by the deep rounded clefts between the five segments of its 

 bell-shaped flower. Campanula Scheuchzeri is a larger 

 plant of more open and less tufted growth and with fewer 

 flowerless leafy shoots. Its bell-shaped flowers are usually 

 of a darker blue, are more conical, and have a wider 

 opening ; they are, in fact, less truly bell-shaped. Campanula 

 rotundifolia, the common Hair-bell of our heaths and downs, 

 which occurs also in Switzerland, is slightly taller than our 

 plant and has also more cone-shaped flowers. Its flower 

 buds are held erect, while those of the other three Bell- 

 flowers we are considering are dependent. In a general 

 way, the low stature and tufted growth of the Dwarf Bell- 

 flower will, in most cases, suffice for its recognition. 



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