Tab. 7594. 



SYMPHYANDRA Wanneri. 



Native of Transylvania. 



Nat. Ord. Campanulace.e. — Tribe Campanule-b. 

 Genus Symphyandra, A. DC; (Benth. & HooJc.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 563.) 



Symphyandra (Anotocalyx) Wanneri; radice prsemorsa, caule simplici v. 

 superne ramoso erecto 2-3-pedali folioso pubescente-piloso, foliis 

 radicalibus et inferioribus caulinis oblanceolatis acutis acute inasqualiter 

 dentatis utrinque pilosulis basi in petiolum latum angustatia, caulinis 

 angustioribus sessilibus, floribus axillaribus et in racemum terminalem 

 foliosum dispositis longe pedicellatis cernuis, pedicellis 1-3-pollicaribus 

 ascendentibus apice decurvis, sepalis pollicaribus ovato-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis integerrimis v. dentatis nervosia, corolla calyce 5-2-plo longiore 

 pilosula violacea, lobia brevibus latioribus quam longis, filamentis basi 

 ciliatis, antheris anguste linearibus, stylis brevibus, stigmatibus revolu- 

 tia. 



S. Wanneri, Heuff. in Flora, vol. xxxvii. (1854) p. 292. 



Campanula Wanneri, Rochel, PI. Banat. Bar p. 41, t. 5, f. 12. 



C. heterophylla, Baumg. En. Stirp. Transylv. vol. iii. Suppl. p. 342. 



The genus Symphyandra is distinguished from Campanula 

 by the sole character of the anthers cohering in a tube. 

 Like Campanula;, it is divisible into two sections, according 

 to whether the sinus between the calyx-lobes is naked, or 

 furnished with a reflexed appendage. It may hence well 

 be doubted whether it should not merge into the greater 

 genus. Seven species are described, all oriental, inhabiting 

 the mountain regions which extend from Transylvania to 

 the Caucasus, with one a native of Crete. Of these S. Hof- 

 manni alone has been figured in this magazine (t. 7298). 



S. Wanneri has been in cultivation in the Royal Gardens, 

 as a biennial, for a good many years, but the record of its 

 introduction is lost. It flowers in June, in the open 

 border. It was named by Rochel in honour of Herr 

 Wanner, Conservator of the Imperial forests of the Banat, 

 in which region the plant was discovered. The corolla in 

 native specimens varies greatly in length, being sometimes 

 very little longer than the calyx-segments. 



Descr. — An erect biennial, two to three feet high, sparsely 

 hairy all over. Stem stout, pale reddish brown. Lower 



May 1st, 1898. 



