C 782 ] 



Campanula Capensis. Cape Campanula. 



Clajs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia, 



Generic Character. 



Cor. campanulata, fundo claufo valvis ftaminiferis. Stigma 3- 

 fidum [fubinde 5-fidum.J Cap/, infera, poris lateralibus de- 

 hifcens. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



CAMPANULA capenjis ; foliis lanceolatis dentatis pedun- 

 culifque longiffimis hirtis, capfulis fubde- 

 cangularibus hifpidis apice conico quinque- 

 valvi dehifcentibus. 



CAMPANULA capenjis foliis lanceolatis dentatis hifpidis, 

 pedunculis longiffimis, capfulis flrigofis. 

 Sp. PI. 240. 



CAMPANULA capenjis; foliis lanceolatis dentato-undatis 

 hirtis, floribus folitariis terminalibus, caly- 

 cibus hifpidis. Thunb. Prod. 39. 



CAMPANULA africana annua hirfuta, latis ferraiifquc foliis, 

 {lore magno violaceo. Comm. Hort. 2. />. 69- 



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Descr. Root annual. Stalk hairy, branched. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, toothed, waved, hairy on both fides, oppo- 

 fite on the lower parts, but without order upwards. Peduncles 

 often a foot long, hairy : hairs moltly pointing downwards, one- 

 flowered. Calyx connate with the germen very hifpid at the 

 bafe, border five-cleft : fegments linear-lanceolate, quite entire, 

 fpreading, without reflexed finufes. Corolla nodding, one- 

 petaled, funnel-fhaped, tube very fhort, hairy within ; limb 

 five-clefr, fegments ovate, acute, whitifh on the outfide, lively 

 blue within ; finufes circular, fo that when viewed in front 



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