— ‘Pega }. 
CampanuLa GRANDIFLORA. Great-FLows 
/ ERED Beti-Ftower.. 
HSeesaeiedtae dab abacsaae 
—* < Clafs atd Order: 
PenTANDRIA MonocyYnia; 
y : 
? 
—S Generic Charader. eee | 
Cor.. canipaniilata fundo claufo valvis ftaminiferis. Stiguia 
trifidum. Cuap/. infera poris latéralibus dehifcens. 
ea = Specific Chara&er and Synonyms: 
CAMPANULA grandiflora caulée fubunifloro, foliis fublan- 
: ' cedlatis ferratis; cordlla paténte. Facg. it 
a : tse PRS Ue, B88, ee 
CAMPANULA grandiflora foliis ternis oblongis ferratis, caule 
unifloro, flore patulo: Linz. Suppl. ~. 140. 
Syfi: Veget. ed. 14. Murr: p. 907: Ait 
Kew. v. i. p. 418: see 
_ Profeffor Jacquin is, we believe; the firft author who has 
_ figured this fpeties of Campanula, which he has done in his 
Hortus Vindebonenfis; Lin aus thé Son afterwards inferted it 
in his Suppl. Pi affigning it the charaéers {pecified above itt 
the fynonymis, and eopieling his doubts whether it was not 4 
Variety of the Campanula cafpatica, alread figared im this” 
work, P/. 117. Prof. Jacquin clearly dewsinheases that it can- 
hot be fo, as it differs moft effentially from that plant in 4 
variety of particulars; vid. Linn. Syfti Veget. ed. 14. Murr. 
__ his fpecifie defcription there given, agrees much better with 
the plants we have feen flower here, than that of Linn £us 
does, there being generally more than one flowér on a ftalk, 
and the leaves rarely growing three together. 
The bloffotns of this plant when it grows in perfeétion, 
very large, nearly twice the fize of thofe of the Campanula 
carpatica, whence its name of grandiflora; previous to their 
opening fully, they fomewhat refemble an air balloon, from 
which circumftance it has been called by fome the Balloon plant. 
_ Itis a hardy perennial, a native of Siberia and Tartary, and 
we introduced to this country by Mr. Joun Beix im the yeat 
1782. cts oe 
_ It flowers in July, is as yet a rare plant in this country, 
likely to continue fo, as it is not eafily increafed, multi 
but little by its roots, fcarceiy to be ftruck from cuttings, 
rarely producing perfe& feeds. 
