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toothed, with the nerves rather prominent beneath ; flowers pedi- 

 cellate, terminal and axillary ; calyx pilose, with broad, acute, 

 subdentate lobes, twice or thrice shorter than the corolla, which 

 is cylindrical and velvety ; capsule turbinate. "!{.. H. Native 

 of Nipaul. Root short, slender, simple or branched. Flowers 

 inclinate, pedicellate. Leaves pilose. Corolla of a violaceous 

 blue colour. 



Branched Bell-flower. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



86 C. ALPHONSII (Wall. cat. no. 1296. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 

 294.) stems humble, simple, 1 -flowered, downy; cauline leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate, acute, toothed a little, rather pilose above, 

 and hoary beneath ; calyx downy, with acute segments, twice 

 shorter than the corolla, which is campanulate and downy. 

 I/ . H. Native of the south of India, on the Nellighery 

 Mountains. Stems very leafy at top. Flowers drooping, termi- 

 nal, large for the size of the plant. 



Alphonse De Candolle's Bell-flower. PL 2 to 3 inches. 



* Flowers on very short pedicels, opposite the leaves. Cap- 

 sule turbinate. Branches more or less dichotomous. Leaves 

 small, sessile, oblong. All annual humble herbs, inhabitants of 

 the region of the Mediterranean. 



87 C. ERINUS (Lin. spec. 240.) plant hispid ; leaves obovate 

 or ovate, toothed ; flowers sessile ; calycine lobes triangular, 

 acuminated, erect, at length spreading, about equal in length to 

 the corolla, which is small and tubular. I/ . H. Native about 

 the Mediterranean Sea ; very plentiful throughout the whole Spa- 

 nish Peninsula, south of France, Provence, Sardinia, throughout 

 the whole of Italy, Sicily, Dalmatia, Grecian Islands, Teneriffe, 

 &c. on walls and rocky places. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 214. 

 Cav. valenc. t. 2. Roucela erinus, Dumont, comm. bot. p. 14. 

 J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 799. with a good figure. Mor. oxon. 

 sect. 5. t. 3. f. 25. Column, phyt. t. 28. pi. nov. hist. p. 29. 

 t. 31. Stem much branched. Flowers terminal and axillary, and 

 situated in the angles of the forks of the branches. Corollas 

 tubular, of a pale bluish rose-colour or white, pilose at the base. 



-ErinMs-like Bell-flower. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1768. PL j 

 to j foot. 



88 C. BRASILIA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. 3. p. 1 1. t. 215.) 

 plant hispid ; leaves elliptic-oblong, toothed ; flowers pedicel- 

 late ; segments of the calyx always erect ; corolla inflated, 

 much longer than the calyx. Q. H. Native of the Island of 

 Samos, and near Athens, in cotton plantations and vineyards. 

 Habit of C. erinus. Stem many times forked, erectish. Corolla 

 with a white tube, and a violaceous blue limb. 



Draba-leaved Bell-flower. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PL 



:j foot. 



89 C. RHODE'NSIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 297.) plant pilose ; 

 leaves entire, ovate ; flowers terminal ; calycine lobes triangular, 

 erect, at length spreading ; corollas large, campanulate. 0. H. 

 Native of the Island of Rhodes. Root simple. Stems many 

 from each root, reddish. Flowers numerous, erect, terminating 

 the branches. Corollas elegant. 



Rhodes' Bell-flower. PL 1 to 3 inches. 



3. Capsule erect ; valves dehiscing at the base. Flowers 

 pedicellate. Radical leaves petiolate, usually cordate, having 

 the base of the petioles usually expanded and permanent. 



* Corolla downy or velvety, tubular, 5-lobed at the apex. 

 Radical leaves crowded. Stems fern -flowered Species all natives 

 of the Levant. 



90 C. DAMASCE'NA (Labill. pi. syr. dec. 5. p. 7. t. 5.) downy; 

 radical leaves ovate-obovate, acute, nearly entire, hoary : cauline 

 ones few, ovate, acute ; calyx velvety, with subulate lobes, twice 

 shorter than the corolla ; capsule ovoid. I/ . F. Native of the 



VOL. in. 



Levant, near Damascus, on the mountain called Dgebel-cher. 

