CAMPANULARUJI NOVARUM DECAS PRIMA. Zbi) 



Syn. C. rupestris A. DC. Prodr. vii., 458 pp., quoad pi. Eliodiam 

 Auclieri — non Sibtli. 



C. tomentosa Boiss., Fl. Or. iii., 897 pp. 



Exsicc. Aucher, Herb. d'Orient, 1301, 3821, 3822.— Bourgeau, 

 Bliodos, 108, 215 (" Celsii "), 109 pp., 216 (" lyrata "). Forsyth- 

 Major 37, 459, 459a ("lyrata") 330, 575 ("tomentosa"). 



Uab. In Sporadum insulis. Bliodi (Aucher) in rupibus mari- 

 tiniis montium Smith & Filierimo (Bourgeau), Kalymni ad Halki, 

 Sami (Forsyth-Major). 



This seems to be the local representative of C. lyrata, which 

 does not occur in its typical form on the islands mentioned. It is 

 somewhat variable in habit. On dry places it has more the lyrata- 

 type, on shady ones it has, when getting flaccid, a certain similitude 

 with C. rupestris Sibth., and, especially as to flowers, with C. Celsii 

 A.DC. 



3. C. lyratella (ex affinitate C. lyrata; Lamk.). Cinerascenti- 

 virens dense hirsuto-hispidula. Caules stricti, pro altitudine crassi 

 (3-4 mm.) foliosi non rubescentes. Folia hirsutissima undulato- 

 crenata ; caulina suberecta. Flores parvi numerosi, in racemum 

 angustum densiorem vix caulis £ attingentem dispositi. Becepta- 

 culum dense hirsuto-hispidum. Cahcis lobi ovato -triangulares 

 erecti, corolla f breviores, appendices magna? , receptaculum sub- 

 brevius occultantes. Corolla 10-12 mm. longa anguste tubulosa, 

 extus rigide hirsuta. Staminum squamae subangulato-ovatae, tenuius 

 quam in typo ciliata3. Stilus subexsertus cylindricus vix fusiformis; 

 stigmata stilo 4-plo breviora anguste linearia. Flor. Maio, Iunio. 



Hab. In Isauriae aridis montanis inter Koniah et Beychehr 

 (Heldr. Exsicc. 854 in Hb. Boiss. s. nom. C. lyratm var. micrantha 

 Boiss.). 



The typical C. lyrata is an inhabitant of the coast ranges, where 

 it extends from Adalia in the south, up to Constantinople, and 

 reappears (ex Trautvetter) at the confines of Transcaucasia. G. 

 lyratella is an inland plant, found as yet in Isauria only. Its rough 

 dense indument of a dull grey, strong stems, and small and 

 numerous flowers are characteristic. 



C. GABGANICA Auct. — The following five species form a small 

 group of pretty Bell-flowers, together with O. garganica Ten., under 

 which name they have till now been generally confounded. Their 

 geographic distribution is not without interest. C. garganica and 

 C. Barbeyi are from Mount Gargano, which is quite isolated from the 

 other Italian mountains, and might well have been connected, in 

 earlier periods, with the opposite Illyrian coast, to which three of 

 the other species belong, one growing further down in Cephalonia. 

 In fact, the connection seems to be traced now-a-days, by the 

 islands that are spread over this part of the Adriatic. C. garganica 

 was first described by Tilli in his Cat. hort. Pis. (1723), then by 

 Tenore in ' Memorie della Beale Academia delle Scienze ' (1827), 

 where he gives a long description and a very good figure. He after- 

 wards found C. Barbeyi, and taking it for a glabrous variety of the 

 former, distributed it under the same name. His description may 

 be applied in a higher or lesser degree to any species of the group, 



