472 Lxxv. CAMPANULACE.^ (hemsley). [Ge'plmlosUgma. 



Calyx-lobes about half a line long ; petals linear, 1 



line long • . . . . 3. C. ramosissimum. 



Glabrous ; calyx-lobes about half a line long ; petals 



linear, 1 line long 4. C. Prieurei. 



1. C. hirsutum, Edgw. in Linn. Trans, xx. p. 81. An erect 

 much- branched hispidly pilose annual, from a few inches to a foot or 

 more high. Branches slender, terete or slightly angular. Leaves alter- 

 nate, sessile, linear-lanceolate to broadly oval or elliptical, rarely ex- 

 ceeding an inch in length, entire or undulate-dentate and having a 

 white cartilaginous margin, densely pilose when young, but becoming 

 nearly glabrous with age, gradually smaller upwards and passing into 

 minute bracts. Flowers in racemose panicles, very numerous, larger 

 than in either of the other species, solitary, on slender pedicels in the 

 axils of the upper leaves and bracts. Calyx 2-3 lines long, tube densely 

 hispidly pilose ; lobes about equalling the tube, glabrous, erect, lanceo- 

 late, acute, with a prominently thickened margin. Petals linear- 

 lanceolate, 2-8 lines long. Capsule hemispherical, hispid. — G. 

 Schimperi, Hochst. in Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 2 ; G. erectmn, Vatke, 

 Linnaea xxxviii. p. 699 ; Wahlenhergia Schimperi, Hochst. inHb. Schimp. 

 Abyss. 1964 ; W. perotifolia, Wight et Arn. in Wight Ic. 842. 



irile &and. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Mozamb. Sistr. Zambesi Exped. About 16° S. lat, and 35° E. long., 

 Meller ! 



This species extends to the Indian Peninsula and Western Himalaya. 



2. C. Perrottetii, A. BG. Prodr. vii. p. 420. An erect simple or 

 slightly-branched annual, 1-2 ft. or more in height, sparingly hispidly 

 pilose, especially on the lower part of the stem and lower leaves. 

 Branches terete or obsoletely angled. Leaves alternate, sessile, pilose 

 when young, lanceolate, acute, 6-12 lines or more long, undulate and 

 obscurely toothed on the margin. Flowers numerous, small, in loose 

 racemes or sub-cymose panicles a foot or more in length ; bracts small, 

 linear, much shorter than the slender pedicels, which vary from 3 to 

 12 lines in length. Calyx-tube glabrous, about 1^ lines long ; lobes 

 about equal in length. Petals ovate- lanceolate, much broader at the 

 base than in the middle, exceeding 2 lines in length. Capsule turbi- 

 nate, 5-ribbed.— ? Del. Ic. Sel. v. t. 15 ; G. bahiense, A. DC. I.e. 



Upper Guinea. Cape Verd, Perrottet Sf Leprieur ! Senegambia, Heudelot! 

 Gaboon Eiver, Mann ! Also in South America. 



The plate in Delessert represents the petals as linear-lanceolate, but otherwise 

 agrees with the type. In Kew herbarium there is a specimen collected by Barter on 

 the Niger (826) which seems to connect this with C. hirsutum in its more hispidly 

 pilose calyx with longer lobes. 



3. C. ramosissimum, Hemsl. An erect hispidly pilose much- 

 branched annual of compact growth, from 3-6 in. high. Branches 

 alternate, very slender, deeply furrowed with sharp ridges. Leaves alter- 

 nate, sessile, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 lines long, acute, broad at 

 the base, coriaceous, cartilaginous on the margin, with 2 or 3 almost 

 obsolete teeth on each side, smaller upwards and in the last ramifications 



