PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Campanula. 287 



nicled at the top. Leaves alternate, of many elliptic-lanceolate, 

 entire leajicls, with an odd one of nearly equal size. Fl. rather 

 drooping, numerous, blue, occasionally white. Stalks and calijx 

 a little downy. A common ornament of rustic gardens, of no 

 particular qualities, notwithstanding its name of Valerian, de- 

 rived perhaps from the leaves, which resemble those of some 

 ValeriancB. It is not known to be a Greek plant, nor does Dios- 

 corides appear to have mentioned it. 



106. CAMPANULA. Bell-flower. 



Linn. Ge«. 88. Jmss. 164. Fl. Br.2?A. Tourn.t.37. Lam. t. 123. 

 GcErtn. t.3\. 



Nat. Ord. Campanacece. Linn. 29. CamjpanulacecE. Juss. 52. 

 Three following genera the same. See Grammar 1 1 7. 



Cal. superior of 1 leaf, in 5 deep, acute, rather spreading 

 segments; in some with intermediate, reflexed, tumid 

 lobes ; permanent. Cor. of 1 petal, bell-shaped, more or 

 less expanded, withering ; impervious at the base, com- 

 bined with the cal}^, and furnished at the lower part with 

 5 acute, converging valves, concealing the summit of the 

 germen ; limb in 5 broad, spreading, regular segments. 

 Filam. from the point of each valve, capillary, short, re- 

 tractile. AntJi. longer than their filaments, linear, com- 

 pressed, spreading. Germ, inferior, angular. Style thread- 

 shaped, down}', longer than the stamens. Stigma in 2 cr 

 3 oblong, revolute segments. Caj^s. roundish, obovate, 

 or prismatic, angular and ribbed, of 3 cells, rarely 2 

 only, bursting by 3 torn lateral openings, between the 

 ribs ; or sometimes valvular at the summit. Seeds nume- 

 rous, small, polished. 

 Milky herbs ; seldom shrubby. Leaves almost always al- 

 ternate ; simple, or rarely compound ; smooth or rough. 

 Fl. variously situated, mostly blue, inodorous. The style, 

 pardy very hairy, receives tlie pollen before it reaches the 

 stigma, and retains it long. 



1. C rotujidifolia. Round-leaved Bell flower. 



Radical leaves heart- or kidney-shaped, serrated; stem-leaves 

 linear, entire. 



C. rotundifolia. Linn. Sp. PI. 232. mild. v. 1 . 892. Fl. Br. 235. 

 Engl. Hot. V. 13. t. 8(36. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4.t.2l. Hook. Scot. 

 74. Fl. Dan. t. 853. Ger. Em. 452./. Rail Syn. 277 ; exclud- 

 ing the reference to J. Bauhin. 



C. n. 701. Hall. Hist. v. 1.310; excluding Ocder's syn. 



