298 ' CAMPANULACE^ 



herbaceous plant, closely resembling the genus Campanula, with a 

 campanulate, 5-fid corolla and 5 free anthers ; but with a half- 

 superior ovary which splits when in fruit by valves above the 

 sepals. (Named in honour of Dr. George Wahlenberg, a Swedish 

 botanist.) 



I. W. hederdcea (Ivy-leaved Bell-flower). — An exquisite little 

 plant with straggling, thread-like stems, 4 — 6 in. high, or when 



jAsfoN6 montAna {Sheep's Scabious). 



among grass or rushes climbing by their help to a height of 1 2 in. 

 or more ; leaves stalked, palmately 5-lobed, of a remarkably fine 

 texture and delicate green ; -flowers solitary, on long stalks scarcely 

 thicker than a hair, slightly drooping, pale blue. — Wet peaty 

 places in the south, often growing with the Bog Pimpernel and 

 the Cornish Moneywort, plants scarcely less beautiful than itself. 

 — Fl. July — September Perennial. 



4. PHYTEtJMA (Rampion). — Herbs with both radical and 

 cauline leaves and flowers in dense spikes or heads, with an 



