Campanula.'] XLvii. CAMPAxuLACEiE. 



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Leaves mostly alternate^ imtliout stipules, Floioers generally hlue 

 or white. Lactescent and bitter. 



Campanula. Cor. campanulate or sub-rotate ; segments broad and 



shallow. 

 Phyteuma. Cor. rotate; segments long, linear. Anthers distinct. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



Jasione. Cor. rotate; segments long, linear. Anthers cohering at 

 their base. 



L Campanula Linn. Bell-flower. 



Cor. campanulate or subrotate, with 5 broad and shallow seg- 

 ments. Filaments more or less dilated at the base ; anthers dis- 



tinct. 



Stigma 2 



5 -fid. Caps. 2 — 5-celled, bursting laterally, 

 rarely at the extremity. — Name: campanula^ a little bell^ from 

 the usual form of the corolla. 



* Corolla campanulate. Capsule turbiiiate, 3 — S-celled, opening hy 

 lateral clefts heloiv the calyx-segments. Stigma 3 — 5 cleft. 



\. C. pcitula L. (^spreading B.) ; stem angular scabrous, leaves 

 ronghish dentato-crenate those of the root obovate-lanceolate 

 subpetiolate those of the stem linear-lanceolate, panicles spread- 

 ing, flowers long-stalked erect, cal. -segments subulate toothed 

 at the base, corolla spreading, capsule erect with the clefts close 

 to the cal.-segments. , F. B. t, 42. 



Pastures and hedges, chiefly confined to the middle and south- 

 eastern counties of England, and even there by no means frequent. 

 O. {$. Sm,) 7 — 9, — Somewhat allied to C. rotundifoUa, but 

 much taller, with more branched paw2c/es; larger, more spreading and 

 more ^i ur p\c Jlowers ; rough stems and leaves, and toothed or serrated 

 cahjciiie segments, 



2. C. "^ Rapunculus Jj , (RampionB.); stem somewhat angular 

 hairy below, leaves roui^jhish those of the root obovate-oblonsj 

 stalked crenate upper ones narrow-lanceolate, panicle erect 

 racemose, cal.-segments subulate entire, limb of the corolla pa- 

 tent, capsule erect with the clefts close to the cal.-segments. 

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In Kent, Surrey, and Norfolk, in a gravelly soil ; and in several of 

 the midland counties as far north as Yorkshire, 2/.. 7, 8. — Taller 

 (2 — 3 feet high), more erect, and less panicled than the last. Flowers 

 almost racemed, little spreading at the mouth, more truly campanulate. 

 Calijcine segments narrow and entire. The Hampshire station, often 

 referred to, yields only C, patula. 



3. C. 



'^ per sici folia L. {Peach-leaved 5.) ; ghibrous, stem 

 rounded few-flowered, root-leaves obovate stalked crenate those 

 of the stem linear-lanceolate subserrate sessile, raceme few- 

 llowered, calycine segments lanceolate entire, corollas spread- 

 capsule erect with the clefts close to the cal.-segments. 



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E, B, S, t. 2773. 



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