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Campannla —continued. 



C. sannatica (Sannatian).* /. nutant, usually secund, terminal 

 and axillary, forming a long, loose, scattered raceme ; corolla pale 

 blue, velvety outside. July. t. tomentose ; lower ones petiolate, 

 cordate, rather hastate, crenately toothed ; superior ones sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrate-toothed. Stems simple, straight, downy. 

 h. lit. to 2ft. Caucasus, 1803. Borders. (B. B. 237.) See 

 Fig. 353. 



C. saxatills (rock). Jl. three to five, disposed in a loose raceme ; 

 corolla blue, tubular, nutant. May. (. crenated; radical ones 

 rosulate, somewhat spatlmlate ; cauline ones ovate, acute. Stem 

 erect. A. 5in. Crete, 1763. Eockery. Very rare. 



C. Schenohzorl (Scheuchzer's).* fl. dark blue, pendent, on slender 

 stems, broadly bell-shaped. July, August. (., lower ones snnilar 

 to those of C. p^tsilla ; upper ones linear, h. 3in. to bin. South 

 European Alps, 1813. (L. B. C. 485.) 



C. Scoulerl (.Scouler's). Jl. pale blue, paniculate, bell-shaped. 

 July, August. I., lower ones ovate, on long petioles, coarsely 

 serrated ; cauline ones ovate-lanceolate, h. 1ft. North-west 

 America, 1876. Rockery. 



O. Slbirica (Siberian). /I. panicled, numerous, drooping; corollas 

 bluish-violet, large. July. I. crenulated ; radical ones crowded, 

 petiolate, obovate, obtuse ; cauline ones sessile, oblong-Ianceolate, 

 undulated, acuminated. Plant beset with bristle-like hairs. 

 Stem branched, h. 1ft. to IJft. East Europe, 1783. Biennial. 

 Borders. (B. M. 659.) 



C. s. dlvergens (divergent).* ft. violaceous, rather large, at first 

 erect, but drooping in the expanded state ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, and, like the stem, usually trichotomous. June. 

 I., radical ones subspathulate, crenulated, narrowed at the base ; 

 cauline ones sessile, lanceolate, acuminated. Plant pilose, 

 panicled. Ii. Uft. Siberia, 1814. Biennial. SvN. C. spathulata. 

 (S. B. F. G. ii., 256.) 



C. spatlmlata (spathulate). A synonym of C. sibirica divergens. 



C. speclosa (beautiful).* ft. pedicellate, disposed in a pyramidal 

 raceme ; corolla blue, purple or white, lin. long, smooth outside, 

 but often villous inside. June, July. I. sessile, repandly 

 crenated ; radical ones rosulate, linear-lanceolate ; cauline ones 

 linear. Stem simple, h. 12in. to 18in. South-west Europe, 1820. 

 Borders, (B. Jl. 2649.) 



C. spicata (spicate). fl. sessile, one to three from each bract ; 

 spike long, interrupted at the base ; corolla blue, funnel-shaped. 

 July. (. sessile, nearly entire ; radical ones crow ded, Imear- 

 lanceolate ; cauline ones linear, acuminated. Stem simple, h. 1ft. 

 to 2ft. Europe, 1786. Biennial. Borders. (A. F. P. 3, 46.) 



C. strlcta (strict). Jl. almost sessile, few, soUtary, spicate ; corolla 

 blue, tubular. July. I. ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrated, pilose. 

 Stem branched, pQose. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Armenia, 1819. Bienmal. 

 Borders. 



Fig. 354. Campanula thyrsoidea, showing Entire Plant and 

 Single Flower 



C. thyrsoidea (thyrsoid).* ft. disposed in a dense pyramidal spike, 

 sessile ; corolla sulphur-coloured, oblong. July. I. entire, pilose ; 

 lower ones lanceolate, obtuse ; cauline ones linear-lanceolate, 

 acute. Stem simple, covered witli leaves and flowers. Plant 

 pilose, h. 1ft. to IJft. Alps of Europe, 1785. Biennial. Rockery. 

 (B. M. 1290.) See Fig. 354. 



C. Tommasinlana (Tommasiui's).* Jl. pale blue, tubular, slightly 

 an'Aled, in closely set, several-flowered, axiUary cymes. July, 

 Aifgust. ;. nearly or quite sessile, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 distinctly serrated, there being no difference between the lower 

 and upper ones. Stems at first erect, ultimately drooping through 

 the weight of the flowers, h. 9in. to 12in. Italy. A very band- 

 some alpine species. (B. M. 6590.) 



