NAT. ORDER. 

 Campanulaceoe. 



CAMPANULA GRANDIFLORA. GREAT BELL-FLOWER. 



Class V. Pentandria. Order I. Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx, mostly five-cleft. Corolla, campanulate, five- 

 cleft. Filaments, dilated at the base. Stigma, three to five- 

 cleft. Capsule, three-celled, open by lateral pores. 



Spe. Char. — Glabrous. Leaves, radical, reniform, cordate, crenate ; 

 cauline ones linear, entire. Panicle, lax, few-flowered. 



This is a perennial plant ; the stalks are upright, branched, and 

 usually rise from two to four feet in height ; the calyx is five-cleft, 

 having the sinuses usually covered with appendages ; the corolla is 

 five-lobed, or five-cleft at the apex, and bell-shaped ; the stamens are 

 five, free ; the Jilamenfs are broad at the base, and membranous ; the 

 style is covered by fascicles of hairs, except at the base ; stigmas 

 three to five, filiform ; ovarium wholly inferior, three to five-cellhd ; 

 capsule three to five-valved, dehiscing laterally ; seeds usually ovate 

 flattened, sometimes ovoid and small ; the radical leaves are different 

 in form from the cauline ones, especially in size ; i\\ejlowei's, for the 

 most part, are pedunculate, usually racemose, rarely spicate or glom- 

 erate, blue or white. 



All the species of this plant are inhabitants of the northerji 

 hemisphere. The names Trachelium and Cervicaria, are the oldest 

 names used for this genus, which were given to it on account of its 

 supposed efficacy in the cure of disorders of the neck and trachea : 

 hence it has the name of Halskraut, or Halsivort, in German ; Hal- 

 sart in Danish ; and Tliroaticort in English ; and some species have 



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