“. PLATE CCCXCVI. 
CAMPANULA VERSICOLOR. 
| Bani arious-coloured Bell-flower. 
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, cI LASS V. ORDER I. 
-PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL lacie CHARACTER. | 
- CoroLta campanulata, fundo clauso valvis Corona Ppdll-chaped with the mouth closed 
staminiferis. Stigma 3-fidum. Capsula by staminiferous valves, Summit 3-cleft. 
infera poris lateralibus dehiscens. Capsule beneath gaping with lateral 
: pores. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Campanvta, foliis glabris cordato-ovatis un- ’ Beti-rrower, with smooth heart-ovate waved 
dulatis, foliolis calycinis subulatis reflexis, leaves, calyx leaflets awl-shaped reflexed, 
corollis ee and wheel-bell-shaped blossoms. _ 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. : 
1. A radical leaf. 
2. The empalement, chives and pitt, 
3. A chive. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal. 
_Wirnovra doubt the present is not only anew species, but likewise one of the most showy in the 
extensive genus Campanula; nearly all the individuals of which have charms enough to entitle them to 
a place in the flower-garden. 
When our readers are told that it is an inhabitant of Greece, most of them will readily perceive it 
is the very species announced in our last number, as one that in beauty surpasses the fairest of the fair, 
and was communicated to us, as well as the laciniata, by the Hon. W. H. Irby, of Farnham 
_ Royal, Bucks. 
~ It was first raised from seeds brought to this country from Greece, by the late and much regretted 
Professor Sibthorp. There are two or three varieties of it, which are all hardy, and flower in July ; 
rising to the height of about two feet, and making a very splendid appearance. They succeed best in 
‘peat earth and loam ; — oo by seeds and by parting their roots : and are at present much 
se ney all collector 
