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CA^rPANULACE« 



broad at the base ; anthers free ; capsule not elongated, 2—5- 

 chambered, opening by lateral pores below the sepals. (Name a 

 diminutive from the Latin campana, a bell.) 



I. C. glomerdia (Clustered Bell-flower).— A stiff, erect plant, 

 3 — 18 in. high; sfeiii simple, roughish, leafy; leaves crenate, 

 rough, the lower stalked and heart-shaped at the base, the upper 

 sessile, embracing the stem ; flowers nearly sessile, deep violet- 

 purple, funnel-shaped, erect, in terminal and axillary clusters. 



rirvm'iMA orriculAri^: {Kivn!<f-hMi^rd Ranipi, 



each \ in. across — l.)ry pastures, especially on a chalky soil ; 

 frequent. — Fl. July — October. Perennial. 



2. r. Traeheliniii (Nettle-leaved Bell-flower, ^Vild Canterbury 

 Bells). ,'\ remarkably rough plant, 2 — -3 feet high, with angular 

 slem ; leaves very like those of the n«ttle, strongly serrated and 

 bristly, stalked, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; flmvers in axillary clusters 

 of 2 — 3, on short stalks which are recui'Ved when in fruit, large, ^- 

 in. or more across, blue-purple, lighter than C. gloiiierdta, bell- 



