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CAMPANULA LACTIFLORA. MILK-WHITE 
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Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynis. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. campanulata : fundo clauso valvis staminiferis. Stig- 
ma trifidum. Caps. infera, poris lateralibus dehiscens. 
. Specific Character and Synonyms. 
* (Capsulis ovatis, calycibus 5-fidis.) 
Campanuta lactiflora ; foliis lanceolatis biserratis cauleque 
ramoso hispidis, floribus paniculatis, calycibus hispidis : 
segmentis dilatatis serratis. Flor. Taur. Caucas. 1. p. 
153. Bot. Reg. 241. Poirét Suppl. Encyclop. n. 107. 
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Plants in a cultivated state frequently lose more or less of 
their pubescence ;.so in the present instance while the stem 
remained hispid, the leaves and the calyxes shewed very little 
hairiness, the former were rough on the under surface, but 
not hairy ; the latter smooth, except towards the inner points 
of the segments, unevenly serrulate: serratures glandular and 
red-coloured. Flowers in a close panicle, white. M. Mar- 
SCHALL von BresersTEIn remarks, that the flowers are white 
or of a very dilute blue colour : this excellent botanist collected 
it in the pastures about Wladi-Kawkas castle, in the mount 
Kaischaur, one of the Caucasean alps, and first described 
the species. 
A hardy perennial, of considerable beauty. It belongs to 
that section of the genus Campanula, in which the border of 
the calyx is divided into five segments, as = ee 
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