CAMPArULACE/E. ' 7 



rarely only abrupt at the base ; stem-leaves few ; the lowest leaves 

 similar to the radical ones ; intermediate ones sub-pet iolate, nar- 

 rower ; upper ones distant, small, sessile, lanceolate ; uppermost 

 linear ; radical and lower stem-leaves irregularly crenate-serrate ; 

 upper ones entire. Flower-heads oblong-ovoid in flower, elongated- 

 cylindrical in fruit. Bracts linear-subulate. Calyx-teeth subulate. 

 Segments of the corolla at length separating throughout. Capsule 

 2-celled, occasionally 3-cellcd. 



In woods and thickets, in the parishes of Mayfield and Waldron, 

 Sussex. 



England. Perennial. Late Summer. 



Rootstock similar to that of P. orbiculare, but larger. Stem 

 18 inches to 3 feet high. The lower leaves almost always distinctly 

 cordate at the base ; the stem-leaves much fewer than in the pre- 

 ceding species, and the sessile leaves not commencing till above the 

 middle of the stem, the upper third of which is nearly leafless. 

 Heads 1 to H inch long in flower, 2 to 4 inches in fruit. Flowers 

 yellowish-white : said to be sometimes blue on the Continent, but 



1 am not aware that this form has occurred in Britain. Styles 

 much exserted, more hairy than in P. orbiculare, and usually with 



2 instead of 3 stigmas. 



Spiked Rampion. 



French, Eaiponce en Epi. German, Ahriger TeufeUkraMen. 



GEN raiF.-OAMPANTJLA. Lin n . 



Calyx-limb 5-partite. Corolla oblong-ovoid and straight in bud, 

 campanulate or sub-rotate, with 5 short and broad segments, which 

 are generally slightly recurved. Stamens 5 ; filaments usually dilated 

 at the base ; anthers free. Style filiform, hairy, cleft at the apex 

 into 3 to 5 elongated stigmatiferous lobes. Capsule ovoid-turbinate 

 or prismatic, opening by 3 to 5 holes or pores on the side either at 

 the base or the apex, or by 2 to 5 valves within the calyx-segments, 

 when a portion of the ovary rises above the latter. 



Herbs or undershrubs, with the leaves alternate, rarely oppo- 

 site, the radical ones stalked ; those on the stem generally sessile 

 or semi-amplexicaul. Flowers generally showy, blue, purple, or 

 white, commonly disposed in panicles : that of the blue- and 

 purple-flowered species occasionally show white-flowered indivi- 

 duals. 



The name of this genus of plants is the diminutive of campana, a bell, meaning 

 a liltle bell 



