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CAMPANULACEJE. XL ROELLA. XII. PHYTEUMA. 



f Doubtful species. 



11 R.? PEDUNCULA'TA (Berg. pi. cap. p. 42.) leaves linear, 

 narrow, glabrous, spiny-ciliated at the base ; peduncles terminal, 

 solitary, nearly naked ; flowers pedicellate ; bracteas ciliated ; 

 segments of the calyx lanceolate, acute, ciliated, shorter than the 

 capsule. ?. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Rcem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 73. Alph. D. C. mon. P . 179. Habit of 

 R. cilidta. Leaves keeled below. Peduncles 2-flowered. 



Pedunded-fiowered Roella. Shrub 1 foot. 



12 R. ? BRACTEA'TA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 179.) leaves acute, 

 entire, linear-trigonal, reflexed, glabrous ; flowers terminal, almost 

 solitary ; bracteas ovate, acuminated, ciliated. ^ . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Campanula bracteata, Thunb. phyt. 

 bl. p. 20. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 115. Stem downy, 

 branched. Branches subsecund. Leaves furnished with smaller 

 ones in their axils. Flowers surrounded by bracteas. 



Bracteate-fiowered Roella. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Prismatocdrpus, p. 744. 



Tribe II. 



CAMPANITLE.S; (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 the genus Campanula in the fruit dehiscing laterally). Capsules 

 dehiscing at the sides. 



XII. PHYTEU'MA (a name adopted by Dioscorides). Cse- 

 sal. 1. ix. cap. 30. Gessn. tab. phyt. Lin. gen. no. 292. Gsertn. 

 fruct. 1. p. 194. t. 30. Juss. gen. p. 165. Lam. ill. no. 2589. t. 

 124. f. 1. Schkuhr, ench. no. 118. t. 39. Juss. diet. sc. nat. 

 p. 40. p. 154. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 180. but not of Diosc. Co- 

 lumn. Dalesch. nor Matth. Rapunculus, Dalesch. hist. p. 641. 

 Tourn. elem. 1. p. 92. pi. 38. inst. 1. p. 113. Adans. fam. 2. p. 

 134. &c. Rapuntum, Lob. hist. p. 178. t. 329. Rapunculum, 

 Lag. hist. p. 576. Lonic. p. 413. Dodon. pempt. p. 165. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 

 5-parted ; segments cohering together a long time, and in one 

 species always. Stamens 5, alternating with the lobes of the 

 corolla ; filaments long, filiform, broadest at the base ; anthers 

 free ; pollen violaceous or reddish. Style filiform, pilose. 

 Ovarium inferior, 2-3-celled. Capsule dehiscing laterally by 

 2-3 valves at the base or middle part. Seeds ovoid, sometimes 

 a little compressed, usually shining. Perennial herbs. Leaves 

 alternate ; radical ones petiolate, different from the cauline ones, 

 larger and broader. Flowers sessile, or on short pedicels, dis- 

 posed in spikes or heads. Natives of the temperate parts of 

 Europe, or nearly in the same latitudes in Asia. 



SECT. I. SYNOTOMA (from aw, syn, together ; and rofia, 

 toma, a section ; in reference to the cohesion of the segments 

 of the corolla). Segments of corolla always cohering at the 

 apex. Filaments hardly broader at the base. Stigmas 2. Cap- 

 sule 2-celled. 



1 P. COMOSUM (Lin. spec. 1. p. 242.) leaves coarsely and 

 acutely toothed : radical ones on long petioles, cordate, ovate- 

 roundish : cauline ones on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; 

 bracteas large, obovate, coarsely toothed. 1. H. Native of 

 Dalmatia, Carniola, south of Tyrol, and in the region of Mount 

 Baldo, on the alps, among rocks. Jacq. fl. austr. append, t. 50. 

 Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 275. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 181. but not of 

 Vill. Gouan, nor D. C. fl. fr. Ponae, descript. mont. bald, in 

 Clus. hist. p. 336. with a figure. Barr. pi. obs. t. 889. Bauh. 

 prod. p. 33. with a figure. Moris, oxon. sect. 5. t. 5. f. 49. 

 J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 811. with a figure. Pluk. phyt. t. 152. f. 6. 

 Root woody. Plant glaucous. Leaves glabrous or pilose. 

 Flowers on short peduncles, disposed in loose umbel-formed fas- 

 cicles. Corolla inflated at the base, tube-formed, purple or blue. 



Tufted Rampion. Fl. July. Clt. 1752. PI. i to ^ foot. 



