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Campanula Pumila. Dwarf-Campanula. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



.;or. campanulata fundo claufo valvulis ftaminiferis. Stigma 3- 

 fidum. Cap/, infera, poris lateralibus dehifcens. 



Specific Charaficr and Synonyms, 



CAMPANULA pumila, foliis radicalibus ovatis crenatis, pe- 

 tiolis complanatis, floribus racemofis fecundis 

 cernuis. 



CAMPANULA rotundifolia var. (3. Spec. Plant. 232. Ait. Kern* 

 1. p. 219. 



CAMPANULA minor rotundifolia alpina. Bauh. Prod. 34. 



CAMPANULA puftlla, foliis omnibus ferratis, radicalibus 

 cordato-ovatis, firmis nitidis: caulinis linearis 

 bus alternis remotis. Jacq. Collecl. 2. p. 79. I 



Having feen this Campanula cultivated in the Botanic Garden, 

 both at Lambeth- Marfh and Brompton, for many years, during 

 which time it has always preferved its diftinguifhing features. 

 We cannot hefitate in coniidering it as a diftinct fpecies from 

 the rotundifolia, of which Lin n^eus has made it only a variety. 

 It is a plant of much humbler growth, the radical leaves are 

 never reniform, arc frequently continued a confiderable way 

 up the item, and grows upon fhorter footftalks, which are 

 flattened, not filiform ; they likewife continue during the 

 flowerings forming a mat, whereas thofe of the rotundifolia for 

 the moft parr difappear at this feafon. The cefpitofa of Sco- 

 poli is probably a variety of this. Jacquin having quoted 

 Scheuchzer's Campanula, fig. 4. It. 4. as a fynonym of his 

 pufilla, which appears very diffimilartoours, makes it fomewhat 

 uncertain whether his plant may be the fame, as he has not 

 given us any figure ; on which account we adopt the name of 

 pumila, by which it has been long known in the Botanic 

 Garden. There is a white variety ; both forts bear a profu- 

 iion of flowers, and are very ornamental, particularly fuited 

 to adorn rock-work, being hardy perennials. 



