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Although, in colour and shape of the blossom, the Canadian 

 flower resembles the British one, it is more robust in its growth, 

 less fragile — the flower stems being stouter, and the foot-stalk or 

 pedicel stiffer and less pendulous, and yet sufiBciently graceful. The 

 root leaves, which are not very conspicuous during its flowering 

 season, are round, heart-shaped. Those of the flower-stem are 

 numerous, narrow and pointed. This pretty flower is variable in 

 colour and foliage. Its general flowering season is July and August. 



The corolla is bell-shaped or campanulate; 5 cleft; calyx 

 lobes, awl shaped, persistent on the seed vessel ; stamens 5, style 1, 

 stigmas 2 ; seed vessel several celled and many seeded : in height 

 the plant varies from a few inches to a foot ; number of flv)wers 

 varying from a few to many. 



We have bui thrfe known species in Canada, Campanula 

 Amtn'cana, -'a large handsome species being found in Western 

 Canada ;"^ and C. aparmokles. The rough-leaved Bellflower is found 

 in marshes and in thickets where the soil is poor but the atmosphere 

 moist ; it is of a climbing or rather clinging habit ; the weak slender 

 stem, many branched, laying hold of the grasses and low shrubs that 

 surround it for support, which its rough teeth enable it to do very 

 efFectuall} ^ in habit it resembles the smaller Galium, or Lady s bed- 

 straw, Th^3 delicate bell-shaped flowers are mailed with fine pur})le 

 lines within, at the base of the white corolla. The leaves of this 

 species are ncinow-linear, rough, with minutelv-toothed hairs : the 

 flowers are f^sv, and fade very quickly. The name coujpanuiais rrom 

 caihpana, a bell. 



• P.fjf ssior Hinrhs. 



