Campamilacece Campanula. 



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11. G. Gargdnica. An elegant little species with slender 

 stems barely exceeding 6 inches in height. Flowers drooping, 

 pale blue and white, funnel-shaped, with deep narrow lobes ; 

 pedicels very slender. Leaves ovate or cordate, toothed. A 

 native of Southern Italy, flowering from June till August. 



Fig. 155. Campanula grandiflora. 

 (i nat. size.) 



Fig. 156. Campanula Carpathica. (i nat. eize.) 



G. speciosa is a handsome hairy species near G. glomerate^, 

 with the corollas of a darker tint within ; C. pumila is a very 

 diminutive species with deeply campanulate white or blue 

 flowers ; G. rapunculoldes is an indigenous plant 1 to 2 

 feet high with large blue flowers having the corolla lobes re- 

 curved. 



Phyteuma is an allied genus having a rotate corolla with 

 narrow linear lobes, free anthers, and the flowers usually in 

 dense heads or spikes. Ph. orbiculare, a native species, found 

 only on the chalk downs of the South; flowers deep bright 

 blue, in dense terminal heads. Ph. spicatum, a very local 

 Sussex species, with creamy white flowers in elongated spikes. 



