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little branches from the bofoms of the leaves, and 
on thefe ftand the flowers. 
They are large, blue, ftreaked with purple, 
and deeply divided into five fegments. 
The feed-veffel is oval and fmooth, and the 
feeds are numerous and fmall. } 
It is wild in many places on the edges of corn- 
fields ; but it is alfo kept in gardens for the fake 
of the root, which fome people eat. i 
~C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus efculentus. J. 
Bauhine, Rapunculus vulgaris campanulatus. 
The whole plant is full of a milky juice. 
4. Ivy-leaved Bellflower. 
Campanula cymbalaria foliis. 
The root is fmall, thready, and divided. 
The firft leaves are fmall, tender, angulated, 
and of a beautiful green: they ftand on long 
foorftalks, and form a pretty tuft. 
Among thefe rife numerous ftalks, which fpread 
upon the ground: they are three or four inches 
long, extremely tender, and ufually of a redith 
colour. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on thefe, and re- 
femble thofe from the root, but that they are 
fmaller: they are angulated and broad; the cor- 
ners and the point are fharp, and they are of a 
frefh and pleafant green. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a pale blue; they 
ftand on long and extremely flender footftalks 3 
and are deep, and cut in at the edge into five feg- 
ments. 
The feed-veffel is {mall, oval, and fmooth. 
It is more frequent in Devonfhire and Corn- 
wal than in the reft of England, and flowers in 
May. It loves damp and thady places. 
C. Bauhine calls it Campanula cymbalarie foliis. 
J. Bauhine, Campanula folio bederaceo fpecies Can- 
tabrice anguillare. 
5. Horned Rampions. 
Campanula corniculata montana. 
The root is long, thick, white, and furnifhed 
with numerous fibres. 
The leaves that firft rife from it are fhort, and 
almoft round, but pointed at the end, and fome 
few of them at times oval, or fomewhat oblong ; 
they are placed on long footftalks, and ferrated 
at the edges. 
The ftalk is tender, ftriated, hollow, and a 
foot high, 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are al- 
together unlike thofe from the root : they are 
long, narrow, and fharp pointed, ferrated at the 
edges, and of a pale green; thofe toward the 
bottom have long foorftalks, thofe toward the 
upper patt have none, d 
The flowers ftand at the top of the flalk ina 
round, thick head: they are fmall and purple ; 
but are placed  clofe together, and are diftin- 
guithed by the length of the ftyle that grows 
from the rudiment of the capfule ; this turns 
in the manner of a horn; whence the plant has 
the name of horned rampions. : 
The feed-veffel is fhort and fmooth. 
It is a perennial plant, and not uncommon in 
the hilly paftures of Kent and Sufféx. It flowers 
in Augut, , 
C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus folio oblongo {pica 
orbiculari.. Others, Rapunculus corniculatus mon- 
tanus, and Rapunculus corniculatus orbicularis, 
6. Scabious-headed Rampion. 
Rapunculus feabiofe capitulo. 
The root is long, white, woody, divided into 
feveral parts, and furnifhed with many fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, narrow, fer- 
rated, fharp-pointed, of a pale green, and with- 
out footftalks. 
In the midft of thefe rife the ftalks : they are 
numerous, flender, divided, and branched, and 
not perfeétly erect; they are a foot or more in 
height. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on thefe, and are 
like thofe from the root, fmall, oblong, narrow, 
ferrated, hairy, and fharp pointed. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches 
in round buttons: they are of a pale blue, and 
very numerous, horned inthe manner of the 
‘former fpecies, and have a kind of cup under 
the whole’ head. ; 
Each flower is divided into five fegments, and 
fucceeded by a feparate capfule, which’ is fhort 
and fmall, and full of minute feeds, 
It is common in dry paftures, and flowers in 
July. . 
C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus feabiofe capitulo 
ceruleo. Others, Scabiofa minima birfura. 
DIV IS Osan Ih RORELGN SPE CLES, 
1. Cretic Rampion. 
Rapunculus foliis pinnatis. 
The root is long, thick, white, and furnithed 
with fibres. 
The firft leaves are fimple, roundith, and un- 
divided, and refemble thofe of the various-leaved 
beliflower. After thefe rife others, which are 
pinnated ; each compofed of three pairs of fmaller 
leaves fet on a rib, with an odd one at the end, 
which is divided into three parts: thele are of an 
oval figure, fharp at the points, and ferrated at 
the edges ; and are of a, pale, but pleafant green, 
The ftalk is round, eret, firm, and two foot 
or more in height: it has a few leaves on it of 
the fame pinnated form, and toward the top a 
fpike of flowers. 
Thefe are of a beautiful purple, and ftand 
very thick; they are deeply divided into five 
narrow fegments, and they quickly fade. 
The feed-veflel is oval, and the feeds are {mall, 
It is a native of Crete, and flowers in May, 
after which the whole plant dies down to the 
root, which fends up new leaves in Oétober, and 
thefe remain green all winter, 
C.Bauhine calls it Rapunculus Creticus fou py- 
ramidalis 
