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CAMPANULACE^;. IX. WAHLENBERGIA. 



the base. Style inclosed, pilose, but most so towards the upper 

 part. Stigmas 2-5 (f. 128. c.). Ovarium combined with the tuhe 

 of the calyx. Capsule 2-5-celled(f.l28.e.)each openingby so many 

 valves at the apex, which bear each a dissepiment in the middle. 

 Seeds very numerous, minute. Herbs, rarely shrubs, for the 

 most part annual. Leaves usually alternate, rarely opposite, 

 generally most numerous towards the loner part of the plant. 

 Flowers for the most part on long peduncles ; pedicels drooping 

 at first, but when bearing the capsules are perfectly erect. The 

 species of this genus are most plentiful iruthe southern hemis- 

 phere, particularly at the Cape of Good Hope. 



SECT. I. EDRAIA'NTHA (from eSpawt, edraios, sedentary, and 

 avdos, anlhos, a flower ; in reference to the flowers being sessile, 

 and usually capitate). Alph. D. C. mon. p. ISO. Campanula 

 species, Lin. and others. Corolla and calyx 5-lobed. Stamens 

 5. Capsule 2-3-celled. Seeds ovate, flat Humble perennial 

 herbs. Leaves alternate, narrow ; radical ones crowded ; cau- 

 line ones stem-clasping. Flowers sessile, usually capitate. 

 Inhabitants of Italy and the adjacent countries. 



* Plants caulescent. Flowers aggregate. 



1 \V. GRAMINIFOLIA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 130.) stems and 

 leaves clothed with soft down ; leaves entire : radical ones linear 

 or linear-spatulate : cauline ones linear, and somewhat stem- 

 clasping ; bracteas ovate, acute, entire, rather downy ; tube of 

 calyx smoothish : but the lobes are downy, and the sinuses 

 are toothless. 11 . H. Native of Sicily ; south of Italy, even 

 to Rome ; and the Island of Zante. Campanula graminifolia, 

 Lin. spec. 1. p. 234. Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 206. but not of 

 Waldst. et Kit. Barr. icon. t. 332. Mor. ox. 2. p. 454. sect. 

 5. t. 1. f. 9. Cup. panph. 1. p. 736. Bocc. icon. rar. p. 78. 

 f. 2. Mor. ox. 2. p. 461. sect. 5. t. 4. f. 41. Colum. phyt. p. 25. 

 t. 26. ed. 2. p. 118. t. 34. Flowers disposed in solitary, brac- 

 teated, terminal heaps. Corolla blue ; filaments white ; anthers 

 yellow. 



Grass-leaved Wahlenbergia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816, PI. 

 | foot. 



2 VV. GARGA'NICA ; perennial, downy, canescent ; stems diffuse 

 or pendulous, simple ; leaves roundish, cordate : lower ones on 

 long petioles, deeply and unequally crenated : upper ones dentate ; 

 crenatures and teeth mucronate ; racemes loose, leafy ; pedicels 

 filiform, 1 -flowered; calycine segments lanceolate, acuminated, 

 reflexed. %. H. Native of Abruzzo, in the fissures of rocks on 

 Mount Gangano, now St. Angelo. W. flaccida, Presl, symb. p. 

 29. t. 18. but not of Alph. D. C. 



Gargano Wahlenbergia. PI. diffuse. 



3 W. KITAIBE'LII (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 131.) stems beset 

 with soft pili; leaves ciliated a little: radical ones linear-subu- 

 late, remotely denticulated; bracteas ovate, acuminated, den- 

 tately subserrated, ciliated with villi ; tube of calyx villous, and 

 the lobes subdenticulated, as well as the sinuses, and downy on 

 both surfaces. 7/. H. Native of Croatia, on chalky moun- 

 tains;^ and of Transylvania, in the fissures of calcareous rocks. 

 Campanula graminifolia, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 2. p. 

 166. t. 154. exclusive of the synonymes. Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 

 268. exclusive of the synonyme of Camp, tenuifolia, Waldst. et 

 Kit. Plant tufted. Stems purplish. Radical leaves crowded. 

 Flowers disposed in terminal bracteated heaps. Corolla blue, 

 with a tinge of purple; filaments white ; anthers yellowish. 



Kitaibel's Wahlenbergia. PI. | foot. 



