CAMPANULACE^E. CAMPANULA DUBLE. EPACRIDE.E. 



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capillary, flexuous, an inch long. J; . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. This is certainly not a species of Campanula, 

 but it may be a species of Lightfootia, Roella, or Prismato- 

 cdrpus. 



Stellate Bell-flower. Shrub | to 1 foot. 



2 CAMPA'NULA LANCEOLA'TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 96.) branch- 

 ed, glabrous ; leaves alternate or nearly opposite, on short peti- 

 oles, lanceolate, serrated, acuminated ; flowers terminal ; calycine 

 segments lanceolate and jagged ; capsule obovate, 5-celled. O- 

 H. Native of Chittagong, in humid valleys. Plant delicate, 

 1 foot high, simple or branched at the top, sending out 2 or 

 3 1-flowered peduncles. Flowers inclined, size and form of C. 

 rotundifblia. Radical leaves not seen. Perhaps this plant is 

 allied to Platycbdon. 



Lanceolate-leaved Bell-flower. PI. 1 to 1 J- foot. 



3 CAMPA'NULA PHYTEUMOIDES (Zuccagni, cent. 1. obs. bot. in 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 84.) plant small; radical leaves 

 numerous, lanceolate, obtuse, running down the petioles, undu- 

 lated ; cauline leaves few, remote, sessile, stem-clasping, mucro- 

 nate ; flowers sessile, crowded into a short spike or in a head ; 

 calyx with a tetragonal base, and erect, lanceolate, smooth seg- 

 ments ; corolla campanulate, violaceous, larger than the calyx ; 

 style elevated, exserted ; capsule tetragonal. Native of Mount 

 Olympus, in Bithynia. Perhaps a species of Phyteuma. 



Phyteuma-like Bell-flower. PI. small. 



4 CAMPA'NULA GLAU'CA (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 88.) leaves sessile, 

 ovate, serrated, glaucous beneath ; stem angular, panicled ; pe- 

 duncles 1-flowered. Native of Japan, near Nagasaki; also cul- 

 tivated. Kekko Kaempf. amcen. v. p. 822. Stem suflfruticose, 

 angular, glabrous, paniculately branched at top. Leaves green 

 above, with rather reflexed edges. Flowers axillary, and on the 

 tops of the branches solitary. Peduncles bracteate. Corollas 

 large, blue. The roots are esculent, like those of Rampion. It 

 is, perhaps, a species of Campanula, but more probably of Platy- 

 codon or Adenophora. 



Glaucous Bell-flower. PI 2 feet. 



5 CAMPA'NULA MONTEVIDEE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 788.) 

 stem erect, downy, branched at the base ; leaves obsoletely cre- 

 nated : lower ones spatulate : superior ones cordate, stem-clasp- 

 ing ; flowers solitary, sessile ; calycine segments ovate, cuspi- 

 date. Native of Monte Video, where it was collected by 

 Sello. 



Monte- Video Bell-flower. PI. erect. 



6 CAMPA'NULA CARNOSA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 102.) 

 plant smooth, fleshy, procumbent ; leaves ovate, cuspidately ser- 

 rated, petiolate ; flowers axillary, on capillary peduncles, which 

 are about equal in length to the leaves ; filaments linear, not 

 dilated at the base. "If. . H. Native of Nipaul on Mount Sheo- 

 pore, towards the middle, on rocks near rivulets. Stems creep- 

 ing, obscurely 3-cornered. Flowers very small, of a pale blue. 

 Calycine segments entire, erect. Corolla funnel-shaped, more 

 than twice the length of the calyx, with a quinquefid sub-bila- 

 biate limb ; segments oblong, acute, equal ; the two uppermost 

 ones more parallel and erect ; the rest spreading. Stamens dis- 

 tinct, distant, a little shorter than the corolla ; filaments flat, not 

 valvate at the base, inserted together with the corolla on the 

 disc of the ovarium ; anthers erect, linear. Ovarium oblong, 

 obscurely triangular, 3-celled, many-seeded ; its vertex not 

 elongated, as is usual in the genus, but covered by a fleshy yel- 

 lowish disc. Style filiform ; stigmas 3, linear. Capsule club- 

 shaped, prismatic, bursting towards the base by 3 round valves. 

 This is certainly not a species of Campanula, but from the cha- 

 racters given, it appears to be a new genus, connecting Cam- 

 panulacecB with Loleliacece. 



Fleshy Bell-flower. PI. creeping. 



ORDER CXXXVIII. EPACRI'DE^ (this order contains 

 plants agreeing with Epacris in important characters). R. Br. 

 prod. p. 535. 



Calyx 5-parted, (rarely 4-parted), usually coloured, perma- 

 nent. Corolla hypogynous, monopetalous, with the tube some- 

 times divisible into 5 parts ; limb 5-cleft, rarely 4-cleft, equal, 

 and sometimes bursting transversely from the segments, co- 

 hering, valvate or imbricate in aestivation, deciduous or mar- 

 cescent. Stamens equal in number to the segments of the 

 corolla, and alternating with them, rarely fewer ; filaments 

 epipetalous or hypogynous ; anthers simple, with a single 

 polliniferous receptacle, constituting a complete, rarely a 

 marginate dissepiment, undivided, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Pollen subglobose, rather angular, or composed of 3 com- 

 bined globules. Ovarium sessile, usually girded by 5 dis- 

 tinct or combined scales, many-celled, rarely 1 -celled. Seeds 

 solitary or indefinite. Style 1 ; stigma 1, sometimes toothed. 

 Fruit drupaceous, baccate, or capsular. Seeds albuminous. 

 Embryo straight, slender, longer than the half of the albumen. 

 Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, very rarely opposite, 

 entire, rarely serrated, usually petiolate, or with a simple base ; 

 having the bases broader, imbricated, cucullate, and sheathing a 

 little. Flower spicate or racemose, terminal : or solitary and 

 axillary. Calyxes or pedicels furnished with 2 or more brae- 

 teas, which are of the same texture as the calyx. Flowers white 

 or purple, rarely blue. This order is chiefly distinguished from 

 Ericaceae in the anthers being awnless and 1-celled. The 

 shrubs are all elegant, of a dry prickly habit, with tubular or 

 campanulate flowers. 



Synopsis of the genera. 

 TRIBE I. 



STYPHYLIE'JE. Cells of ovarium 1-seeded. Pericarps closed, 

 rarely capsular. 



1 STYPHE'LIA. Calyx with 4 or more bracteas. Corolla long, 

 tubular ; tube furnished on the inside near the base with 5 fasci- 

 cles of villi : segments of the limb revolute, bearded. Filaments 

 exserted. 



2 ASTROLOMA. Calyx imbricated by 4 or more bracteas. 

 Corolla with a ventricose tube (f. 132. &.), furnished with 5 fas- 

 cicles of villi near the base, inside ; limb short, spreading, 

 bearded (f. 132. c.). Filaments inclosed. 



3 STENANTHE'RA. Calyx many-bracteate. Corolla tubular, 

 ventricose, without any fascicles of hairs inside ; limb short, 

 spreading, bearded a little. Filaments inclosed. 



4 MELICHHUS. Calyx many-bracteate. Corolla rotate or 

 urceolate, furnished with 5 fascicles of glands near the base in- 

 side ; segments half bearded. 



5 CYATHODES. Calyx many-bracteate. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, without any fascicles of villi or glands inside ; limb 

 spreading, a little bearded. Filaments inclosed. Drupe bac- 

 cate. 



6 LISSA'NTHE. Calyx bibracteate or bractless. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped : limb beardless. Drupe baccate. 



