102 PENTANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. [Campanula. 



Aug. Q.($. Sm.) — Somewhat allied to C. 7-otundifolia, but much 

 taller ; with more braiiclicd panicles ; larger, more spreadin"', more 

 \>\ir\Aii Jlowers ; rough stems and leaves, and toothed or serrated caly- 

 cine segments. 



3. C. Rapunculus^ L. {Ram'pion Bell-Jlower); stem somewhat 

 angular hairy below, leaves roughish tiiose of the root obovato- 

 oblong stalked crenate upper ones narrow-lanceolate, panicle 

 erect racemose, calycine segments entire, limb of the corolla 

 patent. E. Bot. t. 283. 



In Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, and Hampshire, in a gravelly soil : and in 

 several of the midland counties, as far north as Yorkshire. Fl. July, 

 Aug. If. — Taller (2 — 3 feet high), more erect and less panicled than the 

 last. Flowers almost racemed, little spreading at the mouth, more truly 

 campannlate. Cali/cine segments narrower and entire. The roots con- 

 stitute Fanips, and used to be nuich cultivated for the table. Now 

 they are principally confined to the kitchen-gardens of the curious. 



4. C *persi(if6lia, L. Qjeach-leaved Bell-flower) ; glabrous, 

 stem rounded few-flowered, root-leaves obovate stalked crenate 

 those of the stem linear-lanceolate subserrate sessile, calycine 

 segments entire, corollas spreading. E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2773. 



Woods near Cullen, Scotland. Fl. July. If. — Corolla large, spread- 

 ing. In wild specimens, the Jlowers are often solitary u])on the stem. 



5. C. lalifdlia, (^ Giant Bell-Jlotver); stem quite simple rounded, 

 leaves ovato-lanceolate acute scabrous crenato-serrate, peduncles 

 erect single-flowered, calyx glabrous its segments entire, fruit 

 drooping. E. Bot. t. 302v 



- Moist shady woods. In Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Derby- 

 shire, but rare ; less unfrequent in the north of England, and very com- 

 mon in woody glens in Scotland. New-Ross, Ireland. FL July, Aug. 

 'K- — 2 — 3 feet high. Corolla very large, blue, often white in the 

 Scottish woods. TJiis is the finest and most stately of our species. 



6. C. rapunculoides, L. (^creeping Bell flower) ; stem slightly 

 branched, leaves cordato-lanceolate scabrous crenate, flowers 

 solitary unilateral drooping axillary forming a leafy raceme, 

 segments of the calyx reflexed. E. Bot. t. 1369. 



Woods and fields, rare. Oxfordshire. {Buddie's Herbarium). On 

 the magnesian limestone between Went-bridge and Darlington, York- 

 shire. Blair in Athol, Scotland ; and found plentifully in corn-fields 2 

 miles N. W. of Kirkcaldy, by tiie late Alexander Chalmers, Esq. Fl. 

 July, Aug. If — 2 f. high. Leaves gradually narrower in the upper 

 part of the stem. Flowers large. Calycine segments entire, rough. 



7. C. TracMlium, L. (nettle-leaved Bell-flower) ; hispid, stem 

 angular, leaves petiolate cordate acuminate inciso-serrate, pedun- 

 cles axillary few-flowered, calycine segments erect. E. Bot. t. 12. 



Woods in England, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. If. — Leaves much 

 like those of the Nettle, whence its English name. 



8. C. glomerdta, L. (clustered Bell-flower); stem angular sim- 

 ple nearly smooth, leaves scabrous crenate oblongo-lanceolate, 

 root-leaves petiolate those of the stem semiamplexicaul, flowers 

 sessile mostly in a terminal cluster. E. Bot. t. 90. 



