CAMPANULACEjE. X. PRISMATOCARPUS. 



o\ ate, acuminated, glabrous. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Trachelium diffusum, Thunb. proel. p. 38. Lin. 

 til. suppl. 143. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2d. 1. p. 355. Stem branched, 

 glabrous. Leaves glabrous or pilose. Flowers disposed in a 

 loose nearly naked panicle. Peduncles stiff, axillary and ter- 

 minal. Corollas blue ; anthers yellow. 



Diffuse Prismatocarpus. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1787. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



* * Corolla funnel-shaped. Style inclosed. Leaves fern on 

 the upper part of the plant. 



2 P. P-ANICULA'TUS (Lher. sert. angl. p. 1. exclusive of the 

 syn. Polembnium roelloidcs, ex Alph. D. C. inon. p. J05. t. 20.) 

 suffrutescent ; leaves lineav-subuiate, entire, setaceously cili- 

 ated ; flowers loosely panicled ; peduncles nearly naked ; brae- 

 teas subulate; calycine lobes acuminated, glabrous. fj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Campanula ericoides, Lam. 

 ill. no. 2574. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. fM56. Camp, pedun- 

 culata, Gmel. syst. p. 352. Campanula roelloldes, Juss. herb. 

 Roella ericoides, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 723. Stem branched, 

 leafless at the base, but leafy in the middle part. Leaves nume- 

 rous at the base of the floriferous branches, with tufts of smaller 

 leaves in their axils. Peduncles naked, subdivided, glabrous or 

 rather scabrous. Flowers in loose panicles. 



Panic/ed-fiovteTeA Prismatocarpus. Shrub 1 foot. .._ 



3 P. INTERRU'PTUS (Lher. sert. angl. p. 1. Alph. D. C. mon. 

 p. 166.) snffrutescent ; leaves linear, acuminated, entire, cili- 

 ated ; flowers approximate, on the tops of the peduncles; brae- 

 teas subulate ; lobes of calyx ciliated. Fj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Roella interrupta, Banks, herb. Cam- 

 panula interrupta, Pers. ench. 1. p. 192. Stem branched, gla- 

 brous or velvety. Leaves scattered over the branches, with 

 fascicles of smaller ones in their axils. 



Interrupted Prismatocarpus. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub foot. 



4 P.? SUBULA'TUS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 166.) suffrutescent ; ? 

 leaves linear- subulate, narrow, entire, ciliated at the base; 

 flowers disposed in loose panicles ; bracteas subulate ; calycine 

 lobes acuminated, glabrous. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Campanula subulata, Thunb. prod. p. 38. mem. 

 acad. petersb. 4. p. 369. t. 6. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 156. 

 Lightfootia ciliata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 809. Habit of P.pani- 

 culata. Stem purplish, glabrous. Leaves often with fascicles 

 of smaller ones in their axils. Flowers disposed in a loose, 

 nearly naked panicle. 



<!>&u/afc-leaved Prismatocarpus. Shrub l- foot. 



5 P. ALTIFLORUS (Lher. sert. angl. p. 1. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 

 167.) suffrutescent; leaves linear-subulate, entire, ciliated; 

 flowers few, approximate at the tops of the peduncles ; bracteas 

 subulate ; lobes of calyx ovate, acute, velvety. ^ G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Roella erecta, Banks, herb. Cam- 

 panula altiflora, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 66. Habit of P. paniculatus, 

 Stem nearly simple, glabrous, naked at the base and top, but 

 leafy in the middle, divided at the top into 2 peduncles. Leaves 

 often having fascicles of smaller ones in their axils. 



High-fionered Prismalocarpus. Shrub 1 foot. 



6 P. FRUTICOSUS (Lher. sert. angl. p. 2. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 

 1 67.) suffrutescent ; leaves linear, very narrow, erect, entire, a 

 little ciliated ; flowers few, racemose ; bracteas subulate ; caly- 

 cine lobes ovate, acute, glabrous. J? . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Roella fruticosa, Lher. in herb. Banks. Cam- 

 panula fruticulbsa, Banks, herb. Stem nearly simple, glabrous, 

 ending in a naked few-flowered raceme. 



Shrubby Prismatocarpus. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1787. Shrub 1 ft. 



