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Campanula — continued. 



A beautiful little alpine, requirinp; a warm position in rich gritty 



soil ; it must be religiously protected against slugs. (F. d. S. 1908.) 



Fig. 350. Flowering Branch of Campanula pyramidalis. 



C. ramosiSBima (much-branched). Jl., corolla with a white base ; 

 middle part or base of the lobes pale blue, and the lobes bluish- 

 violet ; peduncles long, naked, glabrous, bearing each an erect 

 flower at the apex. June. I. sessile, glaucous ; lower ones 

 obovate, crenated; middle ones ovate-lanceolate; superior ones 

 linear, entire. Stem branched, h. bin. to 12in, South Europe, 

 1824. Annual. Syn. C. Loreyi. (B. M. 2581.) 



C. r. flore-albo (white-flowered) only differs from the type in 

 having white flowers. 



Fig. 351. CAMPA^ULA Rapvnculus. 



C. rapuncnloides (Rapunculus-like).* Jl. drooping, .solitary, 

 disposed in .spike-formed racemes, secund, but usually hanging on 

 all sides in strong garden specimens ; corollas bluish-violet, funnel- 



-'i^hfcped, aiM^bearaed a little inside. June. I. scabrous, ovate, 

 acfmiinated; radical ones petiolate, cordate, crenulated; cauline 

 ones serrulated. Stems glabrous or scabrous, usually brandiL-d 

 in gardens, but simple in the wild state, h. 2ft. to 4ft. Europe. 

 Borders. (Sy. En. B. 869.) 



Campanula — continued. 



C. r. trachelloides (Trachelium-like). Stem and leaves, but 

 particularly the calyx, beset with stiff white hairs. 



C. Rapimculus (little turnip).* Ranipion. yJ. nearly sessile, or 

 pedicellate, erect, forming along raceme, which is branched at the 

 base ; corolla blue or white, funnel-shaped. July. I., lower ones 

 obovate, on short petioles, nearly entire ; cauline ones sessile, 

 linear-lanceolate, entire. Stem simple, but sometimes furnished 

 with a few branches towards the top. k. 2ft. to 3ft. Europe. 

 Borders. See Fig. 351. (Sy. En. B. 87^.) 



C. rhomboidalls (rhomboidal). Jl. usually drooping, few, dis- 

 posed in loose racemes, pedunculate ; corolla blue, campanulate. 

 July. I. sessile, ovate, acute, serrate. Stem glabrous, or a little 

 pilose, furnished with flower-bearing branches at top. h. lit. to 

 2ft. Europe, 1775. Border. Syn. C. rhomboidea. (L. B. C. 603.) 



C rhomboidea (diamond-leaved). A synonym of C. rhomhoidalis. 



C.rotundifolia (round-leaved).* Blue-bell; Hare-bell. n. droop- 

 ing, solitary, pedunculate, few on each stem ; corolla deep blue, 

 campanulate. June to August. I., radical ones petiolate, cordate 

 roundish, crenately toothed ; cauline ones linear or lanceolate. 

 Stems numerous, h. 6in. to 12in. Britain. (Sy. En. B. 870.) 



C. r. alba (white).* fi. white, the same size as those of the type. 

 Stems much more leafy. 



C r. Hostli (Host's).* fl. rich blue, much larger than those of 

 the type, produced on stouter profusely branched stems. July, 

 August. I. , radical ones roundish only in a very early state ; caiiline 

 ones linear, acuminate, sometimes 3in. to 4in. long. Syn. C. 

 Hostii. See Fig. 339. There is a white-flowered form of this, 

 not quite so vigorous as the blue-flowered fonii, but the flowers 

 are equal in size. 



Fig. 352. Flowers of Campanula rotundifolia 

 soldanell^flora. 



C. r, soldanell£eflora (Soldanella-flowered).* Jl., corolla blue, 

 serai-double, turbinate, with shallow marginal divisions, very 

 acutely pointed. June. I. long, linear, acute, sessile. Stem 

 simple, slender, h. 1ft. 1870. (R. G. 473.) All the forms of 

 rotundifolia are pretty, and suitable for the front of borders, or 

 the rockery ; rinsing from the crevices of the latter, with their 

 slender stems laden with flowers, they are especially beautiful. 

 See Fig. 352. 



353. Flowers and Leaves of Campanula sarmatica. 



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