124 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [cL. V. 



1. P. cceriileum. Greek Valerian. Jacob's Ladder. Leaves pin- 

 nate ; flowers erect ; root fibrous. Stem from one to two feet 



high, angular, hollow, leafy, panicled at the top : leaves alternate : 

 flowers numerous, blue. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in 

 bushy places in the north of England and south of Scotland : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 14. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 287. 328. 



21. CAMPA'NULA. BELL-FLOWER. 



Calyx superior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five acute 

 segments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, bell -shaped, im- 

 pervious at the base, furnished at the lower part with five acute 

 valves, covering the top of the germens, the limb divided into 

 five broad, regular segments. Filaments hair-shaped, very 

 short, from the point of the valves ; anthers linear, compressed. 

 Germen inferior, angular. Style thread- shaped, longer than 

 the stamens ; stigma oblong, with three revolute divisions. 

 Capsule roundish, angular, three-celled. Seeds numerous, 

 small. Name, campanula, a little bell. 106. 



1. C. rotundifolia. Round-leaved or Common Bell-flower. Boot- 

 leaves kidney-shaped, serrate ; stem-leaves linear, entire. The 



root-leaves wither very soon, so that when the plant is in flower 

 the stem-leaves alone, of which the lower are lanceolate, the upper 

 linear, are to be seen : stem about a foot high : corolla blue. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July and August : grows in dry pastures, by 

 road-sides, hedges, &c. : common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 860. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 288. 329. 



2. C. pdtula. Spreading Bell-flower. Root-leaves egg-shaped ; 

 stem-leaves narrow, lance-shaped, all even, crenate and roughish ; 



panicle spreading ; calyx minutely toothed. Stem two feet 



high, angular, rough, panicled : flowers fine blue, larger than those 

 of the preceding species. Annual : flowers in July and August : 

 grows in pastures, on the borders of fields, and in. hedges : rare. 

 Borders of Budden Wood, near Loughborough ; in many parts of 

 "Worcestershire and Staffordshire ; in Norfolk, Surrey, and Kent. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 42. Eng. Fl. vol. i. 290. 330. 



3. C. Rapun'culus. Rampion Bell-flower. Leaves waved, cre- 

 nate, roughish ; root-leaves elliptical ; stem angular, hairy below ; 



panicle compact; calyx entire. Boot spindle-shaped, white: 



stem three feet high, leafy: corolla light- blue. The roots are 

 eaten raw, or variously dressed. Biennial : flowers in July and 

 August : grows about the borders of fields, on hedge-banks, &o. ; 

 in Norfolk, Kent, and Surrey: not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. 

 pi. 283. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 290. 331. 



4. C. persicifolia. Peach-leaved Bell-flower. Leaves smooth, 

 slightly serrate ; root-leaves inversely egg-shaped, stem-leaves 

 narrow, lance-shaped, sessile ; stem round,' smooth, few-flowered. 



Boot creeping : stems about two feet high : flowers very large, 



fine blue. Perennial : flowers in July. Said to have been found 

 near Cullen, by Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2773. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 291. 332. 



5. C. latifolia. Giant Bell-flower. Leaves roughish, between egg- 

 shaped and lance-shaped ; stem simple, rounded ; flowers solitary, 

 stalked, erect; fruit drooping. Stem three or four feet high: 



