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CAMPANULACE^E. XVIII. ADENOPHORA. 



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

 campanulate or funnel-shaped, 5-lobed at the apex. Stamens 5, 

 free ; filaments erect, membranous, long, very much ciliated, 

 conniving so closely as to appear coherent. Nectary cylindrical, 

 girding the base of the style. Style usually exserted, pilose 

 while in the bud, the hairs disposed in 10 rows, but afterwards 

 it becomes glabrous; stigmas 3. Capsule 3-celled, dehiscing 

 laterally at the base by 3 valves. Seeds ovate, more or less flat. 

 Perennial, rarely biennial herbs, with usually edible roots (ex 

 Fisch.). Stems erect. Leaves alternate, very rarely subverti- 

 cillate; radical ones roundish, petiolate ; cauline ones usually 

 sessile, becoming narrower and shorter to the top of the stem. 

 Flowers racemose or panicled, terminal and axillary, pedicellate, 

 drooping ; clavate while in bud. Natives of Siberia, China, and 

 Japan, and one of the east of Europe. 



* Leaves broader, ovate-lanceolate, more or less coarsely ser- 

 rated. 



1 A. SINE'NSIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 354.) leaves alternate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, acutely serrated ; flowers disposed in 

 spicate racemes ; calycine lobes linear-lanceolate, entire, gla- 

 brous ; corolla funnel-shaped ; style a little exserted. I/. H. 

 Native of China. Stem branched, glabrous or velvety. Leaves 

 glabrous, deep green above. Flowers disposed in a loose few- 

 flowered raceme, which is furnished with branchlets at the base. 

 Corolla blue, glabrous. 



Var. a, glabra (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 354?.) tube of calyx 

 glabrous. 



Var. ft, pilosa (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) tube of calyx hairy. 

 China Adenophora. PI. 1 foot. 



2 A. TRICUSPIDA'TA (Fisch. mss. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 5. p. 158.) leaves alternate, serrated, smoothish ; radical ones 

 petiolate, rounded : cauline ones sessile, ovate-lanceolate ; flow- 

 ers racemose ; calycine lobes triangular, toothed ; corolla cam- 

 panulate ; style length of corolla. 1. H. Native of Dahuria. 

 A. denticulate, Ledeb. suppl. hort. dorp. 1823. Fisch. mss. 

 Rclib. hort. bot. t. 2. Sweet, fl. gard. 115. Campanula den- 

 ticulata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 735. Stem simple. Flowers nume- 

 rous, on short pedicels, disposed in a more or less loose elongated 

 raceme. Corollas small, blue. 



Tricuspidate Adenophora. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 1 1 foot. 



3 A. VERTICILLA'TA (Fisch. adumb. gen. aden. p. 5. Alph. 

 D. C. mon. p. 356.) leaves subverticillate, serrately toothed ; 

 radical ones petiolate, roundish : cauline ones ovate-lanceolate ; 

 flowers usually verticillate, small ; calycine lobes erect, subu- 

 late ; corolla campanulate ; style much exserted. %. H. Na- 

 tive of Dahuria and Japan. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 160. Cam- 

 panula verticillata, Pall. voy. 3. p. 719. t. 9. f. 1. ed. gall, ap- 

 pend. 8. p. 263. t. 75. f. 1. Camp, tetraphylla, Thunb. fl. jap. 

 p. 87. Amm. ruth. p. 12. no. 18. Plant glabrous. Leaves 

 3-6 in a whorl. Flowers small, irregularly disposed at the tops 

 of the stems, which are simple; lower whorles many-flowered, 

 remote. Peduncles 1-3-flowered. Corollas pale blue. 



Whorled Adenophora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1783. PI. 2 

 to 3 feet. 



4 A. LATIFOLIA (Fisch. adumbr. gen. aden. p. 6. Alph. D. C. 

 mon. p. 356.) leaves subverticillate ; cauline ones ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, coarsely serrated, roughly ciliated ; flowers scat- 

 tered or subverticillate; calycine lobes spreading, lanceolate, 

 with scabrous margins ; corolla campanulately funnel-shaped ; 

 style a little exserted. Tj.. H. Native of Dahuria. Campa- 

 nula pereskiaefolia, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 116. Camp, 

 perescifolia, Spreng. syst. ]. p. 735. Camp. Pereskia, Fisch. 

 mss. Stem simple, glabrous. Leaves 3-5 in a whorl, glabrous, 

 except the margins; radical ones not seen. Flowers rather 



numerous, scattered over the upper part of the stems, rarely sub- 

 verticillate ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, sometimes only 1 -flowered. 

