CAMPANULACE^. 9 



SPECIES II.— CAMPANULA TR ACHE LIUM. Linn. 



Plate DCCCXLYIT. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MDC. Fig. 1. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2105. 



E-ootstock short, thickened, woody, sending down thickened 

 fleshy fibres, not stoloniferous. Stems stout, erect, sparingly 

 retrorsely hispid, simple or slightly branched, liadical leaves 

 on long stalks, triangular - ovate, deeply - cordate ; stem-leaves 

 similar ; the lower ones on short stalks, the upper narrower and 

 sessile ; all acute, coarsely doubly serrate, hispid-bristly, especially 

 on the veins and margins. Inflorescence a racemose panicle, de- 

 finite, with the terminal flower opening first. Elowers erect or 

 inclined, shortly stalked, terminal and in the axils of the leaves. 

 Peduncles short, 1- to 3-flowered, with 2 lanceolate bracteoles 

 below the middle. Calxy-tube bristly, without reflex appendages 

 in the angles between the segments ; segments lanceolate-trian- 

 gular. Corolla widely campanulate ; segments sub-erect, about 

 one-third of the whole corolla, ovate-acute. Stigmas 3. Capsule 

 nodding, opening by pores at the base of the calyx-tube. 



In woods and bushy places, preferring a chalky soil, but gene- 

 rally distributed and common in the South of England, becoming 

 rarer towards the North, and very doubtfully native in Scotland, 

 where it occurs in the counties of Edinburgh, Eife, and Lanark. 



England, [Scotland,] Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer. 



Stem 18 inches to 3 feet high, stout, leafy, with the leaves 

 bearing considerable resemblance to those of the common nettle, 

 except that they are -doubly serrate instead of only inciso-serrate. 

 Elowers IJ to 2 inches long, bright bluish-purple. Peduncles 

 rather short, produced from the axils of the upper leaves, which are 

 similar to the lower ones, but smaller : in small specimens these 

 peduncles bear only a single flower, but have 2 large leaf-like 

 bracteoles about the middle, in which abortive buds may be per- 

 ceived ; in luxuriant specimens these lateral buds develop into 

 flowers, so that the peduncles in such become 3-flowered. Calyx- 

 tube always bristly ; segments sometimes so, and always ciliated. 

 Plant deep-green, harsh to the touch from the stifi'ness of the short 

 bristly hairs on the leaves. 



Nettle-leaved Bell-flower. 



French, GampamUa Gantelce. Gorman, Xesselhlcittriye GlockenUume. 

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