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NAT. ORDER. — CAMPANULACEiE. ' '■ &^ , - 



•whole plant ; the flowers are in a thia spike, one or two together, " /• 

 on very long peduncles, which have two stipules at the base; the 

 corolla is large, broad bell-form, deep blue ; the segments are short 

 and moderately acuminate. It is a perennial plant, native of most t- « 

 parts of this country, and is found in many parts of Europe. * 



Cumpamda pijramidalis. Steeple Bell-flower. This species as 

 it appears in the garden, has thick, tuberous roots, which are milky ; " - j^ 

 these send out three or four strong, smooth, upright stalks, which 

 rise nearly four feet in height, and are garnished with smooth, oblong 

 leaves, whose edges are a little indented ; the lower leaves are much 

 broader than those on the stalks ; the flowers are produced from the 

 side of the stalks, and are regularly set on for more than half their 

 length, forming a sort of pyramid ; these are large, open and shaped 

 like a bell, and mostly of a light blue color. There are varieties of 

 white flowers, and of double flowers. Native of Europe. 



Camjxmula caipatica. Heart-leaved Bell-flower. This plant 

 aflbrds a milky juice when wounded ; the root is whitish and peren- 

 nial; the stems herbaceous, annual, weak, hardly branching, bear- 

 ing one or very few flowers. In gardens it becomes branching and 

 many-flowered ; the root-leaves are kidney-form, and roundish ; (he 

 peduncle elongated and smooth ; the corolla smooth and blue. It 

 flowers the whole summer, and is a native of the Alps. 



Campanula Intifolia. Giant Throat- wort. This species has the 

 stem from three to four feet high, and more angular and smooth, but 

 not branching ; the leaves are sharply serrate, on short petioles, and 

 hirsute ; the flowers are axillary, one or two together, on peduncles 

 shorter than the leaf; calyx smooth, with broad, triangular seg- 

 ments ; corolla very large, and blue ; the segments triangular, and 

 divided by a line, the fruit obliges the peduncle to bend down with 

 its weight. It is a native of the northern parts of England. There 

 are varieties with single and double purple, and with single and 

 double white-flowers ; with single and double pale red flowers ; and 

 with striped flowers. 