 Corollas blue. 



Broad-leaved Adenophora. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1821. PI. 

 \\ foot. 



5 A. LAMA'RKII (Fisch. adumb. gen. aden. p. 6. Alph. D. C. 

 mon. p 357.) leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acutely serrated, 

 ciliated ; flowers racemose ; calycine lobes erect, lanceolate, en- 

 tire, glabrous ; corolla funnel-shaped ; style length of corolla. 

 If. . H. Native of Altaia, about Barnaoul. Campanula lilii- 

 folia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 581. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 148. t. 26.? Stem 

 glabrous, simple at the base, but furnished with short floriferous 

 branches at the apex. Leaves glabrous, except on the margins. 

 Flowers disposed in an elongated many-flowered raceme, which 

 is compound at the base. Corollas blue. 



Var. ft, angustifblia (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 357.) cauline 

 leaves lanceolate, narrow, long-acuminated, petiolate ; style ex- 

 serted. 1. H. A. Lamarkii, Fisch. ined. in herb. Prescott. 



Lanark's Adenophora. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



6 A. LILIIFOLIA (Ledeb. cat. hort. dorp. 1822. Alph. D. C. 

 mon. 358. t. 1. f. B.) leaves alternate ; radical ones petiolate, 

 ovate-roundish, cordate, crenately toothed : cauline ones sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate, coarsely serrated ; flowers numerous, panicled ; 

 calycine lobes erectish, triangular, a little toothed ; corolla cam- 

 panulate ; style exserted. y. . H. Native throughout Siberia, 

 south of Tauria; east of Europe, especially in Lithuania, about 

 Grodno ; also in Volhynia, Galicia, Podolia, and Bohemia ; about 

 Vienna; in Hungary, France, Candia, &c. A. communis, Fisch. 

 adumbr. gen. aden. p. 6. A. stylosa, Rchb. hort. bot. t. 45. 

 but not of Lam. nor Fisch. Campanula Fischeri, Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 5. p. 116. Camp, umbrosa, Dietr. lex. 1. 

 p. 672. Camp, rhomboidea ft, Willd. spec. 1. p. 899. Poll. fl. 

 veron. 1. p. 274. Camp, alpina, Lin. spec, append, p. 1669. 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 581. Camp, liliifolia, Lin. spec. 1. p. 233. 

 Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. p. 46. t. 335. Ker. bot. reg. t. 236. 

 Root thick, fusiform, esculent, sometimes simple, and sometimes 

 divided into many turnip-formed tubers. Stem glabrous. Leaves 

 glabrous, or rather pilose. Flowers numerous, sweet-scented, 

 disposed in a more or less compound, elongated, and loose py- 

 ramidal panicle. Corollas blue, or whitish blue. 



Var. ft, infundibuliformis (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 359.) corollas 

 funnel-shaped. If. . H. Native of Hungary. Campanula lilii- 

 folia, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 3. p. 274. t. 247. Camp, 

 suaveolens, Willd. enum. p. 10. Camp, liliifolia ft, Rcem. ct 

 Schultes, 5. p. 110. Adenophora suaveolens, Rchb. hort. bot. 

 t. 32. 



Var. y, spreta (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 359.) stem downy to- 

 wards the apex ; leaves rather hairy on both surfaces. I/. H. 

 Native of Siberia. Campanula spreta, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 5. p. 123. 



Lily-leaved Adenophora. Fl.. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1784. PI. 1 

 to \\ foot. 



7 A. STYLOSA (Fisch. adumbr. gen. aden. p. 6. Alph. D. C. 

 mon. 360. but not of Rchb. hort. bot. t. 45.) leaves alternate, 

 petiolate : lower ones obovate, sinuated : upper ones ovate, 

 acuminated ; flowers few, racemose ; calycine lobes triangular, 

 erect, entire ; corolla funnel-shaped ; style usually exserted. 

 % . H. Native of Siberia and Tartary. Campanula stylosa, 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 580. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 110. but not 

 of Besser, cat. hort. crem. 1816. p. 27. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 152. 

 t. 27. Stems ascending, glabrous. Leaves firm, glabrous. 

 Flowers disposed in a loose, naked, few-flowered raceme. Co- 

 rollas small, pale blue. 



Long-styled Adenophora. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 1 to li foot. 



