246 CAMPANULACEJE. [Phyteuma. 



"Woods and thickets, E. Sussex; (native? Wats) ; fl. May- June. — Taller and 

 more robust than P. orbicula're ; stem 2-3 ft., ribbed. Radical leaves cordate 

 at the base, ovate or oblong ; cauline'spreading and recurved. Heads 1-4 

 in., yellowish. Capsule usually 2-celled. — Distrib. Europe to S. Russia. — 

 Formerly cultivated and the root eaten. 



5. CAMPANULA, L. 



Perennial, rarely annual herbs. Radical leaves usually petioled, cauline 

 alternate. Flowers spiked or racemed, white blue or lilac. Calyx-tube 

 ovoid or subglobose ; limb 5-fid, lobes flat or folded at the sinus. Corolla 

 campanulate or rotate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, epigynous, filaments short, 

 bases broad dilated ; anthers linear, free. Ovary-cells 3-5, opposite the 

 sepals ; style clavate, with rows of deciduous hairs opposite the anther- 

 cells, stigmas 3-5 filiform. Capsule ovoid or turbinate, 3-5-celled, cells 

 dehiscing below the calyx- limb by pores or valves. Seeds usually flattened. 

 — Distrib. All temp, and most trop. climates ; species about 230. — 

 Etym. campanula, from the foZZ-shaped corolla. 



* Stem-leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, usually nearly entire. Terminal 

 flower of the raceme opening first. 



1. C. rotundifo'lia, L. ; glabrous, stem angled slender, cauline leaves 

 lanceolate, upper narrow linear quite entire acute, flowers solitary or 

 racemed drooping, corolla campanulate, lobes short recurved. Hare-bell. 



Pastures, heaths, &c, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 3,500 ft. in the Highlands ; 

 Ireland ; fl. July-Sept. — Glabrous or slightly pubescent. Rootstock slender. 

 Stem §-2 ft., ascending, simple or branched, sparingly leafy. Primordial 

 leaves loug-petioled, broadly ovate-cordate, crenate. Pedicels slender ; bracts 

 minute or ; buds erect. Calyx-lobes erect, subulate. Corolla £-1 in., blue, 

 sometimes white, lobes subacute. Capsule subglobose, valves basal. — 

 Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. Asia, N. America. — Var. lancifolia, 

 . Koch (montana, Syme), has broader cauline leaves and subsolitary flowers ; 

 and Var. speciosa, More, from W. Ireland, is a beautiful form with much 

 larger flowers and shorter calyx-lobes. 



2. C. Rapun'culus, L. ; hispid or glabrous, stem angled, cauline leaves 

 oblong- or obovate-lanceolate obscurely toothed, flowers panicled erect, 

 calyx-lobes very long subulate, corolla broadly campanulate 5-lobed almost 

 to the middle, lobes recurved. Rampion. 



Gravelly roadsides and hedgebanks, from Fife southd., but rare and doubtfully 

 wild ; fl. July-Aug. — Biennial ; root fleshy. Stem 2-3 ft., simple or branched. 

 Leaves 1-3 in., variable, sessile ; primordial broadly ovate, long-petioled. 

 Pedicels slender. Calyx-lobes 1 in. after flowering. Corolla J in., red purple 

 or blue. Capsule short, erect, valves close under the calyx-lobes.— Distrib. 

 From Denmark southd. (excl. Greece), N. Africa, W. Siberia. 



3. C. pat'ula, L. ; scabrid, stem slender angled, cauline leaves linear 

 or lanceolate, flowers subcorymbose erect, calyx-lobes linear, corolla broadly 

 campanulate 5-lobed to the middle, lobes spreading. 



