CAMPANULACE^E. IX. WAHLENBEROIA. 



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8 W. DIFFU'SA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 137.) stem weak, much 

 branched, glabrous, or rather pilose ; leaves linear, acuminated, 

 somewhat denticulated ; calyx glabrous or pilose, with a sphe- 

 rical tube ; corolla 5-lobed at the apex, hardly longer than the 

 calycine lobes; capsule spherical, glabrous. . H. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Campanula rubioides, Banks, 

 herb. Comm. hort. t. 37.? Calyx quadrifid. 



Diffuse Wahlenbergia. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. 1 foot. 



9 W. LINEA V RIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 137.) stem flexuous, 

 erect, filiform, simple and glabrous at the base ; leaves linear, 

 entire, glabrous ; calyx glabrous or pilose, with a spherical 

 tube ; corolla 5-lobed at the apex, hardly longer than the calycine 

 lobes ; capsule spherical, glabrous. 0. H. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in sandy places. Campanula linearis, Lin. 

 suppl. p. 140. Thunb. prod. p. 38. mem. acad. petersb. 4. t. 5. 

 f. 3. Stem purplish. Flowers somewhat panicled, white ; pe- 

 duncles and pedicels capillary, drooping when bearing the 

 flowers, and erect while bearing the fruit. 



Linear-]eaved Wahlenbergia. PL ^ foot. 



2. Capsule 3-celled. Seeds shining or dotted. Stems erect 

 or procumbent. Peduncles naked, more or less elongated. Leaves 

 alternate, rarely opposite. 



* Seeds usually dotted. Stems branched, slender, usually pro- 

 cumbent. Leaves sessile or petiolate, and opposite or alternate in 

 the same specimen. 



10 W. FLA'CCIDA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 138.) plant rather 

 pilose ; stem erect, simple, rather leafy ; leaves opposite and 

 alternate, ovate, acute, entire; calyx pilose, with an ovoid tube; 

 corolla 5-lobed, one-half longer than the calycine lobes ; cap- 

 sule ovoid, spherical. Q. H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, where it was collected by Masson. Campanula flaccida, 

 Banks, herb. Flowers solitary, terminal. Peduncle not dif- 

 ferent from the stem, being leafy like it. 



Flaccid Wahlenbergia. PL ^ foot. 



11 W. DIVERSIFOLIA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 139.) stem pro- 

 cumbent, branched, not very leafy, glabrous above, and pilose 

 below ; leaves alternate and opposite, smoothish : lower ones 

 obovate-roundish, crenately toothed : the rest ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, toothed ; calyx glabrous, with an ovoid-spherical tube ; 

 corolla one-half longer than the calycine lobes ; capsule ob- 

 conically ovoid. 0. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Campanula Eklon, in herb. Dunant. Flowers on long pedicels, 

 which are either terminal or axillary on the upper part of the 

 plant. 



Diverse-leaved Wahlenbergia. PL procumbent. 



12 W. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 139.) stem 

 erect, branched, glabrous, not very leafy, rather pilose above ; 

 leaves strictly opposite, ovate, acute, crenated, glabrous-; calyx 

 rather pilose, with a spherical tube ; corolla profoundly 5-cleft, 

 length of the calycine segments ; capsule spherical. 0. ? H. 

 Native of Madagascar. Stem branched from the base. Flowers 

 solitary, pedicellate, situated in the axils of the forks of the 

 branches. 



Madagascar Wahlenbergia. PL -J foot. 



13 W. PROCU'MBENS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 140. t. 15.) plant 

 glabrous or rather pilose ; stems creeping, branched, very leafy ; 

 leaves opposite or verticillate, ovate or obovate, nearly entire ; 

 tube of calyx ovoid ; corolla 5-lobed at top, 3 times longer than 

 the calycine lobes ; capsule ovoid, spherical. I/ . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, in watery places. Campanula pro- 

 ciimbens, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 174. mem. acad. petersb. 4. p. 375. 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 141. Wahl. repens, Schrad. diss. de Blumenb. 

 p. 37. Burch. cat. pi. afr. austr. no. 355. Flowers solitary, 

 usually terminal, but sometimes axillary, pedicellate. Corolla 

 pale blue ; anthers yellow. 



Var. ft, foliosa (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 140. t. 15. f. 6.) stems 

 shorter ; leaves approximate and smaller. I/ . G. Campa- 

 nula, Burch. cat. pi. afr. no. 361. and no. 508. 



