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CAMPANULACE^E. 

 Capsule dehiscing within the calyx-lobes. Corolla 5-partite, segments narrow. 



Flowers capitate JASIONE. 



Capsule dehiscing at the sides, below the calyx-lobes. 



Corolla 5-partite, segments narrow. Flowers capitate PHYTEUMA. 



Corolla 5-toothed or lobed. Ovary short, broad CAMPANULA. 



Corolla rotate or campanulate. Ovary long, narrow SPECULARIA. 



JASIONE L. 



J. montana L. Sheep's-bit. Annual or biennial. Stem a foot high, 

 branched from the base. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, wavy. Flowers blue, 

 in dense hemispherical heads, on long peduncles and surrounded by an involucre 

 of broadly ovate bracts. Calyx-tube turbinate. 



Sandy woods and hill-sides. May-August. 



PHYTEUMA L. RAMPION. 



P. orbiculare L. Round-headed Rampion. Stem 6-18 in. high, erect, 

 often hollow. Lower leaves lanceolate, with a truncate or almost cordate base> 

 stalked crenate-serrate, upper stem-leaves narrower, sessile. Involucral bracts 

 lanceolate, somewhat serrate. Flowers deep blue or sometimes blue-violet, in 

 globular heads an inch in diameter. Stigmas 3. 



Mountain woods and grassy places in the montane and sub-Alpine region. 

 June-July. 



P. spicatum /-., P. Charmelii Vill. and other more truly Alpine species 

 are found in the higher mountains P. Charmelii has cordate root-leaves and 

 linear-lanceolate stem-leaves, and is found near Chateaudouble and Aiguines 

 in the Var in June-July. P. Michelii All. descends to the lower chestnut 

 zone in the Maritime Alps. 



SPECULARIA L. 



S. talcataA. DC. (Plate XX). An upright annual, rarely branched. Leaves 

 broadly oblong, slightly crenate. Flowers purple, solitary or in pairs in the leaf 

 axils and forming a long spike. Calyx segments linear, as long as the tube and 

 much longer than corolla, often curved like a sickle. 



Cultivated fields and stony slopes, uncommon. May-June. 



S. hybrida A. DC. Corn Campanula. Annual. Stem and branches erect. 

 Leaves oblong with very wavy margins. Flowers terminal, corymbose, small, 

 purple. Calyx segments lanceolate, much shorter than tube, and longer than 

 corolla, upright. Leaves sessile in all 3 species. 



Sandy or stony fields. May-June. 



S. speculum A. DC. Venus's Looking-glass. Annual. Leaves oblong, 

 lower ones somewhat crenate. Flowers purple, large, in panicles at end of stem 

 and branches. Calyx segment linear, as long as the tube and the corolla. 



Cultivated fields and crops, common. April-July. 



CAMPANULA L. 



C. Medium L. = C. grandiflora Lam. Biennial, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 

 oval-lanceolate toothed, rough ; root-leaves petioled. Flowers very large, with 

 shallow lobes, axillary-, in rather long spikes, bluish- violet. Calyx hispid, having 

 5 reflexed appendages as long as the tube. Stigmas 5. 



Wooded slopes and ravines in the hills. May-July. 



C. glomerata L. Clustered Campanula. Of variable size and habit, erect, 

 usually hairy, but sometimes glabrescent. Lower leaves oval, oblong or lanceo- 

 late, cordate at base, petioled, crenate. Flowers purplish-blue, sessile, in dense 

 heads, furnished with large leafy bracts. Calyx hairy, lobes lanceolate- 

 acute. 



Wooded slopes in the mountains and hill-sides. June-August. 



