10 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



This species is also called Great Throat-wort and Canterbury Bell, in allusion, pro- 

 bably, to the bells carried by pilgrims in processions to the shrine of Thomas a Becket at 

 Canterbury. It is frequently admitted into gardens, and much admired. The specific 

 name is given to it from rpaxv^"c (Irachelos), the neck, in allusion to its reputed rirtues 

 in disorders of the throat, in which the older authors believe. Gerarde writes : " We 

 have found, of our own experience, that they are excellent good against the inflam- 

 mation of the throate and uvula or almonds, and all manner of cankers and ulcerations 

 in the mouth, if the mouth and throat be gargarised and washed with the decoction 

 of them." 



SPECIES III. -CAMPANULA LATIFOLIA Linn. 



Plate DCCCLXVIII. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MDXCIX 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1032. 



Rootstock short, thickened, somewhat ■woody, sending down 

 slender fibres, not stoloniferous. Stems stout, erect, sparingly 

 retrorsely pubescent, simple. Radical leaves on long stalks, tri- 

 angular-ovate, cordate ; stem-leaves similar ; the lower ones sub- 

 cordate, with short winged petioles ; the intermediate ones atten- 

 uated into the petiole ; the uppermost narrowly lanceolate or 

 elliptical and sessile ; all acute, coarsely doubly-serrate, hispid- 

 pubescent, especially on the veins and margins. Inflorescence 

 a raceme, indefinite, with the lowest flower of the raceme opening 

 first, and the others succeeding in regular order. Flowers erect 

 or inclined, shortly stalked, 1 terminal, and all the rest axillary. 

 Peduncles 1 -flowered (very rarely 2- or 3-flowered), with 2 small 

 strapshaped bracteoles about the middle. Calyx -tube glabrous 

 (rarely hispid), puberulent at the base ; segments strapshapcd- 

 lanceolate, erect. Corolla campanulate, with the segments erect, 

 rather more than one - third of the whole corolla triangular- 

 lanceolate, acute. Stigmas 3. Capsule nodding, opening by pores 

 at the base of the calyx-tube. 



In woods and bushy places. Rare in the South of England, 

 but not uncommon in tbe North ; plentiful in Scotland, but not 

 extending North of Argyle, Moray, and Aberdeen. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Stem 2 to 4 feet high, very stout and densely leafy, the lowest 

 leaves decayed by the time of flowering. Raceme sometimes very 

 Ioiil;- ; the lowest flowers from the axils of leaves, which are 3 to 

 G inches long, decreasing upwards, until at the apex they become 

 less than | an inch long. Corolla \\ to 2\ inches long, very pale- 



