CAMPANULACE^E IX. WAHLENBERGIA. 



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branched, pilose at the base ; lower and middle leaves ovate, 

 acute, irregularly toothed, and pilose : superior ones narrower, 

 nearly entire, smootliish ; tube of calyx glabrous and obconical ; 

 lobes of calyx with revolute serrulately ciliated margins ; co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, 2 or 'A times longer than the calycine lobes, 

 somewhat 5-cleft at the apex; capsule obovate. O- H. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Campanula cernua, Thunb. 

 prod. p. 39. mem. acad. petersb. 4. p. 376. t. 7. f. 1. Comm. 

 hort. 2. t. 36. Stem very leafy at the base. Peduncles erect, 

 elongated, terminating in numerous 1-flowered filiform pedicels. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a white base, and blue lobes, 

 drooping in the bud state. 



Drooping- flowered Wahlenbergia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1804. PI. | to | foot. 



29 W. UNDULA'TA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 148.) stem ascend- 

 ing, simple at the base, pilose ; leaves somewhat stem-clasping, 

 ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, coarsely crenated, pilose ; calyx gla- 

 brous, with an obconical tube, and broad flat serrately ciliated 

 lobes ; corolla funnel-shaped, 5-cleft, 3 times longer than the 

 calycine lobes ; capsule obconical. O. H. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, in Swartland. Campanula undulata, Thunb. 

 prod. p. 39. Lin. suppl. p. 142. Campanula glabrata, Banks, 

 herb.. Stem branched, naked and glabrous at top. Peduncles 

 elongated, nearly naked, panicled ; pedicels 1-flowered, rising 

 from the axils of the bracteas. Flowers rather nutant. 



Undulated- leaved Wahlenbergia. PL 1 to l| foot. 



30 W. NUDICAU'LIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 149.) stem 

 branched, rather pilose at the base ; leaves obovate or lanceo- 

 late, undulately crenated, rather pilose ; calyx glabrous, with a 

 nearly spherical tube, and entire lobes ; corolla broadly funnel- 

 shaped, deeply 5-cleft, 3 or 4 times longer than the calycine 

 lobes ; capsule spherical. O- ? G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Root cylindrical at its top, branched at the 

 base. Stems numerous, branched, usually dichotomous. 

 Leaves nearly all at the base of the plant, obtuse or acute. 

 Flowers very numerous, terminating the slender naked pedicels. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, blue, ? drooping in aestivation. 



Var. ft. Flowers larger. Campanula elongata, Banks, 

 herb. 



Naked-stemmed Wahlenbergia. PI. 1 foot. 



31 W. ANDROSA'CEA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 150. t. 19. f. 1.) 

 stem simple, naked, few-flowered, glabrous ; radical leaves 

 rosulate, ovate-lanceolate, on short petioles, acute, denticulated, 

 pilose; calyx glabrous, with a hemispherical tube, and short 

 broad entire lobes corolla broadly funnel-shaped, profoundly 

 5-cleft, 2 or 3 times longer than the calycine segments ; cap- 

 sule spheroid. 0. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Campanulaceae, Burch, cat. geog. pi. afr. austr. no. 2273. 

 Stem twice dichotomous at top, and nearly naked, except 

 the bracteas at the base of the pedicels. Branches 2, divided 

 into 2 1-flowered pedicels at the apex. Flowers erect in the 

 expanded state, but drooping in the bud state, probably blue. 



Androsace-\\ke Wahlenbergia. I'l. J- foot. 



32 W. STELLARIOI'DES (Cliam. in Schlecht. in Linnaea, 7. p. 

 196.) stems ascending, a little tufted, filiform, tetragonal, gla- 

 brous ; leaves opposite, somewhat connately approximate, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, with revolute edges, and the nerve slender, pilose, 

 or glabrous beneath ; flowers terminal and lateral, on long pe- 

 dicels ; ovarium elliptic, short; calycine segments very like 

 the leaves, but one-half shorter than the corolla ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, 5-cleft to the middle, with acute ovate segments. If.. 

 G. Native of C.iflfraria. Stem branched at the base. Stamens 

 5. Calycine segments reflexed. 



Stichmort-like Wahlenbergia. PI. 1 to ! foot. 



