298 CAMPANULACE.'E 



herbaceous plant, closely resembling the genus Campanula, with a 

 campanulate, 5-fid corolla and 5 free anthers; but with a half- 

 superior ovary which splits when in fruit by valves above the 

 sepals. (Named in honour of Dr. George Wahlenberg, a Swedish 

 botanist.) 



1. W. hederdcea (Ivy-leaved Bell-flower).— An exquisite little 

 plant with straggling, thread-like steins, 4—6 in. high, or when 



JAsfoN^ MONTANA (ShiJCp's Sail'ious'). 



among grass or rushes climbuig by then' hel[) to a height of 12 in. 

 or more ; leaves stalked, palmately 5-lobed, of a remarkably fine 

 texture and delicate green ; flowers solitaty, on long stalks scarcely 

 thicker than a hair, slightly drooping,^ pale blue. — Wet peaty 

 places in the south, often growing with the Bt)g Pimpernel and 

 the Cornish IVloneywort, plants scarcely less beautiful than itself. 

 — Fl. July — September Perennial. 



4. Phytelima (Tvampion). — Herbs with both radical and 

 caulinc leaves and flowers in dense spikes or beads, with an 



