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ferous; root-fibres white, cellular. Leaves 2-3 in., linear, obtuse, recurved. 

 Scape 1-2 ft., bracteate near the base ; raceme lax, emersed. Flowers 

 ^-1 in., pedicelled ; bracts short, oblong, obtuse. Calyx obconic, terete ; 

 lobes short, obtuse. Corolla pale lilac ; lobes linear obtuse, upper erect, 

 lower longer. Anthers included. Capsule clavate, inclined. DISTRIB. 

 N. Europe from W. France to Mid. Russia, N. America. 



2. Ii. u'rens, L. ; stem leafy, leaves obovate or oblong-spathulate 



obtuse sinuate-toothed, upper linear decurrent, flowers erect or spreading. 



Heaths near Axminster ; n. Aug. T Sept. Glabrous or puberulous. Stem 



1-2 ft., erect, slender, angular. Leaves 2-3 in., subsessile, teeth callous. 



Racemes 4-8 in., pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate, exceeding the 5-angled 



narrow obconic calyx. FJoieert fin. Calyx-lobes subequal, subulate, shorter 



than the tube. Corolla blue or purple ; lobes subequal, lanceolate, acute. 



Capsule erect. DISTRIB. W. France, Spain, Madeira. Acrid and pungent. 



2. CAMPAN'ULA, L. 



Perennial, rarely annual herbs. Radical leaves usually petioled, cauline 

 alternate. Flowers spiked or racemed, white blue or lilac. Calyx-tube 

 ovoid or subglobose ; limb 5-fid, lobes flat or folded at the sinus. Corolla 

 campanulate or rotate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, epigynous, filaments short, 

 bases broad dilated ; anthers linear, free. Ovary-cells 3-5, opposite the 

 sepals ; style clavate, with rows of deciduous hairs opposite the anther- 

 cells, stigmas 3-5 filiform. Capmle ovoid or turbinate, 3-5-celled, cells 

 dehiscing below or above the calyx-limb by pores or valves. Seeds usually 

 flattened.- DISTRIB. All temp, and most trop. climates ; species about 200. 

 ETYM. campanula, from the ieZZ-shaped corolla. 



SUB-GEN. 1. Campan'ula proper. Corolla campanulate. 

 wholly inferior, opening by valves or pores below the calyx-limb. 



* Stem-leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, usually nearly entire. Terminal 

 flower of the raceme opening first. 



1. C. rotundifo'lia, L. ; glabrous, stem angled slender, lower cauline 

 leaves lanceolate, upper narrow linear quite entire acute, flowers racemed 

 drooping, corolla broadly campanulate, lobes short recurved. Hare-bell. 

 Pastures heaths and wall-tops, especially in hilly regions ; ascending to 3,500 ft. 



in the Highlands ; rather local in Ireland ; fl. July-Sept. Glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent. Rootstock slender. Stem $-2 ft., ascending, simple or 

 branched, sparingly leafy. Primordial leaves long-petioled, broadly ovate- 

 cordate, crenate. Racemes few or many-flowered ; pedicels slender, bracts 

 minute or ; buds erect. Calyx-lobes erect, subulate. Corolla ^-1 in., blue, 

 sometimes white, lobes subacute. Capsule subglobose, valves basal. DIS- 

 TRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. Asia. E. and W. N. America. 

 VAR. 1, rotundifo'lia proper; cauline leaves all slender, flowers many. 

 VAR. 2, monta'na, Syme ; lower cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate, flowers 

 subsolitary. 



2. C. Rapun'culus, L. ; hispid or glabrous, stem angled, cauline leaves 

 oblong- or obovate-lanceolate obscurely toothed, flowers panicled erect, 

 calyx-lobes very long subulate, corolla broadly campanulate 5-lobed almost 

 to the middle, lobes recurved. 



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