_ According to the great authority of Dr. Fiscuer, of the 
_ Imperial Garden at St. Petersburgh, there is reason to 
believe, that this splendid Campanuta is a variety of glome- 
rata ; and Professor Sprencet, in his new Systema Veg., 
considers as varieties of the same, not only the speciosa of 
Hornemann, but also betonicefolia of GiuiBERT ; elliptica of 
Kiramet ; foliosa of Tenore; aggregata of WittpENnow; 
niceensis of Rozmer and Scuutres; and Jfarinosa of Besser. 
That Campanuta glomerata is subject to great variation 
we have abundant proof in our own indigenous speci- 
mens ; for with us it occurs as a plant exceeding a foot in 
height, and bearing many flowers, and reduced to the pigmy 
state of an inch with a single terminal flower (the GenrTrana 
collina of the late Dr. Wirnerine). Sir James E. Surrn 
in speaking of C. glomerata observes, that in a cultivated 
state, the herbage becomes more luxuriant, and less hoary, 
the flowers paler, more numerous, but far less handsome. 
n our plant the intensity of the colour of the flowers is- 
MS much greater than in glomerata, and deep violet, not 
ue. eS eet 
Upon the whole we can but entertain great doubt of 
these plants being accidental variations from the same spe- 
cies, and are more inclined to consider them as a squad of 
nearly related species. : 
‘A hardy perennial. Native of Siberia. Was first raised 
in this country, we believe, in Mr. JEnK1ns’s garden, Glou- 
cester Place, in the year 1818, from seeds given him by Mr, 
HuNnNEMAN, who received them from Dr. Fiscuer. Flowers 
in June. Our drawing was taken from a Specimen com- 
municated by Mr. Anprrson from the Chelsea Garden, 
in 1820. - 
