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tudinally through each. The flovVers are pfolluccci i ,. The SpecIes arc; 



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fcatteringly at the end of the branches, v;hich arc 

 Ihaped hke thofe of the former fort, but fniallcr. 

 Both thefc plants abound with an acrid milky juice 

 like the Spurge. The fecond fort grows naturally in 



Jamaica. ■ ' 



Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 procured from the places of their growtli, for they 

 do not perfedl their feeds in England. They may 

 alfo be propagated by cuttings planted in a hot-bed 

 during the fummer months : they mufl have a bark- 

 ilove, for they are very tender plants ; but in warm 

 weather muft have plenty of air. 

 CAMOCLADIA, the Maiden Plumb. 

 The Characters are, 

 // hath a tripartite coloured empdement of one leaf fpread- 

 ing open ; the flower hath three plain^ oval^ jpreading 



,ft 



^Ifljapedftamlna fl 



roundiflj incumbent ft 



flyle^ crowned by an obtufe ftig 



Plumb^ 



lofing a nut of 



feus s 



fame form. 



This plant is ranged in the firft order of Linn 

 third clafs, intltled Triandria Monogynia> the flower 

 having three ftamina and one ftyle. 



The Species are, 



1. Camocladia [Integrifolia) foliolls integris. Jacq. 

 Amer. 12. Camocladia zotth entire lobes. Prunus race- 

 mofa, caudice non ramofa, alato fraxini folio non 

 crenato, frudu rubro fubdulci. Sloan. Cat. 184. The 



Maiden Plumb. - . 



2. Camocladia {Dentata) foliolis fpinofo-deritatis. 

 Jacq. Amer* 12. Camocladia with prickly indented 



leaves. 



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Weft 



rifes with an upright ftem near twenty feet high, gar- 

 niihed with long winged leaves, whofe pinnie are en- 

 tire; at the top there are a few branches fent out 

 about a foot long, which 'fullain the flowers and 

 fruit; 



The fecond fort grows naturally at the Havanna, 

 where it rifes about the fame height with the former; 

 but as the flowers and fruit of this are unknown to 

 the author, he can give no farther account of 

 them, 



Thefe plants arc propagated by feeds, when they can 

 be obtained from the places of their growth, which 

 fliould be fov/n in pots and plunged into a hot-bed •, 



-1 ±. i_^ ' 



the plants, when fit to remove, fliould be each planted 

 in a fmall pot, and plunged into a tan-bed, and in 

 the autumn fliould be plunged into the bark-bed in 

 the ftove, and treated as other tender plants. 

 C A iM P A N I F O R M flowers [of campana, a bell ; 

 and forma, Lat. fhape/J fuch flowers as in fliape re- 

 femble a befl. 



CAMPANULA. Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 108. tab. 38. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 201. [fignifies a little bell, as tho' 

 parva campana, Lat. fo called, becaufe the flowers 

 refemble a little bell.] 



Hie Characters are, 

 The empalemcnt is divided int 

 fpreading^ mid refts upon th 



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fljaped like a bell^ fpreading at the baft 

 holes. In the bottom isfituated the fi^ 



flower is of 



It hath five fljort flamina.^ which are inferted ir 

 of the valves of the ncBarium^ terminated by lo 

 pre/fed funiniits : below the receptacle is fituated 

 gidar gerrmi^ fupporting a ftyle which is longer than the 

 ftaminay crowned by a thick ^ oblongs tripartite fligrna. 

 The empalemcnt afterward becomes a roundiflo angular 

 capfule^ which in fome fpecies have three, and in others five 

 ceils, each having a hole toward the top, through which 

 tlx feeds are flattered when ripe. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: feftion of 

 Linnieus's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia; 

 tlie flowers of tliis clafs have five (tamiha, and in this 

 fccliun but one ftyle. 



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r. Campanula {Pyramidalis) foliis ovatis glaoris fub- 

 ferratis, canle credo paniculato, ramulis brevibun. 

 Lin. Sp. 233. Bell-flower with cvalfinocth leaves fazved 

 l^elowy an upright paniciilated ftalk, and fljort branches. 

 Campanula pyramidata altiffima. Tourn. Inlt. 109, 

 Talleft pyramidal Bell-flower, ... , 



2. CAM^ANULA (Z)a-2^r;r«j) foliis radicalibus.obovatis, 

 caulinis lanceokto-linearibus fubferratis feflllibus re- 

 motis. Lin, Sp. Plant. '164. Bell-flower with lower 

 leaves oval, and thofe on theftalks narrow, fpear-floaped^ 

 flawed, and growing clofe to the ftalks at remote diftances.. 

