PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Campanula. 287 



nicled at the top. Leaves alternate^ of many elliptic-lanceolate, 

 entire leciflets, with an odd one of nearly equal size. Fl. rather 

 drooping, numerous, blue, occasionally white. Stalks and calyx 

 a little downy. A common ornament of rustic gardens, of no 

 particular qualities, notwithstanding its name of Valerian, de- 

 rived perhaps from the leaves, which resemble those of some 

 Valeriance. It is not known to be a Greek plant, nor does Dios- 

 corides appear to have mentioned it. 



106. CAMPANULA. Bell-flower. 



Linn. Gen. 88. Juss. 164. Fl.Br.234. Tourn.t.37. Lam. t. 123. 



GcErtn. t.3\. 

 Nat. Orel. Campanacece. Linn. 29. Campanulacece. Juss. 52. 



Three following genera the same. See Gramniai^ 117. 



Cal. superior of 1 leaf, in 5 deep, acute, rather spreading 

 segments ; in some with intermediate, reflexed, tumid 

 lobes ; permanent. Cor. of 1 petal, bell-shaped, more or 

 less expanded, withering ; impervious at the base, com- 

 bined with the calyx, and furnished at the lower part with 

 5 acute, converging valves, concealing the summit of the 

 germen ; limb in 5 broad, spreading, regular segments. 

 Filam. from the point of each valve, capillary, short, re- 

 tractile. Anth. longer than their filaments, linear, com- 

 pressed, spreading. Germ, inferior, angular. Style thread- 

 shaped, downy, longer than the stamens. Stigma in 2 or 

 3 oblong, revolute segments. Caps, roundish, obovate, 

 or prismatic, angular and ribbed, of 3 cells, rarely 2 

 only, bursting by 3 torn lateral openings, between the 

 ribs ; or sometimes valvular at the summit. Seeds nume- 

 rous, small, polished. 



Milky herbs ; seldom shrubby. Leaves almost always al- 

 ternate ; simple, or rarely compound ; smooth or rough. 

 Fl. variously situated, mostly blue, inodorous. The style^ 

 partly very hairy, receives the pollen before it reaches the 

 stigma, and retains it long. 



1. Q,. rotundifolia. Round-leaved Bell-flower. 



Radical leaves heart- or kidney-shaped, serrated; stem- leaves 

 linear, entire. 



C. rotundifolia, Linn. Sp. PL 232. Willd. v. 1 . 892. Fl. Br. 235. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 13. t. 866. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4.t.2\. Hook. Scot. 

 74. Fl.Dan.t.Soo. Ger. Em. 432./. Raii Syn. 277 ; exclud- 

 ing the reference to J. Bauhin. 



C. n. 701. Hall. Hist. v. 1.310; excluding Oeder's syn. 



