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233.) glabrous ; leaves glandularly toothed : lower ones petiolate, 

 ovate-oblong, somewhat cordate : cauline leaves sessile, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate ; flowers numerous, pyramidally racemose ; calycine lobes 

 acuminated, spreading; capsule spheroid, deeply furrowed. 1(..H. 

 Native on rocks and on walls in Carinthia, Carniola; of Dalmatia, 

 in the island of Viego ; on the walls of Venice and Verona. The 

 plant has been cultivated a longtime in gardens, and consequently 

 has become, as it were, indigenous in many parts of the south of 

 Europe. Jaum St. Hil. pi. fr. t. 416. Weinm. phyt. t. 289. 

 f. b Moris, oxon. 2. p. 452. sect. 5. t. 1. f. 1. Besl. hort. 

 eyst. 1. t. 7. f. 1. Tab. icon. 317. Swert, floril. t. 16. f. 2. 

 Lob. hist. p. 177. icon. 327. Dod. pempt. 166. with a figure. 

 Root large, turnip-formed, oblong, usually divided into fusiform 

 branches. Stem nearly simple, but furnished with floriferous 

 branchlets. Flowers very, numerous, pedicellate, usually 3 to- 

 gether from the same bractea, the whole disposed in a large 

 pyramidal raceme, which is loose at the base. Corolla pale 

 blue, with a dark base. There is also a white-flowered variety 

 of this. 



far, /3, calycina (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 510.) plant monstrous, 

 1 -flowered, dwarf; leaves all petiolate; calycine segments 

 changed into large leaves. 7. H. Weinm. phyt. icon. t. 

 294. 



Pyramidal Bell-flower. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1596. PI. 4 

 to 5 feet. 



107 C. LACTIFLORA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 153. cent. pi. ross. 1. 

 t. 10.) stem branched ; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acutely 

 serrated ; flowers in loose panicles ; calycine lobes very broad, 

 serrulated, acute, twice shorter than the corolla ; capsule ovoid. 

 I/. H. Native of Caucasus and Siberia, in grassy places. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 241. Sims, bot. mag. 1973. Alph. D. C. mon. 

 t. 7. C. hispida, Fisch.hort. gorenk. ex herb. Willd. C. volu- 

 bilis, Willd. herb. Stems simple or branched, glabrous or pilose. 

 Leaves pale beneath, glabrous or pilose. Corollas erect, milk- 

 coloured, tinged with blue. Peduncles short, erect, usually 3- 

 flowered. 



Milk-flowered Bell-flower. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1814. PL 

 2 to 6 feet. 



4. Capsule dehiscing laterally by the valves towards the 

 apex, erect. Lobes of calyx usually denticulated. Radical leaves 

 usually obovate, on short petioles, but never cordate. Flowers 

 pedicellate. 



* Valves situated between the middle and upper part of the 

 capsule. Branches not dichotomous. 



108 C. SCODLE'RI (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 312.) stem simple, 

 few-flowered ; leaves ciliated, sharply serrated : lower leaves 

 ovate, acute, petiolate : middle ones ovate-lanceolate, sessile : 

 superior ones linear-lanceolate ; flowers racemose ; calyx gla- 

 brous, with capillary erect lobes, which are 3 times shorter than 

 the 5-cleft, funnel-shaped corolla ; style exserted ; capsule ovoid. 

 "%.. H. Native of North-west America, about Fort Van Couver, 

 on the banks of the Columbia river. Stems ascending at the 

 base, glabrous or a little hairy, simple at bottom, and furnished 

 with floriferous peduncles at top. Flowers 4 to 10 on each 

 stem, terminal and axillary, loosely racemose. Habit of a species 

 of Adenophora. 



Scouler's Bell-flower. PI. % foot. 



** Valves situated near the top of the capsule. Flowers usually 

 on long peduncles, terminal or axillary. Branches not dichoto- 

 mous. 



109 C. PLANIFLORA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 580. ill. 2509.) quite 

 glabrous : stems simple ; leaves sessile, coriaceous, shining ; 



radical ones crowded, ovate or obovate, obtuse, crenulated : cau- 

 line ones linear-lanceolate, acute, nearly entire ; flowers disposed 

 in spicate racemes ; calycine lobes ovate, acute, broad, erect, 3 

 times shorter than the corolla, which is campanulately rotate. 