Procumbent Wahlenbergia. PL creeping. 



* * Seeds dotted. Stems branched, slender, usually procum- 

 bent. Leaves petiolate, alternate. 



14 W. HEDERA'CEA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 146.) glabrous ; 

 stems slender, ascending ; leaves on long petioles, cordate- 

 roundish, bluntly 5-7-angled ; corolla 5-lobed at the apex, 4 

 times longer than the calycine segments; capsule hemispherical. 

 Tf.. H. Native of the west of Europe and North America, in 

 watery places. In Europe, from the north of Portugal to 

 Denmark, but towards the east it becomes more rare. In 

 Britain, abundant in Cornwall, and in many parts of the 

 west of England ; in Sussex abundant ; Keston Common, near 

 Bromley, Kent ; on Hartlebury Common, Worcestershire ; on 

 a bog near High-Beech, Epping Forest. In the county of 

 Cork, Ireland. In several parts of the lowlands of Scotland ; 

 and in the Scilly Islands. Campanula hederacea, Lin. spec, 

 p. 240. Oed. fl. dan. t. 330. Smith, engl. hot. t. 73. Hook. fl. 

 lond. t. 93. Campanula hedersefolia, Salisb. prod. 127. Cam- 

 panula arvatica, Lag. in variet. de cienc. litt. &c. no. 29. oct. 

 1805. p. 40. Aikinia hederacea, Salisb. in herb. D. C. Schul- 

 tesia, Roth, enum. pi. 1. p. 1807. Moris, oxon. 2. p. 456. 

 sect. 5. t. 2. f. 18. Pluk. phyt, 23. f. 1. Petiv. gaz. t. 51. f. 1. 

 Tourn. inst. 1. p. 112. Garid. aix. 1. p. 76. Stems filiform, 

 creeping and ascending. Peduncles naked, one-flowered, usually 

 terminal, but sometimes axillary. Corolla pale blue. 



Ivy-like Wahlenbergia. Fl. May, June. England. PL ^ 

 foot. 



* * * Seeds shining. Stems more or less erect. Leaves alter- 

 nate, sessile, narrow. 



a. Peduncles elongated. 



15 W. GRA'CILIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 142.) stem simple or 

 branched, glabrous or pilose ; leaves alternate or nearly oppo- 

 site, linear. lanceolate, sinuately toothed, glabrous ; calyx smooth- 

 ish, with an ovoid tube ; corolla funnel-shaped, 5-cleft ; cap- 

 sule obovate. $ . ? G. Native of Van Diemen's Land ; and 

 of New Holland, about Port Jackson ; and of New Caledonia 

 and New Zealand. All the varieties grow in New Holland, 

 except var. e, which only grows in New Zealand. Campanula 

 gracilis, Forst. prod. no. 84. Sims, hot. mag. 691. R. Br. prod, 

 p. 561. Campanula vincseflora, Vent. malm. t. 12. Cam- 

 panula capillaris, Lodd. hot. cab. t. 1406. Peduncles terminal 

 and axillary, elongated, 1 -flowered. Corolla blue, with a white 

 or yellowish bottom. Anthers yellowish. 



Var. fi, stricta (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 142.) stem branched, 

 straight ; leaves more numerous, opposite, linear-lanceolate ; 

 calycine segments linear, exceeding the tube of the corolla a 

 little, which is discoloured on the outside. $ . G. Campanula 

 gracilis, Smith, exot. fl. t. 45. Campanula gracilis, j3, stricta, 

 R. Br. prod. p. 561. 



Var. j, littoralis (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) stem simple, elongated ; 

 leaves few, alternate, linear, narrow ; calycine lobes acuminated, 

 length of the tube of the corolla. . G. Campanula littoralis, 

 Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 69. t. 70. Camp, gracilis, y, littoralis, 

 R. Br. prod. p. 561. 



Var. S, capillaris (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) stem capillary, pani- 

 cled ; leaves linear, remote ; segments of the calyx one-half 

 shorter than the capsule, which is nearly globose. $ . G. Cam- 

 panula gracilis, ci, capillaris, R. Br. prod. p. 561. 



Var. c, polymorpha (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) lower leaves obovate, 

 obtuse : middle ones lanceolate : upper ones linear-lanceolate ; 

 calycine segments broadish, one-half shorter than the corolla. 

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