CAMPANULACE^E. I. JASIONE. 



733 



capitate. Capsule 3-celled. Herbs, with pinnatifid leaves, and 

 racemose flowers. 



14 MICHAU'XIA. Calyx and corolla 8-parted. Stigmas 8, fili- 

 form. Capsule 8-celled. Herbs, with the radical leaves pinnate. 



* * Corolla 5-cleft or 5-lobed at the apex. 



15 CAMPA'NULA. Corolla campanulate, funnel-shaped, or 

 broadly tubular. Nectarium none. Capsule 3-5-celled, not 

 elongated ; cells when 5 opposite the stamens and calycine seg- 

 ments. Herbs variable in habit. 



16 SPECULA'RIA. Corolla rotate. Nectarium none. Capsule 

 elongated, 3-celled. Dwarf annual herbs, with sessile flowers. 



1 7 TRACHE'LIUM. Corolla salver-shaped, with a very narrow 

 elongated tube. Nectarium wanting. Style only pilose at the 

 apex ; stigmas small, hardly distinct. Capsule 2-3 -celled, not 

 elongated. Herbs. 



18 ADENOPHORA. Corolla campanulate. Nectarium cylin- 

 drical, girding the base of the style. Stamens distinct. Cap- 

 sule 2-3-celled, not elongated. Herbs. 



19 SYMPHYA'NDRA. Corolla campanulate. Nectarium want- 

 ing. Anthers combined. Stigmas distinct. Capsule 3-celled, 

 not elongated. Herbs. 



2. Capsule dehiscing laterally by numerous transverse Jis- 



Isures 

 20 

 sule 



20 MU'SSCHIA. Calyx and corolla 5-cleft. Stamens 5. Cap- 

 sule 5-celled ; cells alternating with the lobes of the calyx and 

 stamens. A subshrub, with broad serrated leaves, and race- 

 mose yellow flowers. 



f A genus doubtful whether it belongs to the order. 



21 MERCIE'RA. Calyx 5-lobed, with a very hispid tube. 

 Corolla 5-lobed, with a narrow tube as in Trachelium. Stamens 

 5, free ; filaments long and slender. Stigmas 2, very short. 

 Capsule inferior, indehiscent? 1 -celled, containing probably 

 always 4 ovula in the bottom. Cape shrubs, with the leaves of 

 Roella, and slender lateral flowers. 



Tribe I. 



JASIO'NE^E (this tribe contains plants agreeing with Ja- 

 sione in the dehiscence of the capsule). Capsule dehiscing at 

 the apex. 



I. JASIO'NE (lacruvri, a name applied by Theophrastus to a 

 wild pot-herb, now unknown). Lin. hort. cliff, p. 426. gen. no. 

 1005. Juss. gen. p. 166. Lam. ill. t. 724. f. 1. Neck. elem. 1. 

 p. 232. Gessn. phyt. p. 104. t. 13. f. 896. Vent. tabl. 2. p. 

 475. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 101. Ovilla, Adans. fam. 2. p. 134. 



Scabi6sa species, Lob. adv. nov. p. 232. Aphyllantes, Da- 

 lech. hist. p. 864. &c. 



LIN. SVST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 

 deeply 5-parted ; segments linear-lanceolate. Stamens 5, with 

 slender filaments, and with the anthers combined into a tube at 

 the base ; pollen blue or purplish. Style pilose from the middle 

 to the apex: the pili or hairs disposed in 10 rows ; stigmas 2, 

 short. Capsule 2-celled, spheroid or ovoid, dehiscing by a broad 

 hole at top, with very short valves. Seeds small, ovoid, shining. 



Dwarf herbs, with the habit of Scabiosa. Leaves alternate, 

 narrow. Flowers collected into terminal bracteated heads : the 

 flowers expanding from the top of the head. 



1 J. MONTA'NA (Lin. spec. 1317.) stems erect, simple, terete; 



leaves lanceolate, undulated, hairy ; peduncles naked ; bracteas 

 glabrous. O- H. Native of Europe, Siberia, and the north of 

 Africa, in sandy fields and heaths ; plentiful in Britain. (Ed. 

 fl. dan. 3. t. 319. Lam. ill. t. 724. f. 1. Curt. lond. fasc. 4. t. 

