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terminal peduncles ; the involucral bracts broadly ovate, the flowers or 

 florets small, of a rather pale blue, on short pedicels. 



In lieathy pastures, on banks, etc., throughout Europe, except the ex- 

 treme northj and eastward to the Caucasus. Extends almost all over Eng- 

 land and Ireland, but very local in Scotland. Fl. summer. On the Con- 

 tinent the size of the flowers and the whole habit of the plant are very 

 variable. 



III. RAMPZON. PHYTEIJMA. 



Flowers (in the British species) in compact terminal heads or spikes. 



* Corolla when in bud cylindrical and curved, opening more or less into 5 



long-linear segments. Anthers free and distinct. Style cleft at the top into 



2 or 3 stigmatic lobes. Capsules crowned by the spreading teeth of the 



calyx, and bursting at the sides. 



A small genus, spread over Europe and western Asia, but chiefly in the 

 great central mountain-chains, ascending to great elevations. It is readily 

 known by the long, curved flower-buds. 



Flower-heads globular 1. Jioinid-headed jR. 



Flower -heads oblong, becoming at length cylindrical .... 2. Spiked E. 



1. Round-headed Rampion. Phyteuma orbiculare, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 143.) 



Hootstock thick or shortly creeping, with simple, erect or slightly decum- 

 bent stems, 6 to 18 inches high. The early radical leaves are ovate and 

 cordate, on long stalks, the subsequent ones and lower stem-leaves stalked, 

 but narrow-oblong or lanceolate ; the upper ones few, narrow, and sessile. 

 Flowers of a deep blue, in a globular terminal head of nearly an inch in 

 diameter, surrounded by a few short, broadly lanceolate bracts. 



In pastures, throughout central and southern Europe, but not extending 

 into Scandinavia. In Britain, only on the chalk downs of southern England. 

 Fl. summer. 



2. Spiked Rampion. Phyteuma spicatum, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2598.) 



A taller and stouter plant than the last, with longer and broader leaves, 

 the lower ones 2 to 4 inches long and an inch or more in breadth, on stalks 

 of 3 or 4 inches ; the upper ones few, smaller and narrower. The flowers form 

 at first an ovoid head, which soon becomes a dense spike 2 inches or more 

 in length. The corollas of a very pale dull-blue or yellowish-white. 



Widely spread over central, and especially south-central, Europe, extend- 

 ing northwards into Norway. In Britain, only about Waldron, in eastern 

 Sussex. Fl. summer. 



IV. CAraPAMUIiA. CAMPANULA. 



Flowers in panicles, racemes, or spikes, sometimes contracted into short 

 leafy heads, or rarely solitary. Corolla regular or nearly so, bell-shaped, 

 broadly tubular or rotate, with 5 broad or lanceolate lobes. Anthers dis- 

 tinct. Style cleft at the top into 2, 3, or 5 stigmatic lobes. Capsule 

 crowned by the teeth or lobes of the calyx, and opening laterally or at the 

 top. 



A numerous genus, widely spread over the globe, chiefly in the northern 



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