SECT. II. HEDRA'NTHUM (from edpa, hedra, a seat; and 

 avOot, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the flowers being ses- 

 sile). Segments of corolla cohering a long time at the apex, 

 but at length becoming free. Filaments expanded at the base. 

 Stigmas 2-3. Capsule 2-3-celled. Flowers sessile, densely 

 crowded, usually many from the axil of each bractea. 



1 . Heads at the time of blossoming hemispherical or glo- 

 bose, but at length either globose or somewhat egg-shaped. 



* Bracteas numerous, equal, and broad. 



2 P. GLOBULARifcrbLiUM (Stenrb. in Hoppe, denk. bot. in re- 

 gensb. 2. p. 100.) radical leaves crowded, obovate, broad, a 

 little toothed at the apex : cauline leaves few, sessile, obovate- 

 lanceolate, somewhat ciliated ; heads few-flowered ; bracteas very 

 broad, ovate-roundish, ciliated, a little toothed at the apex. It . 

 H. Native of Illyria, Carniola, and Carinthia, on the alps, and 

 on the alps of Salisburgh. Rchb. icon. bot. cent. 4. p. 49. t. j 

 365. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 76. exclusive of syn. of All. 

 Vill. Lam. and D. C. Hall, and Bauh. P. pauciflorum, Haenke, 

 in Jacq. coll. 2. p. 63. Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 274. but not of 

 Lin. Mor. oxon. 2. p. 464. sect. 5. t. 5. f. 50. Plant gla- 

 brous, except the ciliae at the base of the leaves. Corollas blue. 



Globularia-leaved Rampion. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 1 to 2 inches. 



3 P. PAUCIFLORUM (Lin. spec. 1. p. 241.) leaves entire; radi- 

 cal ones crowded, short, narrow-linear, or obovate-lanceolate ; 

 cauline leaves few, sessile, linear-lanceolate ; heads few-flowered ; 

 bracteas ovate, acute, ciliated, a little toothed at the base. % 

 H. Native of the Central and Eastern Pyrenees, especially on 

 the alps at Col de Tende ; Dauphiny, Mount Cenis, Vallais, 

 Carinthia, on the alps ; and probably on the alps of Carniola, 

 Transylvania, and France. All. ped. l.p. 115. Vill. dauph. 2. 

 p. 515. Rchb. icon. bot. cent. 4. p. 48. t. 364. Rapunculus 

 pauciflorus, Scop. earn. ed. 2. no. 241. ex Roam, et Schultes. 

 P. lanceolatum, Schleich. cat. 1821. P. globulariaefolium He- 

 getschw. fl. helv. 2. p. 420. reise, p. 146. t. 13. and 15. Gaud. fl. 

 helv. 2. p. 170. but not of Sternb. nor Hoppe. Stem glabrous 

 or pilose. Leaves glabrous. Heads globose, few-flowered. 

 Corollas deep blue. 



Few-flowered Rampion. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. PI. 2 to 

 3 inches. 



4 P. HEMISPH^'RICUM (Lin. spec. 1. p. 241.) leaves entire; 

 radical ones narrow-linear : cauline ones linear-lanceolate ; 

 bracteas ovate, acuminated, nearly entire, ciliated. I/ . H. 

 Native of the alps from Provence to Carinthia, towards the east, 

 even to Transylvania ; and on the north, to the woods of Her- 

 cynia and Hassia ; and on the west, on the mountains of Au- 

 vergne and Cevennes, as well as of the Pyrenees and Arragon. 

 Jacq. icon. rar. t. 333. Lam. ill. no. 2584. t. 124. f. 2. Rchb. 

 icon. bot. t. 363. P. Michelii, Lapeyr. abr. p. 109. P. pauci- 

 florum, Lapeyr. abr. p. 109. P. intermedium, Hegetschw. reis. 

 p. 147. t. 17. P. graminifolium, Sieb. herb. fl. austr. no. 71. 

 Column, ecphr. 2. p. 23. t. 26. Mor. hist. 2. p. 465. sect. 5. 

 f. 53. Plant glabrous. Heads of flowers globose; corollas blue. 



Far. ft ; flowers white or yellow. I/ . H. Native of Switzer- 

 land. 



Hemispherical-headed Rampion. Fl. July. Clt. 1752. PI. 

 | to J foot. 



5 P. CARE'STLE (Birol, in act. taur. 5. p. 315. with a figure). 

 radical leaves crowded, lanceolate, on long petioles, nearly quite 

 entire : cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat serrated ; 

 bracteas spreading or reflexed, broad-ovate, acuminated, acutely 

 serrated, glabrous. 1^. H. Native of Corsica, on the moun- 



