946 Campanulaceae. 
corolla nearly 12 mm long. Corolla pubescent on the outside, blue, 
equalling the calyx. Anthers linear; filaments not dilated at the 
base. Capsule of the fertile flowers erect, 3-or rarely 4-celled, many- 
seeded. — Flow. March to April. 
N. v. Cairo. 
Also known from Nubia. 
539. (3.) Speeularia Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted into linear or awl-shaped lobes. Corolla rotate, 
5-lobed. Style hairy. Capsule linear or oblong, prismatic; valves 
narrow, opening laterally beneath the apex. — Annuals, with stems 
simple or branching from neck, and violet flowers. 
A small genus chiefly distributed in the Mediterranean region and Europe. 
1314. Specularia Speculum A. DC. Monogr. Camp. (1830), 
p. 346. — Boiss. Flor. Or. HI, p. 959. — Sibth. and Smith. Flor. 
graec., tab. 216. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 102 no. 668. 
— Campanula Speculum L. Spee. Plant. I, p. 538. — Prismatocarpus 
Speculum L’Herit. Sert. Angol., p. 2. — Campanula cordata Vis. Flor. 
Dalmat., p.5. — An annual Plant, 20—50 cm high or sometimes 
somewhat more. Leaves sessile, oblong, the lowermost tapering at 
the base, the uppermost half-clasping or heart-shaped at the base. 
Flowers solitary, or 3—5 together in terminal corymbs; calyx-lobes 
linear subulate, during flowering nearly or quite as long as the tube 
and as corolla-lobes; corolla 1—2 em long; capsule constricted at 
the tip. — Flow. March to April. 
N. d. Environs of Cairo. 
Also known from Hurope, Arabia Petraea, Palestine and Synia. 
540, (4.) Sphenoclea Gaertn. 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, hemispherial; limb 5-partite, 
lobes rounded, imbricate. Corolla campanulate, 3-lobed, valvate. 
Stamens free from the corolla or only slightly attached to its base; 
filaments dilated at the base; anthers short, free. Ovary half-inferior, 
2-celled; placentas stipitate; ovules numerous. Style short; stigma 
at length shortly bifid. Capsule depressed, globose, dehiscing trans- 
versely, operculum carrying away the calyx-lobes. Seeds numerous, 
very small. 
The genus is limited to the species described below. 
1315. Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. De Fructib. I (1788), 
p. 113 tab. 24 fig. 5. — Wight Icon. Plant. Orient., tab. 1388. — 
