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rather short winged petioles, decaying before the stem appears. 

 Stem erect, rather stout, slightly hispid, paniculately branched 

 or simple. Stem-leaves numerous ; lower ones oblanceolate, sub- 

 petiolatc, obtuse ; intermediate ones sessile, oblong-strapshaped, 

 sub-acute; the uppermost lanceolate - acute ; all faintly crcnate 

 and undulated, puberulent or hispid. Inflorescence racemose in 

 small specimens, paniculate in luxuriant ones, definite, the ter- 

 minal flower opening first, or at least before the flowers in the 

 upper half of the inflorescence. Flowers erect. Peduncles 1-flow- 

 ered in stunted specimens, the lower ones several-flowered in lux- 

 uriant plants, very slender, rather short, with 2 or more subulate 

 bracteoles near the base. Calyx-tube glabrous ; segments linear- 

 setaceous, entire, erect. Corolla campanulate, with the segments 

 slightly recurved, nearly half the length of the whole corolla, 

 ovate-lanceolate, sub-obtuse. Stigmas 3. Capsule erect, opening 

 by pores at the apex of the calyx-tube. 



By roadsides, hedges, and borders of fields. Rare, and possibly 

 not indigenous, though perfectly established in Kent, Surrey, 

 Worcester, Stafford, Warwick, and Denbigh, and also reported 

 from several other counties, extending North to Cleveland, in 



England. Biennial. Summer. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high, with numerous leaves up to the inflo- 

 rescence. Flowers generally very numerous, f to 1 inch long, pale 

 lilac-blue. In small specimens the inflorescence appears indefinite, 

 except from the terminal flower opening long before its turn ; in 

 luxuriant specimens, where there are flowers in the axils of the 

 bracteoles on the peduncles, the paniculate form of inflorescence is 

 developed. Corolla more deeply divided than in any of the previous 

 species ; the calyx-segments are also longer and more slender than 

 any of them, except C. rotundifolia, projecting beyond the buds 

 before they open, and longer than the capsules. Plant yellowish- 

 green, generally more or less hispid, but sometimes sub-glabrous. 



Rampion Bell-flower. 



French, Campanula Raiponce. German, Rapunzel Glockenblume. 

 The roots of this species were at one time eaten raw in salads, or boiled like 

 asparagus. They were grown iu gardens, blanched like celery. 



SPECIES VIII.— CAMPANULA PAT U LA. Linn. 



Plate DCCCLXXIII. 



Reich. la Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX Tab. MDCXIV Fig. 1. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1034. 



