70 The BRIT 1S H H'EPR BAL. 
It is not uncommon in the northern counties The auricula would “pieand mnie ie 
of England, and flowers in May. as there is no fpecies of t a P Sa a i he Ene: 
As ‘the oxlip conneéts the cowylip and primrofe, land, we are obliged, byt ee hed a oa 
this plant connects the cowflip and auricula. blifhed divifions, to refer t at to ee eco ee 
C. Bauhine calls it Verbafculum umbellatum al- | ries of this clafs, comprehending the genera: 
pinum minus. J. Bauhine, Primula veris minor \ which there are none natives of Britain, 
purpurafcens. 
GP BieeN a) YS XI. 
BELLEFLOWER. 
CAMPANULA. 
rTHE flower confifts of a fingle petal, and is broad, deep, hollow, and divided into five fegments 
at the edge: it ftands in a cup formed of one leaf, divided into five fegments ; and is followed 
by a fingle capfule, which is of an oval figure, fmooth, and divided into three cells. z 
Linnaus places this among his pentandria monogynia, the threads in each flower being five, ani the 
rudiment of the fruit fingle; but he confounds three genera under this name, including as. {pecies 
i lium, and {peculum Veneris. : f : 
rece os Huy alone are fufficiently numerous ; fo that there is the greater impropriety 
in his encreafing them by the addition of thofe two other genera. Thefe are both abundantly 
diftinguifhed by nature; the feed-veflel being of a different form in each; and that in a manner fo 
determinate, that it properly and fully may eftablifh a generical mark. In the campanula, properly 
and diftin@tly fo called, we have feen it is oval, and divided into three cells, and is Snooth 5 in the 
grachelium it is, in the fame manner, divided into three cells within 3, but it is rough or hairy on the 
outfide: and in the /peculum Veneris it is long, of a cornered fhape, and divided into five cells. 
Mr. Ray, who keeps up this diftinétion, calls that genus to which the name of campanula is here 
appropriated, rapunculus. 
Linnzeus feparates fome of thefe, placing them among his /ingenefa poleygamia monogamia; under 
the name of Jodelia. 
DLE VedSal OpNiack BRITESH S PE'CYH'S: 
i. Various-leaved Bellflower. 
Campanula foliis variis. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The leaves that rife immediately from it are al- 
together different from thofe on the ftalk: they 
ftand in a {mall tuft, and are fupported on long, 
flender footftalks : they are of a roundith figure, 
but pointed. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, flender, and 
ten inches high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on them, and are 
long, narrow, and without footttalks. 
The flowers are very large and blue: they 
ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and on flender 
pedicles rifing from the bofoms of the upper 
leaves: they are hollow, wide, open, and divi- 
ded pretty deeply into five fharp-pointed fec- 
ments. 
The feed-veffel is oval, fmall, and divided 
into three cells, in which are numerous little 
feeds. 
It is common in dry hilly paftures, and flowers 
in June. 
C, Bauhine calls it Campanula minor rotundi- 
folia vulgaris. J, Bauhine, Campanula parva an- 
guillara. 
2. Little various-leaved Bellflower. 
Campanula foliis variis minor. 
The root is very flender, divided, and fu'l of 
fibres. 
The leaves that. rife from it are numerous, 
fmall, and beautiful: they, ftand on fhort pe- 
dicles, and are nearly round: they have no point 
at the end, but area little indented for the re- 
ception of the pedicle. 
Among thefe rife feveral flender, round, weak 
ftalks, five inches high, and {carce at all branched. 
The leaves on thefe are narrow, longith, and 
without footftalks. 
The flower is large, and there ufually is only 
one on the fummit ‘of each ftalk: it is wider 
and fhallower than that-of the preceding fpecies, 
and divided more flightly at the edge: its colour 
is a pale, but pretty blue. : 
The feed-veffel is oval, and the feed fmall. 
It is common on the mountains in Wales, and. 
has been met with in fome parts of England, 
C. Bauhine calls it Campanula minor rotundi- 
folia alpina, The flower is fometimes of a {how 
white, ‘ 
3. Wild Rampion. 
Campanula foliis anguptis obtufis, 
The root is long, thick, and has few fibres. 
The leaves that'rife from it are numerous, ob- 
long, of a bright green, undivided at the edges, 
° obtufe at the points, and without footftalks, 
The ftalk is firm, upright, ftraic, ftriated, and 
two feet anda half high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it: they are 
long, narrow, and obtufe, and are very lightly 
ferrated, : 
Toward the top of the ftalk there rife many 
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