124 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [JCL. V. 



1. P. caeruleum. Greek Valerian. Jacob's Ladder. Leaves pinnate ; 



flowers erect ; root fibrous. Stem from one to two feet high, angular, 



hollow, leafy, panicled at the top : leaves alternate : flowers numerous, 

 blue. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in bushy places in the north 

 of England and south of Scotland: rare. Eng. Bat. vol. i. pi. 14. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 287. 328. 



21. CAMPA'NULA. BELL-FLOWER. 



Calyx superior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five acute seg- 

 ments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, bell-shaped, impervious 

 at the base, furnished at the lower part with five acute valves, 

 covering the top of the germens, the limb divided into five broad, 

 regular segments. Filaments hair-shaped, very short, from the 

 point of the valves; anthers linear, compressed. Germen inferior, 

 angular. Style thread-shaped, longer than the stamens ; stigma 

 oblong, with three revolute divisions. Capsule roundish, angular, 

 three-celled. Seeds numerous, small. Name, campanula, a little 

 bell. 106. 



1. C. rotufufi/o/ia. Round-leaved or Common Bell-flower. Root-leaves 



kidney-shaped, serrate ; stem-leaves linear, entire. The root-leaves 



wither very soon, so that when the plant is in flower the stem-leaves 

 alone, of which the lower are lanceolate, the upper linear, are to be seen : 

 stem about a foot high: corolla blue. Perennial: flowers in July and 

 August : grows in dry pastures, by road-sides, hedges, Sec. ; common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 866. Eng. Ft. vol. i. p. 288. 329. 



2. C. pdtula. Spreading Bell-flower. Root-leaves egg-shaped ; stem- 

 leaves narrow, lance-shaped, all even, crenate and roughish ; panicle 



spreading ; calyx minutely toothed. Stem two feet high, angular, 



rough, panicled : flowers fine blue, larger than those of the preceding 

 species. Annual : flowers in July and August : grows in pastures, on 

 the borders of fields, and in hedges : rare. Borders of Budden Wood, 

 near Loughborough ; in many parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire ; 

 in Norfolk, Surrey, and Kent. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 42. E ng. Fl. vol. i. 

 p. 290. 330. 



3. C. Rapun'mlus. Rampion Bell-flower. Leaves waved, crenate, 

 roughish ; root-leaves elliptical ; stem angular, hairy below ; panicle 



compact; calyx entire. Root spindle-shaped, white : stem three feet 



high, leafy : corolla light-blue. The roots are eaten raw, or variously 

 dressed. Biennial: flowers in July and August: grows about the bor- 

 ders of fields, on hedge-banks, &c. ; in Norfolk, Kent, and Surrey : not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 283. Eng. Ft. vol. i. p. 290. 331. 



4. C. persicifolia. Peach-leaved Bell-flower. Leaves smooth, slightly 

 serrate ; root-leaves inversely egg-shaped, stem-leaves narrow, lance- 

 shaped, sessile; stem round, smooth, few-flowered. Root creeping : 



stems about two feet high : flowers very large, fine blue. Perennial : 

 flowers in July. Said to have been found near Cullen, by Mr. G. Don. 

 Eng. Bot. Snppl. pi. 2773. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 291. 332. 



5. C.latifolia. Giant Bell-flower. Leaves roughish, between egg- 

 shaped and lance-shaped ; stem simple, rounded ; flowers solitary, 

 stalked, erect ; fruit drooping. Stem three or four feet high : flowers 



