CAMPANULACE/E. 255 



Species 100 mostly in the southern hemisphere, e.g., south 

 and tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical and eastern Asia, 

 Australia, New Zealand, western Europe. 



Wahlcnbergia gracilis DC; F.B.I, iii 429, IV I; 

 Hairbell. 



Stems several from a horizontal perennial rootstock, 

 flexible, 2 to 12 inches. Leaves % io l inch, mostly 

 narrow, linear or lanceolate to obovate-oblong, distantly 

 and minutely toothed, strongly one-nerved. Flower- 

 stalks terminal, I to 6 inches, naked or with one or 

 more bracts and aborted buds. Receptacle (calyx-tube) 

 1/12 inch, campanulate ; sepals longer, acute, glabrous. 

 Corolla bell-shaped, about ^ inch, mauve-blue, divided 

 nearly one-third way down into five broad lobes. 

 Stigma three-lobed. Capsule % inch, egg-shaped, 

 tapering to the stalk, opening by three valves inside 

 the sepals, t. 175. Wight Ic. t. 1175, Sp. Nilg. 124. 



In the grass of the open downs, very common, flowering after 

 the first April showers. Pulneys : near and above Kodaikanal. 

 Nilgiris : Ootacamund to Pykara and Coonoor. Fyson 412, 

 2891. Bourne 2, 59, 1264.'^ 



The leaves vary in shape and hairiness. 



CAMPANULA. 



Herbs with perennial rootstock, rarely annuals. 

 Corolla bell-shaped, lobed. Anthers not united. Capsule 

 inferior crowned by the dried sepals and opening at the 

 sides by slits between the ribs of the * calyx-tube.' 



Species about 200, mostly in the temperate regions of the 

 northern hemisphere, also Mediterranean, Arabia, and tropical 

 Africa and Asia (on mountains). 



Campanula colorata Wall, Cat. 1287 J ; F.B.I, iii 440, 

 Xin 5. Stem coarsely hairy 1/12 to J^ inch thick, soli- 

 tary, or several from a perennial rootstock, erect or 

 spreading. Leaves well separated, J^ to M inch, obovate 



