CAMPANULACE/E 191 



Campanula barbata L. (Plate XXIV.) 



Root very long and tapering. Stem erect, obtusely angled, rough- 

 haired like the whole plant. Leaves entire or slightly crenate, 

 wavy, lowermost linear-lanceolate, narrowed into a foot-stalk ; 

 upper leaves lanceolate, obtuse, sessile. Flowers shortly stalked, 

 in a single or compound raceme, usually unilateral, large and hand- 

 some, bell-shaped, porcelain-blue, occasionally darker or white. 

 Corolla lobes bearded within and without. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, 

 acute ; appendages to calyx nearly as long as calyx-tube. Capsule 

 nodding. Plant 10-18 inches high. 



Alpine and sub-alpine meadows and pastures ; 3000-8500 feet ; 

 widely spread. July, August. 



Distribution. Carpathians, Eastern, Central, and Western Alps ; 

 Jura, Germany, Norway, Italy. 



One of the most beautiful of the common Alpine plants, and it 

 should be more frequently cultivated in England. It is more easily 

 grown from seed than by getting the long tap-roots, and the only 

 precaution to take is that it must not be allowed to damp off in 

 winter by an excess of moisture. 



var. strictopedunculata Thomas. 



This is a much-branched variety, with lateral peduncles 15 or 

 20 cms. long, bearing 2 or 3 flowers on each branch. It is occasionally 

 seen in the Western Alps, as at Mont Cenis, and in Savoy. 



Campanula thyrsoidea L. 



Biennial. Root turnip-shaped. Stem erect, 6-12 inches high, 

 angular, leafy, very hairy like the leaves, viscid below, ending in a 

 long dense spike of pale yellow, rather small flowers. Stem-leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, sessile ; root-leaves elongated, wedge-shaped, 

 and prolonged into a leaf-stalk, finely serrate or entire. 



Pastures and steep mountain-sides up to 8000 feet. June, July. 



Distribution. Carpathians, Eastern, Central, and Western Alps ; 

 Jura. 



Campanula spicata L. 



A biennial, 2-3 feet high, covered with grey hispid hairs. Stem 

 erect, thick, leafy. Leaves close together, lanceolate, acute, crenate, 

 sessile, getting shorter towards the long, spiky inflorescence. 

 Flowers blue, in a dense, very long spike, erect, rather small for 

 the plant. Lobes lanceolate. Calyx hispid, with linear lobes, about 

 one-third length of corolla. 



Pastures and hot, stony, bushy places in the Alps and lower Alps. 

 July, August, up to 6500 feet ; local. 



Distribution. Eastern, Central, and Western Alps as far south 

 as Liguria (e.g. on Monte Toraggio), Sardinia. 



