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height is 4 6 inches ; but when it grows among grass 

 or rushes, it climbs by their help to a height of 12 inches 

 or more. Fl. July September. Perennial. 



5. C. hybrida. A small plant, 4 12 inches high, 

 with a rough wiry stem, oblong, rough, wavy leaves, 

 and a few small terminal purple powers, the calyx of 

 which is much longer than the corolla ; corolla wheel- 

 shaped ; capsule triangular, elongated. Corn-fields, not 

 common. By some botanists this is called Speculdria 

 hybrida. Fl. June September. Annual. 



* Less common species of Campanula are C. pdtula 

 (Spreading Bell-flower), distinguished by its rough stem, 

 and loose panicles of wide cup-shaped flowers : C. Rapun- 

 culus (Rampion Bell-flower), a tall species, 2 3 feet 

 high, with clustered panicles of rather small, pale blue 

 flowers, the calyx of which is divided into 5 awl-shaped 



segments : C. latifolia (Giant Bell-flower), common in 

 woody glens in Scotland, but not frequent in England ; 

 a stout species, 3 4 feet high, with very large stalked 

 flowers, which are deep blue, and hairy within : and 

 C. Rapunculoides (Creeping Bell-flower), a very rare 

 species, distinguished by its pale blue, drooping, axillary 

 flowers, which grow all on one side of the stem. Fl. 

 July, August Perennial. 



2. PHYTEUMA (Rampion). 



1. P. orbicular e (Round-headed Rampion). Flowers 

 in a round terminal head ; lower leaves notched, heart- 

 shaped, stalked ; upper narrow, sessile. Chalky downs, 

 rare. A singular plant, consisting of a solitary, erect 

 leafy stalk, 12 18 inches high, surmounted by a round 

 head of blue flowers. The head when in fruit becomes 

 oval. Fl. July. Perennial. 



* P. spicatum (Spiked Rampion) is found only in 

 Sussex. It is much taller than the last, and bears its 

 flowers, which are cream-coloured, in a terminal, oblong 

 head. 



