CAMPANALS. 483 
found, according to De Candolle, between the 36th and 47th 
parallel—the chain of the Alps, Italy, Greece, the range of the 
Caucasus and the Altai Hills: Africa, as far as the Cape of Good 
Hope, being their true country. The whole order are more or less 
ornamental, and most of them yield a white milky juice, which is 
somewhat bitter and acrid. The German botanists divide them 
into, 1, Wahlenbergiee with 
capsules opening at the 
summit, which peculiarity 
De Candolle found be- 
longed to genera of the 
Southern Hemisphere ; and 
2, Campanulacee, with 
capsules opening at the 
-side or base, which the 
same botanist found be- 
longed,with one exception, 
to the northern part of the 
globe. Their chief pro- 
perty is the beauty of their 
flowers. 
The Bell Campanula 
(Fig. 436), so called from 
its large, full-blown, bell- 
shaped corolla, opening in 
great numbers at the same 
time, is a native of the 
south of Europe. Its stem 
is erect, branching towards 
the top; the leaves are 
Sessile, ovately lanceolate, 
irregularly crenulate and Sia da isis Bun Mower (Compucel 
dentate, with slightly in- 
clined flowers, disposed in loose bunches. The flowers are regular 
and hermaphrodite. The calyx composed of five sepals; the corolla 
- campanulate, or bell-shaped, is divided in its-upper part into five 
lobes, alternating with the sepals. | 
The stamens, five in number, are free, and are not inserted i in the © 
