292 PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Campanula. 



ing to the lanceolate, or linear, bracteas, of the long, straight, 

 simple, many-flowered, terminal cluster. Fl. on very short 

 stalks, bright purplish blue, hairy, half the size of the last, droop- 

 ing all to one side. Cal. recurved, rough-edged, entire, not ser- 

 rated. Caps, roundish, with 3 prominent angles, opening by 3 

 large intermediate pores near its base. 



7. C. Trachelhim. Nettle-leaved Bell-flower. 



Stem angular. Leaves lanceolate, partly heart-shaped, sharp- 

 ly serrated, bristly as well as the calyx. Stalks axillary, 

 with few flowers. 



C Trachelium. Linn. Sp. PL 235. Willd. v. 1. 903. H. Br. 238. 



Engl. Bot. V. 1. i. 12. Hoolc. Land. t. 109. Scot. 75. Fl. Dan. 



t.l026. 

 C n. 690. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 307. 

 C. vulgatior, foliis urticoe, vel major et asperior. Bauh. Pin. 94. 



Rail Syn. 276. 

 C. Cervicaria dicta. Fuchs. Hist. 43 1 . i. 432. 

 Trachelium majus. Ger. Em. 448./. 

 Uvularia major. Trag. Hist. 926. t 927. 

 Cervicaria major. Dod. Pempt. 164./. 



In groves, thickets, and hedges, frequent. 



Perennial. July. 



Root thick, and rather woody. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, simple, 

 straight, leafy, with several slightly winged and roughish angles. 

 Leaves harsh, coarsely and unequally serrated, taper-pointed, 

 ribbed ; the lowest large, on long stalks, heart-shaped, much 

 resembling the Common Perennial Nettle ; the upper ones on 

 shorter stalks, and more lanceolate, or ovate. Fl. on shortish, 

 simple or divided, stalks, from the bosoms of many of the upper- 

 most leaves, large, deep blue, sometimes white. CaZ. simply 5- 

 cleft, generally bristly at the base and margin. Cor. perfectly 

 bell-shaped, more or less fringed. The bristles of the leaves are 

 often as pungent as those of a Nettle, though not venomous. 



The name Trachelium, from rpoL^TjXos, the neck, alludes to the re- 

 puted virtues of this plant in disorders of the throat, to which 

 the other appellations of old authors allude. A decoction of 

 the herb, which is bitter and somewhat acrid, was used as a 

 gargle. 



8. Q. glomerata. Clustered Bell-flower. 

 Stem angular, simple. Flowers sessile, most of tliem in a 

 terminal head. Leaves ovate, crenate. 



C. glomerata. Linn. Sp. PI. 235. H'illfl. v. 1 . 903. Fl. Br. 238 



Engl. Bot. V. 2. t. 90. Hook. Scot. 75. 

 C. n. 685. Hall. Hist. v. 1.305. 

 C.pratensis, flore conglomerate. Bauh. Pin. 94. Raii Syn. 277. 



