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old walls, sunny or shady alike. Very gritty, moist 

 loam. 



C. rotundifolia* or the common meadow "Hare-bell". 

 Only the basal leaves are rounded, those on the many- 

 branched, erect stem being linear or oblong, lance-shaped 

 and entire. The charming violet-blue bells are carried 

 on many-flowered racemes. Horticulturists have produc- 

 ed garden varieties of pure white, differing in size and 

 fullness of bell. A magnificent blue variety is soldanel- 

 Ix flora fl. pleno. 



C. Scheuchzeri (tini folia) differs from the last in a 

 shorter stem with linear, dentate leaves ; in fewer but 

 very large flowers (two or three only) of deeper violet 

 blue. High alpine pastures in very wet ground. C. 

 Valdensis is similar, except for a covering of greyish 

 down. 



C. rhomboidalis (PI. LXV). A fairly strong grower, 

 peculiar to rich and sunny meadows or high pastures. 

 Lower leaves rounded ovals, crenate and slightly gland- 

 ular; the upper longer and toothed; flowers deep blue, 

 in narrow panicles. Mr. Farrer reports a variety of 

 soft, very delicate, silvery blue from the Schwarzwald- 

 gletscher near Rosenlaui. A white variety also exists. 



C. barbata (PI. LXV). Woolly; leaves oblong, in 

 large rosettes spreading over the ground ; flowers large, 

 drooping, interior bearded, clear porcelain blue, lilac or 

 white. All dry alpine pastures : 800-2000 m. Few plants 

 are more accommodating as to soil, but it requires a 

 sunny slope and may rot off in winter. Deserves to be 

 more widely known. 



C. tatifolia*. Tall plant, with milky sap; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, roughly serrate, pubescent; stem hollow, 

 stiff, unbranched, stout, 40-60 in. ; flowers large, on a 