 Root woody. Stems slender, 1 or few-flowered. Flowers erect, 

 pedicellate. Corollas cylindrical. 



Damascus Bell-flower. PL ascending. 



91 C. ARGE'NTEA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 584.) humble; radical 

 leaves linear-obovate, clothed with silvery tomentum, nearly 

 entire : upper leaves few, oblong ; calyx silvery, with triangular 

 lobes, 3 times shorter than the corolla ; capsule turbinate. 3/ . 

 F. Native of Armenia. Tourn. cor. 3. Root hard, blackish. 

 Stems erect, velvety, with short branches. Flowers 1 or few on 

 the top of each branch, erect. Corollas velvety. 



Silvery Bell-flower. PL J foot. 



92 C. SYRI'ACA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 133.) radical 

 leaves oblong-spatulate : cauline leaves oval, sessile, somewhat 

 sinuated ; stem simple, few-flowered at top. 0.? H. Native 

 of Syria. There is nothing said of the flower and capsule by 

 the authors. 



Syrian Bell-flower. PL -| foot. ? 



* Corollas rotate, deeply 5-lobed, usually downy outside. 

 Style exserted. All natives of Italy. 



93 C. GARGA'NICA (Ten. fl. neap. prod. 1827.) radical leaves 

 reniform, on long petioles : cauline ones cordate, all crenately 

 toothed, downy ; flowers axillary, in fascicles ; corollas 5 -parted. 

 If.. H. Native of Apulia, on Mount St. Angelo. Sweet, fl. 

 gard. n. s. t. 252. C. elatines, Pentagn. inst. bot. 2. p. 367. 

 Plant pale green. Corollas blue. Habit of C. Carpdtica. 



Garganus Bell-flower. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1832. PL | to 

 4 foot. 



94 C. ELATINOIDES (Morett. pi. ital. dec. 3. p. 5.) plant to- 

 mentose ; leaves acutely toothed, petiolate : lower ones oblong : 

 superior ones ovate-acute ; flowers disposed in dense racemes ; 

 tube of calyx ovoid : lobes subulate, spreading, about equal in 

 length to the corolla. I/ . H. Native of Italy, on the moun- 

 tains about Pisa, among stones and on rocks. C. elatines, Poll, 

 fl. veron. 1. p. 278. no. 404. C. petrse v a, Zantedesch. fl. brix. 

 ined. but not of Lin. nor others. Gerard, emac. p. 455. f. 2. 

 Clus. cur. post. p. 67. t. 68. Root nodose. Stem erect, 

 simple, thick for the size of the plant. Leaves canescent. Pe- 

 duncles many-flowered. Corollas blue, downy outside. 



Elatine-like Bell-flower. PL ^ to ^ foot. 



95 C. ELA'TINES (Lin. spec. 1. p. 240.) stem ascending ; leaves 

 cordate, coarsely and acutely toothed, ovate-acute : lower ones 

 roundish ; flowers in loose racemes ; tube of calyx spherical ; 

 lobes of calyx spreading, linear-lanceolate, twice shorter than 

 the corolla. If . H. Native of the alps of Piedmont, Liguria, 

 Naples, &c. in shady, rocky places. All. pedem. no. 422. t. 7. 

 f. 2. Plant downy. Stem branched. Flowers scattered over 

 the upper part of the plant, sometimes racemose, and sometimes 

 panicled. Corollas bluish-purple, hardly one-half longer than 

 the calycine lobes. 



Var, ft, glaberrima (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 301.) plant quite 

 glabrous. 



Elatine Bell-flower. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. PL | to | 

 foot. 



* Corolla campanulate, funnel-shaped, or tubular, 5-lobed 

 at the apex, glabrous. Roots for the most part thick. All 

 natives of Italy. 



96 C. MACRORIUZA (Gay, ined. ex Alph. D. C. mon. p. 302.) 

 root thick ; stems ascending ; radical leaves petiolate, small, 

 roundish-cordate, toothed : lower cauline leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, ovate, acute, toothed : superior ones sessile, linear-acumi- 

 nated ; flowers terminal and axillary ; alabastra erect ; calycine 

 lobes acuminated, spreading or reflexed, twice shorter than the 

 corolla, which is campanulate. I/. H. Native of Nice, on dry 

 rocks ; Provence, on the mountain called Cousson ; and near 



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