 Campanula perfica; folio, Clul". Plifl:. 171. Peach-leafed 

 Bell-flower. . ■ , . ' . 



3. Campanula {Medium) capfulis quinquelocularlbus 

 teftis, calycis finubus reflexis. Vir. Cliff*. 16. Bell- 

 flower with a covered capfule,. having five cells, and the 

 borders ofl the cup reflexed. Campanula hortenfis folio 

 & flore oblohgo. C. B. P. 94. Commonly called Canter- 

 bury Bell-flower. ^' . . - . . 



4. Campanula {^iracheliuni) caule angulato, foliis pc- 

 tiolatis^ calycibus ciliatis, pedunculis trifidis. Vir. 

 Clifl: 16. Bell flower with an angular ft alk, leaves having 

 foot-Jlalksy a hairy empalement, and trifld floot ftalks to 

 theflo'puers. Campanula vulgatior, foliis urtic^ vel 

 major & afperior. C. B. P. 94. Nettle-leaved Bell- 

 flower. 



5. Campanula [Latiflolia) foliis ovato-lanceoiatis, caulc 

 fimpliciflimo tereti, floribus folitaris pedunculatis fruc- 

 tibus cernuis. Vir. Cliff. 17. Bellftower with oval 



flpear-floaped leaves, a ftngle taper ft alk, flowers growing 

 Jtngly upon floot ftalks, and pendent fruit. Campanula 

 maxima foliis latiflimis. C. B. P. 94. Greateft Bell- 

 flower with broadeft leaves. 



6. Campanula {Rapunculus) foliis undulatis fadicalibus 

 lanceolato-ovalibus, panicula coarftata. Horr. UpfaL 

 40. Bellftower with waved leaves, thofe growing near 

 theftalk oval and fpear-fhaped, and a compreffed panicle. 

 Campanula radice efculenta. H. L. Commonly called 

 Rampion. ..... 



7. Campanula (Glomerata) caule arigukto fimplici, 

 floribus feflllibus capitulo terminali. Vir. Clift^. 16. 

 Bellftower with a fingle angular ft alk, flowers growing 

 clofe, and terminating in a head. Campanula pratenfis 

 flore conglomerato. C. B. P. 94. Meadow Bellftower 

 with flowers gathered in bunches. 



8. Campanula {Spectdum) caule ramoflfllmo diffufo fo- 

 liis oblongis fubcrenatis, calycibus folitariis corolla 

 longioribus, capfulis prifmaticis. Hort. Upfal. 41. 

 Bellftower with a very branching diffufled flalk, oblong 

 crenated leaves, fclitary flower- cups which are longer than 

 the petal, and prifmatic capfules. Campanula arvenfii 

 erefta Euphrafl^ luteal, feu Triflaginis appuhe fo- 

 liis. PL Cath. Commonly called upright P^enus Looking- 



9. Campanula [Hybrida) caule bafi fubramofo fl:ri6}:o, 

 foliis oblongis crenatis, calycibus aggregatis corolla 

 longioribus, capfulis prifmaticis. Lin. Sp. Plant. i68\ 

 Bell-flower with a fltalk branching at the bottcm, cblon^ 

 crenated leaves, fl.ower-cups gathered together, which are 

 longer than the petal, and prifmatic capfules. Campanula 

 arvenfis. minima eredta. Mor. Hifl:. 2. 457. Small Venus 



- Lcoking-glafs. 



10. Campanula (Erinus) caule dichotomo, foliis fef- 

 fllibus utrinque dentatis. Hort. Cliff*. 65. Bell-flower 

 with a florked flalk, and leaves growing clofe to theftalks^ 



which are indented on both fides. Campanula minor 

 - annua, foliis incifis. Mor. Hilt. i. 458! Smaller annual 

 Bell-ftower_ with cut leaves. 



II. Campanula {Penlagonia) caule fubdivifo ramofif- 

 fimo, foliis linearibus'^ acuminatis. Hort. Cliff". GG. 

 Bellftower with a very branching divided ft alk, and 

 narrow pointed leaves. Campanula pentagonia flore 

 amplifllmo Thracia. Tourn. Infl:. 112. Five-corr.cred 

 Bellftower of Thracica. 



12* Campanula {Perfoliata) 'Caule fimplici, foliis cor- 

 datis dentatis amplexicaulibus, floribus feflllibus ag- 

 gregatis. Horr. Upfal, 40. Bell-flower with a fingle 

 flalk, hcart-fljaped indented leaves ivhich embrace thcftcdk, 

 and fl.owers gathered together, growing clofe to the flalk. 



Y y Cam- 



