506 CAMPAI^ULACE^E. (BELL-FLOWEB, FAMILY.) 



terminal, .012 long, long-peduncled ; cal jx glah'ous, lobes lanceolate- 

 subulate, 1-nerved, thrice as long as obconical tube ; corolla blue, ob- 

 couical, lobes half as long as tube — May — Pines below Beit-Meri, 

 (Lebanon). 



18. C K.ot§cliyaiia, A. DC. © .2 to .35 ; stem scabridulous, 

 slender, leafy below, flexuous, panicled. Leaves obovate to elliptical 

 and oblong, remotely crenate, glabrous, floral minute. Branches of 

 panicle liliform ; flowers .005 long, calyx-lobes once and a half to twice 

 as long as granular, globular tube, a little more than half as long as 

 blue corolla; corolla-lobes longer than tube — June — Kurd Dagh. 



19. C raino§is§iina, Sibth. et Sm. Q More or less beset with 

 elongated pellucid papillae; stems simple or 'branching from neck, 

 low, erect or ascending, divaricating. Lower leaves obovate, tapering 

 to a short petiole, somewhat crenate, upper lanceolate, sessile, acute. 

 Flowers terminal, solitary, on long, thick peduncles ; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved, much longer than hemispherical-top-shaped, 

 generally white-hairy tube ; corolla short-obconical, subrotate, shorter 

 than calyx-lobes or as long, lobes twice as long as tube ; capsule 

 hemispherical-top-shaped, strongly grooved, papillose, tipped by the 

 spreading, enlarged lobes of the calyx — Spring — Open places ; 

 Gilead (Tristram). 



20. C. retror§a, Labill. © .3 to 1, flaccid, trailing, scabrous 

 with reflexed prickles ; stems strongly angled. Leaves entire, the 

 lower odovate-spathulate, petioled, the upper linear-lanceolate, sessile. 

 Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved, somewhat recurved, 3-4 times 

 as long as otconical tube ; corolla blue, .02 to .03 broad, obconical- 

 funnel-shaped, about as long as spreading calyx, lobes half as long 

 as tube — Spring — Coast, and coast ranges to 1,000 m. 



21. C §i<loiiieiisi§, Boiss. et Bl. © .3 to .(5, decumbent or 

 ascending, tender, green ; stems sparingly retrorse-prickly at angles. 

 Leaves scabrous or glabrous at margins, crenate, the lower round to 

 ovate, petioled, the upper ohlong to lanceolate, sessile. Calyx-lobes 

 linear, 3-nerved, glabrous or ciliate, 3-5 times as long as hemispherical 

 tube; corolla blue, .01 to ,02 broad, obconical-funnel-shaped, a little 

 longer than calyx, lobes half as long as tube ; capsule globular — Spring 

 — Hedges and old walls near Sidon, and probably elsewhere along 

 the Phenician coast. 



3. POOAi^THUM, Boiss. Podanthum. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 5-parted with linear, usually free lobes. 

 Anthers free. Style hairy ; stigma trifid. Capsule 3-celled, opening 

 by lateral pores at tip, middle, or base — Alpine or subalpine perennials 

 or monocarpic herbs, with solitary or clustered flowers in spikes or 

 racemes, differing from Campanula chiefly by its 5-parted corolla. 



"*■ Bi-triennials or monoearpic plants. 



1. P. Tirg^atuin, Labill. @ .3 to .6, puberulent ; root-vertical; 

 stems numerous or single, stout, nearly naked, pyramidally branched. 

 Leaves radical or at lower part of dem, scabridulous, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, tapering to a petiole, entire or repand-dentate. Flowers 

 .008 long, pale blue, remotely spiked, 1-3 in a cluster, sessile or short- 

 pedicelled in the axil of minute, triangular bracts, — Summer — 