7 P. EKL&NII (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 168.) suffrutescent; 

 leaves linear-subulate, long, erect, entire, glabrous ; flowers dis- 



posed in loose spikes ; bracteas subulate, broader than the leaves 

 at the base ; calycine lobes linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. P. fruticosus, Eklon, in 

 herb. Dunant, but not of Lher. Stem branched ; branches erect, 

 leafy at the base and rather velvety, and reddish at top. Flowers 

 solitary in the axils of the bracteas. 



Eklon 's Prismatocarpus. Shrub \ foot. 



8 P. CRISPUS (Lher. sert. angl. p. 2. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 

 168.) stem herbaceous ; leaves long, linear, erect, undulately 

 toothed ; flowers at th'e tops of the branches ; bracteas subu- 

 late ; calycine lobes linear, acuminated, glabrous. I/ . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Campanula plicata, Pers. ench.. 

 1. p. 193. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 153. Camp, longi- 

 rostris andC. crispa, Banks, herb. Stem simple, furnished with 

 peduncles at top, pilose and leafy to the middle, but quite gla- 

 brous and naked at top. Leaves with white edges ; lower anc 

 upper ones shortest. Peduncles bearing a solitary flower at top, 

 and sometimes pedicellate flowers in the axils of the bracteas. 



CW/erf-leaved Prismatocarpus. PI. % foot. 



9 P. LINARLEFOLIUS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 169.) stem herba- 

 ceous ; leaves few, linear, narrow, ciliated a little at the base ; 

 flowers spicate, solitary or twin; bracteas broad- ovate, acumi- 

 nated, ciliated ; calycine lobes oblong-linear, glabrous. If. . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stem erect, simple, fur- 

 nished with a few floriferous leafy branches, striated wid 

 white nerves. Flowers disposed in loose spikes. 



Toad-flax-haved Prismatocarpus. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



10 P. STRICTUS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 169.) plant herbaceous, 

 simple ; leaves linear, acuminated, erect, glabrous, serrately 

 toothed ; flowers in fascicles ; bracteas ovate, acute, setaceously 

 ciliated; lobes of calyx linear, acuminated, glabrous. T(.. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lightfootia sessiliflora 

 Spreng. in Zeyhr. fl. cap. no. 203. and probably of Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 809. Stem simple, stiff', furnished at top will 

 few-flowered peduncles, glabrous, very leafy from the base 

 to the middle, but naked at top. Leaves decurrent. Flowers 

 sessile, usually 2-3 in a fascicle, from the axils of the bracteas, at 

 the upper part of the stem. 



Straight Prismatocarpus. PI. 1 foot. 



1 Corolla funnel-shaped. Style inclosed. Leaves scat- 

 tered equally over the whole plant. 



IIP. NITIDUS (Lher. sert. angl. p. 2. t. 3. Alph. D. C. mon. 

 p. 170.) plant rather woody; leaves ovate-oblong, spreading, 

 serrated ; flowers in fascicles ; bracteas like the leaves ; caly- 

 cine lobes lanceolate, glabrous. 11 . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Campanula prismatocarpus, Ait. hort. kew. 1. 

 ed. 1. p. 224. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 153. Hook, in bot. 

 mag. 2733. Stem branched ; branches diffuse, woody. Flowers 

 2-4 in a cluster, towards the tops of the branches, sessile in 

 the axils of the bracteas, and sometimes solitary in the axils ol 

 the leaves. Corollas white. 



Shining Prismatocarpus. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1787. PI. 

 to 1 foot. 



12 P. SE'SSILIS (Eklon, in herb. Dunant. ex Alph. D. C. mon. 

 p. 171.) plant rather woody, glabrous; leaves spreading, linear, 

 narrow, entire ; flowers solitary, in the axils of the upper leaves ; 

 ealycine lobes subulate, glabrous. TJ.. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Stem much branched; branches diffuse, erect 

 or ascending, reddish. Flowers small. 



Sessile-fiowereA Prismatocarpus. PI. 5 foot. 



Cult. All the species of this genus are rather showy when in 

 flower. A mixture of sand, loam, and peat is the best soil for 

 them. They are readily increased by seed ; or young cuttings 

 grow freely if planted in the same kind of soil, with a hand- 

 glass placed over them. 



