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CAMPANULACEjE. IX. WAHLENBEROIA. 



tunnel-shaped, 5-lobed at the apex, 2 or 3 times longer than the 

 calycine lobes; capsule spherical. Q. ? G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers racemose or panicled at the 

 tops of the branches, numerous. Pedicels 1-flowered. 

 Masson's Walilenbergia. PI. -J foot. 



39 W. BRASILIE'NSIS (Cham, in Linnaea, 7. p. 318.) glabrous; 

 branches almost radical, simple, angular ; leaves few, small, 

 subulate, entire, concave, keeled, bluntish ; panicle terminal, 

 subfastigiately corymbose and spike - formed, coarctate ; 

 ovarium obconical ; calycine segments like the leaves ; corolla 

 5-cleft to the middle. 1. S. Native of Brazil within the 

 tropic. Very like W. linarioldes. Flowers white. Corolla 

 very like that of Campanula rotundifolia, but much smaller. 



Brazilian Wahlenbergia. PI. -g- foot. 



40 W. PANICULA'TA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 153.) stem much 

 branched, pilose ; leaves linear, rather pilose, entire, or a little 

 denticulated ; calyx pilose, with an ovoid narrow tube and 

 entire acuminated lobes ; corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed at the 

 apex, twice longer than the calycine lobes ; capsule ovoid. 

 O- H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Campanula pani- 

 culata, Thunb. prod. p. 38. Lin. suppl. p. 139. Thunb. 

 mem. acad. petersb. 4. t. 7. f. 4. Flowers panicled, terminal, 

 and axillary. Pedicels 1-flowered. 



Panic/erf-flowered Wahlenbergia. PI. ^ to foot. 



41 W. BANKSIA'NA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 154.) stem glabrous, 

 .simple at the base, but panicled at the apex ; leaves linear, nar- 

 row, remotely denticulated, acuminated ; tube of calyx quite 

 jrlabrous, spherical ; calycine lobes linear, narrow, denticulated ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed at the apex, one-half longer than 

 the calycine lobes. Q. ? H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Campanula paniculata, Smith, in herb. Banks. Pe- 

 duncles and pedicels slender, but stiff and divaricate. Flowers 

 erect, (i-10 in number. 



Banks's Wahlenbergia. PI. ^ to -| foot, 



42 W. HISPIDULA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 155.) stern branched; 

 branches thick, hispid ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 rather pilose, stiff, somewhat denticulated ; tube of calyx hispid, 

 ovoid ; calycine lobes very long and very like the leaves ; 

 corolla tubularly funnel-shaped, 5-lobed at the apex, rather 

 shorter than the calycine lobes; capsule spherical. O- H. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Swartland, on sandy 

 hills. Campanula hispidula, Thunb. prod. p. 38. Lin. suppl. 

 p. 142. Thunb. voy. 4. p. 352. t. 4. exclusive of the syn. of 

 Comm. hort. t. 37. Flowers 2-5 in number at the tops of the 

 branches, nearly sessile. Corolla blue. 



Hispid Wahlenbergia. Fl. sept. oct. Clt. 1817. PI. -*- 

 foot. 



43 W. SPINULOSA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 155.) plant humble, 

 much branched ; branches stiff, glabrous, or rather scabrous ; 

 leaves narrow-linear, glabrous or pilose, denticulated, stiff, ending 

 each in a hard point ; tube of calyx glabrous, spherical ; lobes of 

 calyx with revolute ciliated margins ; corolla narrow, 5-lobed at 

 the apex; capsule spherical. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Campanula spinulosa, Banks, herb. Flowers termi- 

 nal and axillary, solitary ; pedicels stiff, and appearing like 

 spines after the capsules have fallen. 



Spinulose Wahlenbergia. PI. 1 to 3 inches. 



44 W. CAPILLA'CEA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 156.) stem branched 

 from the base, glabrous ; leaves scattered, linear-filiform, entire, 

 with revolute margins; calycine segments setaceous. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Campanula capillacea, Thunb. prod, 

 p. 38. mem. acad. petersb. 4. p. 366. t. 5. f. 4. Branches radi- 

 cal, numerous, filiform. Flowers terminal, siibracemose, blue. 

 Pedicels capillary, drooping. 



Capillary- founded Wahlenbergia. PI. 1 foot. 



