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shaped — Woods and hedges; frequent— PI. July — October. 

 Perennial. 



^ 3. C. latifoUa (Giant Bell-flower). — A stout sptcies, 3 — 4 feet 

 high, with furrowed stem; leaves ovate-lancet-Iate, acuminate, 

 doubly-serrate, hairy, lower ones stalked ; fluwers very large, 

 stalked, bell-shaped, deep blue or white, hairy within. — ■\\'oody 

 glens in Scotland ; common ; less common in England. — Fl. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



4. C. rapiiucitldides (Creeping Bell-flo\ver). — A do\Miy plant, 

 I — 2 feet high, with runners ; leaves 



unequally crenate-serrate ; flowers in 

 a long raceme with small tracts, 

 large, bright blue, drooping, all on one 

 side of the stem. — Hedges ; very 

 rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



5. C. rotwidifolia (Harebell). — A 

 glabrous plant, with a slender, angular 

 stem ; radical leaves, roundish, kidney- 

 -shaped, notched, stalked, very soon 

 withering ; cauli)ie leaves very narrow, 

 tapermg ; flowers in a raceme, droop- 

 ing, about an inch across, light blue, 

 or rarely white. — Heaths and dry 

 places ; abundant. This species is 

 the Bluebell of Scotland ; but the 

 name Harebell is sometimes incor- 

 rectly applied to the Wild Hyacinth, 

 the Bluebell of England {Eitdiiuion 

 non-scriptuin). The specific name 

 rotwidifolia (round-leaved) seems in- 

 appropriate when we only look at the 

 cauline leaves, which are long and 

 narrow; but is peculiarly applicable 

 to the radical ones, as they appear in 

 winter and early spring, at which 

 season Linn.^us is reported to have noticed them on the steps of 

 the University at Upsala. — Fl. July — September. Perennial. 



6.* C. persicifolia, a glabrous species, i — 2 feet high, with 

 round stem, with runners ; smooth, leaj:hery, slightly serrate, 

 narrow leaves; large, often solitary, blue* or white flowers with 

 entire lanceolate sepals, occasionally occurs as a naturalised plant 

 in woods. — Fl. Julv, August. Perennial. 



7. C, Rapuuctdus (Rampion). — A tall species, 2 — 3 feet high, 

 with angular stem and clustered panicles of rather small, erect, 



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