 58. Smith, engl. bot. 882. J. undulata, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 3. ex- 

 clusive of var. ft. Lob. icon. 536. Column, ecphr. 1. p. 226. 

 with a good figure. Stems ascending, leafy. Heads of flowers 

 globose. Corollas pale blue, and sometimes white. 



Var. /3, maritima (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 102.) stems prostrate, 

 elongated, hoary, almost simple ; leaves thickish, pilose ; calyxes 

 hoary. (). H. Native of the west of France, on the sea shore. 

 J. maritima, Duf. ined. in herb. D. C. J. montana y, Dub. et 

 D. C. bot. gall. p. 311. 



Var. y, llttoralis (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 102.) plant humble, 

 tufted ; stems simple, ascending ; heads small ; bracteas ob- 

 tuse, rounded. O- H. Native of Sweden, in the sand by 

 the sea-side. J. montana littoralis, Fries, nov. fl. suec. pt. 2. 

 p. 29. 



Var. S, prolifera (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) heads proliferous. O- 

 H. Native of Piedmont, about Lutetia. 



Mountain or Common Sheep's Scabious, or Sheep's-bit. Fl. 

 June, July. Britain. PI. ^ to I foot. 



2 J. CORYMBOSA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 131.) stems erect, branched, 

 angular ; leaves decurrent, oblong-linear, rather hairy, undu- 

 lated ; peduncles leafy ; bracteas pilose. $ . H. Native of the 

 kingdoms of Tangiers and Morocco, in sandy places. J. arena- 

 ria, Salzm. in herb. D. C. Root perpendicular. Heads of 

 flowers numerous, globose, terminating the branches ; stems 

 therefore somewhat corymbose. Corollas blue. 



Corymbose-fiovfered Sheep's Scabious. PI. ^ foot. 



3 J. PERE'NNIS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 216. ill. t. 724. f. 2.) stems 

 erect, simple ; leaves rather hairy : radical ones obovate : cau- 

 line ones oblong-linear, flat ; peduncles naked ; bracteas pilose 

 inside. 1. H. Native of the Pyrenees, Dauphiny, Auvergne, 

 on the mountains, and elsewhere. Ker. bot. reg. 505. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 21.98. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 923. J. montana ft, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 888. J. lae'vis, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 3. J. montana, 

 Vill. dauph. 2. p. 670. exclusive of the synonyme. J. montana 

 ft, radici perenni, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 329. Root fibrous. Stems 

 glabrous or pilose, simple or branched from the base. Heads 

 of flowers large, subglobose. Corollas blue, pedicellate. This 

 is a very elegant plant when in blossom. 



Perennial Sheep's Scabious. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1787. PI. 

 1 foot. 



4 J. LUSITA'NICA (Alph. D. C. mon. 105.) stems branched, 

 diffuse ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, rather pilose, and somewhat 

 sinuated ; peduncles naked; bracteas smoothish. ~H. ? H. 

 Native of Portugal, about Lisbon. Plant dwarf. Stems rather 

 pilose, very leafy. Heads of flowers globose. Corollas blue. 

 Flowers few in each head. 



Portugal Sheep's Scabious. PI. J foot. 



5 J. HU'MILIS (Lois. not. p. 42. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. no. 2872.) 

 downy; stems ascending, simple; leaves linear-obovate, flat: 

 radical ones rosulate ; peduncles leafy. 1 . H. Native of the 

 Eastern Pyrenees, in elevated dry pastures. J. montana, ft, 

 humilis, Pers. ench. 2. p. 215. exclusive of the synonyme of J. 

 foli6sa, Cav. J. perennis, ft, minor alpina, Lapeyr. abr. pyr. p. 

 103. J. montana, y, Lam. et D. C. fl. fr. edit. 3d. no. 2879. 

 J. undulata, ft, Lam. diet. 3. p. 215. Phyteuma crispa, Pourr. 

 act. tol. 3. p. 324. Plant tufted. Root simple. Heads of 

 flowers globose. Flowers sessile, blue. 



Humble Sheep's Scabious. PI. -j feet. 



6 J. FOLIOSA (Cav. icon. 2. p. 38. t. 148. f. 1.) glabrous; 

 stems ascending, simple ; radical leaves rosulate, rather spatu- 

 late : cauline ones linear- lanceolate. 1. H. Native of Spain ; 

 plentiful near the top of Mount Orospeda, on the north side, in 

 the fissures of rocks ; and in the boundaries of the kingdoms 



