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Campanula^ — rontumed. 



liiR-ar - laiiceulrite, sessile, nearly entire. Stems brancheil. 

 BnuK-hes ilivergins- Kuropo. Boi<lers. (Sy. En. B. 875.) 



Campanula -ro7( /?■((((.'</. 



Fio. 347. Flowering Branch of Campanula Medium. 



C. peregrina (foreign).* fl. disposed in a tlense spicate raceme, 

 .sessile ; corollas of a dark violet colour at the base, not so deep in 

 the middle, and paler towards the margins, funnel-shaped. July. 

 I. crenated ; lower ones obnvate ; superior ones ovate, acute. 

 Stem simple, angular. A. 2r:. Mount Lebanon, 1794. Borders. 

 " "", 1257.) 



(B. M 



C. persicsefolia (P<n< 



oilate, solitary, itir] 

 iuteniUMliate shades t 



-leaved).* Jl. terminal and axillary, pedun- 

 cd, racemose ; corollas blue and all the 

 white, large, broadly campanulate. July. 

 l. glabrous, stiff, crenulated ; radical ones lanceolate-obovate ; 

 cauline ones linear-lanceolate. Stems nearly simple, h. 1ft. to 3ft. 

 Britain. (Sy. En. B. 871.) The forms of C. persicre/olia are very 

 numerous in gardens. The following are well worth growing : 

 alba, pure white, single-Howered ; alba coroiiata, pure white, 

 semi-double; alba if. -pi. , flowers very double and Camellia-like, 

 constituting one of the best hardy flowers for cutting ; ccerulea 

 coronata, blue, in -form like the white; ccerulea Jt. -pi., flowers 

 semi-double. 



C, phryffia (Phrygian). Jl., corolla bluish-violet, spreading, 

 having tlie nerves mure intensely coloured. July. I. ovate- 

 lanceolate, crenated ; lower ones obtuse, upper acute. Stem 

 branched. Branches very naked, divaricate, each terminating in 

 a single flower, h. Sin. to 6in. Mount Olympus, 1820. Rockery 

 annual. 



C. planiflora (Hat-flnwered). A synonym of C. nitida. 



C, Portenschlagiana (Portenschlag's).* Jl. light blue-purple, 

 erect, or nearly so, bell-shaped, with spreading segments, several 

 at the ends of the shoots, and one or two in the upper axils. 

 June, July. I., radical ones liroadly reniform, conspicuously but 

 irregularly toothed, on long slender petioles ; cauline ones passing 

 from reniform to ovate, h. 6in. to9in. South Europe. Rockery. 

 SVN. C. muralis. (li. R. 1995.) 



C, primulse folia (Primula-leaved). Jl. disposed in a spicate 

 raceme; corolla l>hie or purple, with a whitish downy bottom, 

 cauipaniilately rotate, nearly glabrous. July. I. unequally and 

 doiility crenated ; radical ones lanceolate, bluntjsh ; cauline ones 

 *ivatf-ol.]<inK, acute. Stem hispid, simple, h, 1ft. to 3ft. Por- 

 tugal. Borders. (B. M. 4879.) 



C. puUa (russet).* _ft. terminal, large for the size of the plant; 

 corollas violaceous-blue, campanulate. June, /.glabrous, crenu- 

 lately toothed ; lower ones on short petioles, ovate-rcnmdisli ; 

 superior ones sessile, ovate, acute. Stems rarely julose at the 

 base. A. Sin. to 6in. Eastern Europe, 1779. Uockery, in rich 

 sandy peat and leaf soil. (L. B. C. 554.) 



C. pumlla (dwarf). A synonym of C. pusilla. 



Fig. 348. Uppi:r portion oi- Klowkring Stem of 

 Campa.nula punctata. 



C. punctata (dotted). Jl whitish, spotted with red on the inner 

 surface ; large, pendulous. /. ovate-acute, somewhat crenate. 

 Stem simple, erect, few-flowered, /i. VJt. Siberia, Japan, &c. 

 Border perennial. See Fig. 348. 



C, pusilla (small).* Jl. axillary and terminal at the upper part of 

 the slender stems, pendulous, bell-shapcd, passini; from deep blue 

 to white. July, August. I., radical om-s tufted, lnvtadly ovate 

 or roundish, slightly cordate, obtusely serrated, on petioles longer 

 than the lauimie ; cauline ones linear-lanceolate, distinctly 

 toothed, sessile. A. 4in. to 6in. Southern Europe. SvN. 

 C. pumi/a. (B. M. 512.) There is a pale-c<doured variety named 

 patlitia, ami a pure white variety named alba, both of which, as 

 W'ell as the species, are most desirable for the embellishment of 

 rockeries, or for planting in samiy soil as a fmnt line for a 

 bonier. 



Fig. 349. Campanula pyramidalis, showing Habit and Flower. 



C. pyramidalis (pyramidal).* Chimney Bell-flower. Jl. very 

 numerous, pedicellate, usually three together from the same 

 liract, the whole disposed in a large pyramidal raceme, which 

 is loose at tlie base ; corollas pale blue or white, with a dark base. 

 July. I. glandularly toothed ; lower ones petiolate, ovate-oblong, 

 somewhat cordate; cauline ones sessile, ovate-lanceolate. Stem 

 nearly simple, but furnished with floriferous branchlets. A. 4ft. 

 to 5ft. Europe, 1596. See Figs. 549 and 350. There are several 

 excellent varieties, but the light and dark blue and white are 

 tlie best. Borders, and for pot culture. 



C. Raineri (Rainer's).* /. Idue-, erect; corolla turbinate. June. 

 I. .alnuist sessile, ovate, tomentose. remotely serrated ; lower ones 

 the smallest, obovate. Stems erect, firm, branched. Branches 

 one-flowered, leafy. A, 2in. to 3in. Switzerlaud, Italy, Ac, 1826. 



