CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA-HAREBELL 



CLASS, PENTANDRfA ; ORDER, MONOGYNIA. 

 NATURAL ORDER, CAMPANULACEjE. 



GEN. CHAR. Calyx five cleft. Corol, bell-form, valves below, 

 with flattened stamens. Stigma, sometimes three, sometimes five 

 cleft. Capsules, three to five celled, opening by pores on the sides. 

 SPEC. CHAR. Glabrous. Leaves, springing from root, reniform 

 from top, entire and long. Flowers, few and nodding. 



The generic name of this plant is derived from a word, signifying 

 a little bell, so called from the bell-shaped corollas of the genus. 

 This species is named from its round leaves, and as there are two 

 kinds on the plant, besides the fact, that the naming leaves are 

 often wanting, as well as early withered, the young botanist is very 

 apt to be confused when he examines it. This plant has a round, 

 straight, stem, which supports one or more flowers. The root- 

 leaves, are on long footstalks, when present, of a roundish, heart 

 shape, somewhat scolloped; the stem leaves are long, alternately 

 placed on the stem without the intervention of a footstalk. The 

 flowers are of a beautiful bluish purple, and hang gracefully ; the 

 broad, acute, segments of the corolla, turning boldly and fearlessly 

 outward. The style is longer than the stamens, projecting above 

 them. The usual place in which this plant is to be sought with a 

 prospect of finding, is in sandy, rocky, woods. It is perennial, 

 flowering in June and July. 



