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CAMPANULA-CARPATICA. CARPATIAN 
BELL-FLOWER. a 
Send eebeinese 
Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MoNnoGyNia. 
Generic Charafer. | 
Corolla campanulata fundo claufo valvis ftaminiferis. Stigma — 
trifidum. Cap/ula infera poris lateralibus dehifcens. | 
Specific Charafer and Synonyms. 
CAMPANULA carpatica foliis glabris cordatis ferratis pe- — 
tiolatis, pedunculis elongatis, calyce reflexo 
glutinofo. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. 
p- 207. Suppl. p.140. Facq. Hort. v% te — 
ft. 57- = 
This fpecies of Bell-flower, which takes its name from tS” 
place of growth, is a native of the Carpatian Alps, and was 
introduced into the Royal Garden at Kew, by Proféefor Jac- 
quin, of Vienna, in the year 1774. 
It flowers in June and July. 
As yet it is fearce in our gardens, but deferves to be more 
generally known and cultivated; its flowers, in proportion t0- 
the plant, are large and fhewy: like many other Alpine plants, _ 
_ it is well fuited to decorate certain parts of rock-work, OF 
— borders of the flower garden as are not adapted for large | 
; P ants. Re of 
_ Itis a hardy perennial, and propagated by parting its or 
in autumn. z 
_ Our figure, from a deficiency in the colouring art, gives <2 
very inadequate idea of its beauty. cee 
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