fl. neap. 1. pe 76. t- ri 
Campanula hírta, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 153. Guss. H- 
sic. prodr. 1. p. 246. 
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