 H.. H. Native of North America, probably towards Hudson's 

 Bay. C. nitida, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 346. Nutt. gen. 

 amer. 1. p. 136. C. Americana, Mill. diet. no. 13. but not of 

 Lin. Tourn. inst. 1. p. 111. Munting, phyt. cur. t. 123. Do- 

 dart, mem. ed. de mal. p. 621. t. 33. ed. fol. p. 119. t. v. 

 Flowers terminal and axillary, on short pedicels, approximate, 

 disposed in a kind of spicate raceme. Corolla pale blue ; there 

 is also a variety with white flowers. 



Flat-flowered Bell-flower. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1731. PI. \ 

 to 1 foot. 



110 C. AMERICA'NA (Lin. spec. 233.? Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 

 220.) stem simple ; radical leaves ovate, acute, a little cordate, 

 petiolate, serrated : cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated 

 at both ends, serrulated ; flowers disposed in long spikes ; caly- 

 cine lobes long-acuminated, spreading, rather shorter than the 

 corolla, which is rotately campanulate ; capsule cylindrical, fur- 

 rowed. 1. H. Native of North America, in South Carolina, 

 Georgia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, on the mountains. Pursh. 

 fl. sept. amer. 1. p. 159. Phyteuma Americana, Hill, in hort. 

 kew. p. 128. C. asteroides, Lam. ill. 2515. C. obliqua, Jacq. 

 hort. schoenbr. 3. t. 336. Willd. enum. 1. p. 210. C. declinata, 

 Mcench. suppl. meth. p. 187. C. acuminata, Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 108. Pursh. fl. sept. amer. 1. p. 159. exclusive of 

 the syn. of Ait. and Dod. Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 136. Stems 

 erect, simple, firm, glabrous or pilose on the angles. Radical 

 leaves rosulate, rather pilose. Corollas blue, a little longer than 

 the calycine lobes. Flowers erect, 1-3 from the axil of each 

 bractea. 



Var. /3, subulata (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 314.) plant humble, 

 few-flowered; leaves petiolate. 1. H. C. subulata, Beauv. 

 ined. 



American Bell-flower. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1763. PI. 2 

 feet. 



111 C. FU'LGENS (Wall. in. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 99.) stem 

 simple, erect, pilose ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, 

 on short petioles, serrated ; flowers almost sessile, disposed in a 

 raceme, crowded at top ; calycine segments linear-subulate, 

 erect, entire, rather longer than the corolla, which is funnel- 

 shaped ; capsule ovoid, 10-nerved. "%.. F. Native of Upper 

 Nipaul, on the more elevated mountains. Root simple, gla- 

 brous. Stem usually undivided, but sometimes furnished with 

 a few simple branches, angular, Leaves hispid. Petioles pilose. 

 Flowers small, blue, in fascicles, from the axils of the upper 

 leaves, the whole forming an oblong terminal raceme. 



Fulgent Bell-flower. PI. 1 foot. 



112 C. PEREGRINA (Lin. syst. p. 301.) plant hispid; stem 

 simple, many-flowered, angular ; leaves crenated : lower ones 

 obovate : superior ones ovate, acute ; flowers disposed in a spi- 

 cate raceme ; calycine lobes acuminated, nearly entire, rather 

 shorter than the corolla, which is spreading ; capsule ovoid. % . 

 H. Native of Mount Lebanon, and near Aleppo. Jacq. hort. 

 schoenbr. 3. p. 337. Sims, bot. mag. 1. 1257. Hoffm. and Link, 

 fl. port. 2. p. 15. t. 83. C. lanuginosa, Lam. diet. 1. p. 584. 

 but not of Willd. C. hirsutissima, Guss. ined. Flowers sessile, 

 solitary, disposed in a long dense spike. Corollas funnel-shaped, 

 hardly one-half longer than the calycine lobes, of a dark violet 

 colour at the base, of a less deep colour in the middle, and paler 

 towards the margins. 



Foreign Bell-flower. Fl. July. Aug. Clt. 1794. PI. 2 ft. 



113 C. PRIMUL^FOLIA (Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 288. phyt. lus. 1. 

 t. 20.) stem hispid, many-flowered, simple ; leaves unequally 

 and doubly crenated : radical ones lanceolate, bluntish : cauline 



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