4 W. TENUIFOLIA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 133.) stems pilose; 

 leaves linear, entire, with bristly margins; bracteas ovate, acumi- 

 nated, ciliated with bristles; tube of calyx rather pilose; lobes 

 of calyx ciliated with bristles, and the sinuses toothless. ^ . H. 



1 



Native of Croatia, at the foot of the mountain called Plisswicza ; 

 also near Fiume. Campanula tenuifolia, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. 

 hung. 2. p. 168. t. 155. Campanula graminifolia, Host, fl. 

 austr. 1. p 268. exclusive of the synonymes of Column, and 

 Waldst. et Kit. Campanula graminifolia, /3, Schow. plan. ein. 

 pfl. geogr. ital. p. 11. Stems tufted, purplish. Flowers dis- 

 posed in dense terminal bracteated tufts, 6-10 in each tuft. 

 Corolla of a violet-blue colour, white at the base ; filaments 

 white ; anthers yellow. 



Fine-leaved Wahlenbergia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 y to ^ foot. 



5 W. DALMA'TICA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 13t.) stems glabrous; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, .ciliated with hairs; bracteas 

 ovate-acuminated, entire, ciliated ; tube of calyx rather pilose ; 

 lobes of calyx entire, ciliated, rather pilose on the back, with 

 the sinuses toothless. I/. H. Native of Dalmatia, on the east 

 of Salona. Stems reddish. Leaves 1-2 inches long. Heads 

 containing 6-10 flowers, bracteate. Corolla blue; filaments 

 ciliated ; anthers yellow. Plant tufted. 



Dalmatian Wahlenbergia. 



to |- foot. 



* * Stems short. Flowers solitary. 



6 W. PUMILIO (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 134.) plant tufted; stems 

 short, very leafy ; leaves linear, entire, glabrous beneath, revo- 

 lute on the margins at top, and pilose in the middle : hairs ad- 

 pressed, pencilled or in tufts at the tops of the leaves ; upper 

 leaves broadest at the base, and covering the flower ; tube of 

 calyx obconical, glabrous ; lobes of calyx entire, similar to the 

 leaves. If.. H. Native of Dalmatia, in the higher alpine 

 ranges of Mount Bioccovo. Campanula silenifblia, Host, fl. 

 austr. 1. p. 268. but not of Fisch. Campanula pumilio, Por- 

 tenschl. ined. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 136. Visian. stirp. 

 dalm. spec. p. 29. Plant with the habit of Silene acaulis. 

 Flowers sessile, solitary, numerous. Corolla azure blue ; an- 

 thers yellow. 



Dwarf Wahlenbergia. PI. tufted. 



SECT. II. AIKINIA (named in honour of John Aikin, a British 

 botanist). Alph. D. C. mon. p. 135. Campanula species, Lin. 

 Camp. sect. Codonopsis, R. Br. prod. 561. Wahlenbergia spe- 

 cies, Schrad. Corolla and calyx 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Cap- 

 sule 3-5-celIed. Seeds ovoid. Usually annual herbs. Leaves 

 for the most part alternate. Flowers on more or less elongated 

 peduncles and pedicels. Generally inhabitants of the southern 

 hemisphere, particularly of the Cape of Good Hope; also of 

 Australia and India. 



1 Capsule 5 -celled. Seeds shining. Stems erect or ascend- 

 ing. Peduncles elongated, naked. Leaves alternate, sessile. 

 All natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 



7 W. CAPE'NSIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 136. t. 18.) stem erect, 

 simple or branched, pilose at the bottom ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, pilose, irregularly toothed ; tube of calyx ovoid, very hairy; 

 corolla 5-cleft, hardly one-half longer than the calycine lobes ; 

 capsule ovoid, pilose. 0- H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, in sandy places. Campanula Capensis, Lin. spec. p. 240. 

 Thunb. prod. p. 39. mem. acad. petersb. 4. p. 374. t. 6. f. 3. 

 Sims, hot. mag. 782. Roella decurrens, Andr. bot. rep. t. 238. 

 Wahl. elongata, Schrad. cat. hort. gott. 1814. Willd. enum. 

 suppl. p. 10. Campanula elongata, Willd. herb. Flowers 

 large, at first drooping, but at length nearly erect. Corolla 

 bluish-green on the outside, dark blue inside at the bottom, but 

 greenish at the origin of the lobes, spotted with black within the 

 lobes at the recesses, and the lobes are violaceous. 



Cape Wahlenbergia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1803. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



