4 FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



travel south. The flowers are large and of a rich blue tint 

 ordinarily, but varying to white much more frequently than 

 is the case with any of the other species. The spreading 

 bell-flower, C.pattUa, is a southern plant, and even in the 

 central and south-eastern counties of England is by no 

 means common; it is a light and graceful plant, not 

 unlike a considerably magnified harebell in general ap- 

 pearance, but the bell is of a much more open and distended 

 form, and the purple is considerably deeper in tint. 



The next species, the ivy-leaved bell-flower, or C. he- 

 derifolia, is a particularly delicate and graceful little 

 plant. It should be sought for in moist woods, chiefly in 

 the south and west of England. The stems are very slender 

 and thread-like, supporting small, delicate leaves suffi- 

 ciently like those of the ivy to justify its name and pale 

 lilac-blue blossoms. These flowers, barely half an inch in 

 length, and very tubular in form, are at first pendent, but 

 ultimately assume the erect position. 



