CLASS V. ORDER. I.] CAMPANULA. 303 



about half as long as the corolla. Fiiaments dilated and hairy at the 

 base, slender, and smooth above. Anthers oblong, of two valves. 

 Pistil nearly as long as the corolla, smooth below, hairy above. 

 Stigma two-cleft, rolled back. Capsule almost globose, smooth, the 

 calyx, attached about one-third from the top, opening at the apex be- 

 tween the calyx with either three or five angular teeth. Seeds 

 numerous, small, ovate. 



Habitat. — Moist shady banks and woods. Abundant in Devonshire, 

 Cornwall, the Scilly Isles, and Wales ; in Sussex, (plentiful), Hamp- 

 shire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Esses, Epping Forest, nearTheydon 

 Bois. — 31): H. Cole. Near Derwent Hall, Ashopton, Derbyshire. — 

 R. D. In Scotland, on the south banks of the Clyde. — Dr. Broivn. 

 In Ireland, on the Sugar-loaf Mountain County of Wicklow. — Dr. 

 Stokes and Mr. John Nutlall. Near Bandon, County of Cork, and in 

 Glencree, between Enniskerry and Lough Bray, near the Copsewood, 

 abundant. — Sir. J. T. Mackay. 



Perennial ; flowering from June to August. 



This is included by Schrad in his genus Wahlenhergia, which is 

 distinguished by the capsule being half superior, and opening at the 

 apex, and not on the side, as in the genus Campanula ; in this particu- 

 lar it agrees, and has a claim (o be in that genus, instead of Cam- 

 panula, but its habit is quite difi"erent ; and on this account it is 

 retained in the present genus, but doubtingly as to its being its proper 

 place. 



The Ivy -leaved Bell-flower is extremely elegant and delicate iu its 

 structure and habit, when 



" Over the font's damp, mossy stones they grew 

 Luxuriantly. 

 These little bells of faint and tender blue. 

 Which gracefully 

 Bent their small heads in every breeze which strayed, 

 From lawny sunshine to the woodland's shade." — 



Romance of Nature. 



We have seen it spread its delicate and tender form over ornamental 

 mossy rock work, and damp banks, in most elegant tufts of greater 

 beauty than we remember to have seen any plant, having the same 

 habit ; it far surpasses iu elegance and gracefulness of form and flower, 

 the Ivy-leaved snap dragon : but they may be grown together with 

 great advantage, and clothe those places, which otherwise would be 

 naked and barren, with a varied green tapestry, constantly scattered 

 over with beautiful flowers during the summer months. 