33 W. NUTABU'NDA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 151.) plant pilose 

 at the base ; stem simple, or branched at the base ; lower leaves 



lanceolate-obovate, nearly entire, with the nerves and margins 

 pilose : the rest lanceolate, acute, smoothish, and irregularly 

 toothed ; calyx glabrous, with an ovoid tube ; corolla cylindri- 

 cal, 5-lobed, hardly one-half longer than the calycine lobes ; 

 capsule obovate. O- ? H. Native of Calabria, near Reggio, 

 on very arid hills ; and of Sardinia, in the fields of Carbo- 

 nara and Tortote, ex Moris. Campanula nutabunda, Guss. in 

 Ten. append. 5. ad fl. neap. prod. p. 8. pi. rar. p. 94. t. 18. 

 Mor. stirp. sard, elench. p. 30. Habit of W. lobelioldes 

 Leaves numerous at the base of the plant. Peduncles nearly- 

 naked, elongated, drooping when bearing the flowers, but at 

 length erect, 1-flowered, glabrous. Corolla white. 

 Nodding-fionereA Wahlenbergia. PI. ^ foot. 



b. Peduncles shorter. 



34 W. EXILIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 151.) stem much 

 branched, rather pilose at the base ; branches glabrous, fili- 

 form ; leaves linear, subulate, entire, rather pilose ; tube of 

 calyx glabrous or roughish, obconical ; corolla tubular, 5- 

 cleft at the apex, scarcely one-half longer than the calycine 

 lobes; capsule obovate, narrow. O- H. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Burch. cat. no. 105. Stem quite glabrous at 

 top. Pedicels mostly axillary, 1-flowered, reddish. 



Slender Wahlenbergia. PI. | to | foot. 



35 W. DENTICULA'TA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 152. t. 16.) stem 

 much branched, glabrous, but rather scabrous above ; leaves 

 narrow-linear, acuminated, glabrous, remotely denticulated ; 

 calyx glabrous or scabrous, with a hemispherical tube, and den- 

 ticulated lobes ; corolla deeply 5-cleft ; capsule spheroid. () H. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the interior of the coun- 

 try. Campanula denticulata, Burch. cat. pi. afr. no. 2000. 

 trav. 1. p. 538. Flowers numerous towards the tops of the 

 branches. Pedicels axillary and terminal, 1-flowered, diverg- 

 ing much from the stem. Corollas blue? 



Var. ft, scabra (Alph. D.C. 1. c.) peduncles and calyxes rather 

 scabrous. Burch. cat. pi. afr. no. 2302. 



Denticulated calyxed Wahlenbergia. PI. | foot. Var. ft, 2 in. 



36 W. KRE'BSII (Cham, in Schlecht. Linnaea. 7. p. 195.) 

 steins rather herbaceous, filiform, procumbent, very leafy at the 

 origin of the fertile branches, tetragonal : angles beset with re- 

 trograde bristles ; leaves crowded, spreading, rather stiff, lingu- 

 late or obovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, sinuately-toothed, with 

 reflexed margins, having the keel and margins pilose or gla- 

 brous ; branches erect, naked above, elongated, divided into an 

 irregular branched panicle ; bracteoles quite entire, acute ; 

 ovarium globose ; calycine segments oblong-triangular, bluntish, 

 almost nerveless, pellucid, with scabrous edges ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, quinquefid, 3 times longer than the calyx : lobes short. 

 y. . G. Native of Caffraria. Stem tumid below the leaves. Sta- 

 mens 5. Stigma bifid. Panicle 4-8-flowered. Pedicels half an 

 inch long, furnished each with one bractea. Capsule half inferior, 

 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds ovate or elliptic, smooth, shining 

 brown. 



Krebs's Wahlenbergia. PI. procumbent. 



37 W. DUNA'NTII (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 152.) stem branched, 

 stiffish ; leaves linear-lanceolate, narrow, acuminated, entire, 

 pilose ; tube of calyx pilose, small, hemispherical ; lobes of 

 calyx Ions;, subulate; corolla tubular, 5-lobed at the apex, 

 rather longer than the calycine lobes. . H. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, where it was collected by Eklon. Stem 

 slightly pilose. Peduncles dichotomous, diverging, rather 

 pilose. Pedicels 1-flowered. Flowers drooping. 



Dunant's Wahlenbergia. PI. ^ foot. 



38 W. MASs>6NH (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 153.) plant small; stem 

 branched, pilose ; leaves linear, narrow, entire ; calyx pilose, 

 with a hemispherical tube and capillary lobes ; corol'a narrow, 



