BELL-FLOWER FAMILY 



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involucre of several bracts ; calyx superior, 5-fid ; corolla polysym- 

 metric, rotate, deeply divided into 5 Ipng linear segments ; 

 filameuis broad at the base ; anthers free ; ca.fsiile 2 — 3-chambered, 

 bursting at the sides. (Name apparently connected with the 

 Greek plniton, a plant.) 



I. P. orbiculdre (Round-headed Rampion). — A singular plant, 

 consisting of a solitary, erect, leafy stalk, abput a foot high, with 

 stalked, ovate, crcnate radical leaves and few sessile, linear, 



\v.\hlen'b£rgi.\ irEDER.\CE.^ (Iz'y-ieaz'cd Bcll-Jiowcr). 



canline ones ; flowers deep blue in a globose terminal head, which 

 becomes oblong when in fruit. Chalky downs m the south-east ; 

 local. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. P. spicdhiin (Spiked Rampion), — .1,, taller species with 

 oblong heads of cream-coloured fl.otaers, formerly cultivated for 

 the sake of its edible root, is found only in Sussex. — Fl. May — 

 July. Perennial. 



V Campanul.4 (Bell-flower). — Herbs with usually stalked 

 radical leaves ; cauline leaves scattered : calyx superior, 5-fid ; 

 corolla bell-shaped, with 5 broad and shallow lobes ; filaments 



