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_ CAMPANULA LATIFOLIA. y. MACRANTHA. 
LARGE-FLOWERED Giant Be.ui-FLower. 
Class and Order. 
PENTANDRIA Mosoeveta .: 
Generic Character. 
Cor. campanulata, fundo clauso valvis staminiferis. Stig- 
ma 3-fidum. Caps. infera, poris lateralibus dehiscens.. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Campanuna latifolia ; caule tereti striato glabro, foliis ovato- 
lanceolatis duplicato-serratis, pedunculis axillaribus 
unifloris, calycibus glabris, fructibus cernuis. Roem. 
et Sch. Syst. Veg. 5. p.119. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 900. 
cum Synorymis. 7 | eee 
Campanura latifolia; foliis ovyato-lanceolatis caule simpli- 
cissimo tereti, pedunculis unifloris, fructibus cernuis. 
Smith Flor. Brit. 1. p. 236.—Engl. Flora, 1. p. 290. 
_.. Engl. Bot. 302. . | 
(8.) flore albo. % oe 
(y.) macrantha ; foliis inferioribus cordato-ovatis, corollis 
maximis, ‘ 
Campanuna macrantha. Fischer. 
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Descr. Stem three or four feet high, straight, simple, 
‘omewhat rough, rounded, striate. Leaves alternate, pu- 
bescent on both sides ; lower ones petioled, cordate-ovate, 
"ugose, irregularly double-serrate; middle ones ovate, 
decurrent down the petiole ; upper ones sessile. Peduncles 
bl » Solitary, one-flowered, erect when carrying the 
- “ssom, cernuous in fruit, scarcely equal to the calyx 
M length. Two of the lower peduncles in our specimen, 
Probably from the effect of culture, were lengthened out 
4° slender branches, bearing each three flowers. Calyx 
clael® smooth, with a five-cleft border : segments lance- 
» Patent, pointed, when viewed with a _ Ee 