C. Trachelinm (Thro;it-wort),* il drooping a little, one to four 

 together, terminating the branchlets ; corolla variously coloured, 



Campanula — continued. 

 carapanulate, bearded inside. July. I. scabrous, acuminated, 

 coarsely and crenately toothed ; radical ones petiolate, cordate. 

 Stem angular, simple or branched, h. 2ft. to 3ft. Europe. 

 Borders. (Sy. En. B. 867.) There are double blue, double white, 

 and variously shaded single forms of this species. 



C. trlchocalyclna (hairy-calyxed). ft. disposed in an almost 

 simple terminal raceme, approximate at the top, one to three 

 rising from each axil, at the time of flowering erect, but after- 

 wards drooping ; corolla profoundly five-cleft, funnel-shaped. 

 July. I. on short petioles, ovate, acute, coarsely serrated. Stem 

 simple, h. 1ft. to 3ft. Europe, 1823. Borders. 



C. Van Honttel (Van Houtte's).* ft. dark blue, bell-shaped, pen- 

 dulous, 2in. long, axillary and terminal. July, August. I., lower 

 ones roundish-cordate, crenate on long stalks ; cauline ones 

 oblong-lanceolate, sessile, serrated, h. 2ft. This is a very tine 

 hybrid. Differing from it only in colour and other unimportant 

 details is C. Burghalti, a handsome hybrid, found in gardens ; 

 the flowers are of a pale purple colour, very large, pendent. 

 These are two of the best border Bell-flowers in cultivation. 



C. versicolor (various-coloured), ft. disposed in long spicate 

 racemes ; corolla of a deep violaceous colour at bottom, pale in 

 the middle, and the lobes pale violet, companulately rotate. 

 July to September. I. serrated ; radical ones petiolate, ovate, 

 acute, rather cordate ; cauline ones on short petioles, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminated. Stems erect, h. 3ft. to 4ft. Greece, 

 1783. Borders. (S. F. G. 207.) 



C. Vldalll (Vidal's). fl. large, racemose; corolla white, wax-like, 

 between urceolate and campanulate, pendulous ; disk singularly 

 broad, surrounded by a thick bright orange-coloured annulus, 

 July and August. I. thick and fleshy, oblong spathulate, viscid, 

 coarsely serrated, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Azores, 1851. Perennial. Cool 

 greenhouse or (during summer) herbaceous border. (B. M. 4748.) 



Fig. 355. Campanula Waldsteiniana. 



C. Waldsteiniana (Waldstein's).* fl. three to four at the top of 

 each stem, one of which is terminal, and the others from the 

 axils of the superior leaves, always looking upwards ; corollas 

 violaceous-blue, campanulate. June. I. gTeyish, sessile, lanceo- 

 late, serrated ; lower ones obtuse ; superior ones long-acuminated. 

 Stems erect, flexuous, stiff, simple, numerous from the same root. 

 h. 4in. to 6in. Hungary, 1824. See Fig. 355. 

 C. Wannerl (Wanner's). A synonym of Symphyandm Wantieri. 

 C. Zoysii (Zoys's).* fl. pedicellate, drooping ; corolla pale blue, 

 with five deeper-coloured lines, cylindriciU, elongated. June. 

 I. entire ; radical ones crowded, petiolate, ovately obovate, obtuse ; 

 cauline ones obovate-Ianceolate, and linear. Plant small, tufted. 

 /i. 3in. Carniola, 1813. A scarce little alpine gem, thriving in a 

 sunny chink in rich gritty soil. 



CAMFANUI^ACEiE. A large order of herbs or 

 sub-shrubs. Flower.? blue or white ; corolla regular, bell- 

 shaped, usually five-lobed. Leaves alternate, exstipnlate. 

 The genus best known is Campanula ; other genera are 

 Ailenojihora, Jasione, and Phyteuma. 

 CAMPANULATE. BeU-shaped. 

 CAMFANUMSA (altered from Campanula). Ord. 

 CampaiiulaceoB. A genus of greenhouse herbaceous, tu- 

 berous-rooted, twining perennials. Flowers involucrated, 

 solitary, on axillary and terminal peduncles. Leaves oppo- 

 site, petiolate, glauoescent beneath. Stems and branches 

 terete. They thrive best in a rich sandy loam, with a little 

 peat. Propagated by seeds and divisions. 