SECT. III. CERVICINA (from cervix, the neck; because some 

 plants of this order are called Throat-mori). Alph. D. C. mon. 

 p. 156. Cervicina, Del. fl. d'egypt. p. 7. t. 5. f. 2. Calyx and 

 corolla 3-5-lobed. Stamens 3. Capsule 2-celled. Seeds tri- 

 quetrous, acute at one extremity, and truncated at the other. 

 An humble annual herb. Leaves alternate, sessile, narrow. 

 Flowers on short pedicels. 



45 W. CERVICINA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 156.) plant small ; 

 stem much branched ; branches diverging 1 , rather pilose ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, a little denticulated ; tube of galyx rather 

 pilose, ovoid ; corolla tubular, rather longer than the calycine 

 lobes ; capsule spherical. Q. F. Native of Egypt and Sene- 

 gal, in sandy and arid places. Cervicina campanuloides, Del. 

 fl. egypt, p. 7. t. 5. f. 2. Leaves with white margins. Flowers 

 numerous, pedicellate, solitary from the axils of all the leaves 

 and tops of the branches. 



Throatwort Wahlenbergia. PI. foot. 



SECT. IV. LOBELIO!DES (this section contains plants having 

 the habit of Lobelia). Alph. D. C. mon. 157. Calyx and 

 corolla 3-5-lobed in the same plant. Stamens 3. Capsule 2- 

 celled. Seeds ovoid, nitid. Slender annual herbs, with the 

 habit of Lobelia. Leaves alternate, sessile. Flowers on long 

 peduncles. 



46 W. LOBELIOIDES (Alph. D. C. mon. 157. t. 17.) plant gla- 

 brous, simple at the base, erect ; leaves denticulated : lower 

 ones lanceolate-obovate : middle ones linear-lanceolate : supe- 

 rior ones few, narrower ; tube of calyx obconical, narrow ; 

 corolla cylindrical, hardly one-half longer than the calycine 

 lobes; capsule ovoid, elongated. O- H. Native of Madeira 

 and Teneriffe. Campanula lobelioides, Lin. suppl. p. 140. 

 Ait. hort. kew. 1. ed. 1. p. 219. Campanula parviflora, Sa- 

 lisb. prod, p. 126. Lobelia Broussonetii, Bory, ann. gen. p. 

 330. Campanula inconspicua, Banks, herb. Roella cernua, 

 Brouss. cat. hort. vnonsp. 1804. p. 49. Lobelia Canariensis, 

 Hort. par. Camp, juncea, and C. juncifolia, Hort. Wahl. pen- 

 dula, Schrad. cat. hort. gott. 1814. p. 3. diss. gen. de Blum. p. 

 38. Stem more or less branched at top. Flowers on long, 

 slender, filiform, nearly naked pedicels, nutant. Corollas of a 

 very pale red. 



Lobelia-like Wahlenbergia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1777. 

 PI. | to 1 foot. 



SECT. V. LINARIOIDES (the species contained in this section 

 have the habit of Lmaria). Alph. D. C. mon. p. 158. Calyx 

 and corolla 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Capsule 2-celled. Seeds 

 lenticular, shining. Perennial herbs, with alternate, sessile, 

 narrow leaves. Flowers on long peduncles and pedicels. 



47 W. LINARIOIDES (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 158.) stem erect, 

 simple at the base, glabrous or scabrous ; leaves linear, acumi- 

 nated, narrow, glabrous, subdenticulated ; tube of calyx gla- 

 brous, obconical ; corolla funnel-shaped, deeply 5-cleft, one-half 

 longer than the calycine segments ; capsule obconical. "ii . 

 G. Native of South America, about Monte-Video : and of 

 Chili. Campanula linarioides, Lam. diet. 1. p. 580. Rcem. 

 et Schultes syst. 5. p. 107. Campanula Chilensis, Presl. in 

 herb. Hsenke. Stem more or less panicled at top. Flowers 

 panicled, terminating the branchlets and peduncles, and also 

 axillary. Branches nakedish. 1 -3 flowered. Flowers droop- 

 ing when open. Corollas blue. 



Var. ft, filiformis (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves shorter, less 

 acuminated. O- G. Native of Chili, in arid places about Con- 

 ception. Campanula Chilensis, Molino, saggio. 2. p. 281. ex 

 Rcem. et Schultes. Campanula filiformis, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 

 2. p. 55. t. 200. f. c. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 117. 

 Campanula linoldes, Presl. in herb. Haenke. 



