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CAMPANULA MACRANTHA, @. polyantha. LarcE-riow- 
ERED Grant BELL-FLowER; many-blossomed var. 
KKK KKK KEK KEKE EEE ERK EER 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—CampanvuLaceEa. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. campanulata, fundo clauso valvis staminiferis. Stig- 
ma 3-fidum. Caps. infera, poris lateralibus dehiscens. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
CampanuLa macrantha; caule erecto simplici levi, foliis 
duplicato-serratis radicalibus lato-cordatis petiolatis 
caulinis ovatis sessilibus, pedunculis erecto-curvatis 
demum cernuis, calycis basi obtusi laciniis lanceolato- 
acuminatis corolla longe campanulata maxima triplo 
brevioribus. 
Campanuta macrantha. Fischer MSS. 
Campanvuta latifolia, macrantha. Swms Bot. Mag. t. 2553. 
Alph. De Cand. Monogr. Camp. p. 265. 
Campanvta Iberica maxima subhirsuta, flore maximo ceru- 
leo. Tourn. Herb. Cor. 4. (fide Alph. De Candolle.) 
B. poggerite caule altiori, floribus numerosis. Tab. nostr. 
te 
I am aware that ALpHonse De Canpotze in his valuable 
work on the CampanuLacea, as well as Dr. Sims, and lately 
even Dr. Fiscner himself, are of opinion, that the present 
Bell-flower is only to be considered a variety of the C. lati- 
folia; but on a careful comparison of the two, growing 
side by side in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, I cannot but 
look upon them as really distinct. Besides the much larger 
and deeper colour of the flowers, the calyx is far more ob- 
tuse at the base, the leaves are much broader and coarser, 
and 
