Campanula rotundifolia. Heath Bell-flower. 



CAMPANULA Lin. Gen. PL Pentandria Monogynia. 



Cor. campanulata, fundo claufo valvis ftaminiferis. Stigma triiidum. 

 Caps, infera, poris lateralibus dehifcens. 



Rati Syn. Gen. 18. Herb,e fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalg. 



CAMPANULA rotundifolia foliis radicalibus reniformibus, caulinis linearibus. Lin. Syft. Vegetal, p. 173. 



Sp. Plant, p. 232. VI. Suec. 11. 184. 



CAMPANULA foliis ferratis, radicalibus cordatis, caulinis lanceolatis. Haller. Hifi. 701. 



CAMPANULA rotundifolia. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 124. 



CAMPANULA minor rotundifolia vulgaris. Bauhin pin. 93* 



CAMPANULA rotundifolia. Ger. emac. 452. 



CAMPANULA minor fylveftris rotundifolia. Parkinfon 651. Rati Syn. p. 277. The leffer round- 

 leaved Bell-flower. Hudfon. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. $$. Lightfoot FL Scot. p. 141. 



RADIX alba, craffiufcula, modice fibrofa, fubdulcis, t ROOT white, thickilh, moderately fibrous, fweetifh, 

 repens. | and creeping. 



CAULES ex una radice plures, pedales et ultra, fub- t STALKS ; from the fame root feveral, a foot or more 



erecli, debiles, flexuofi, teretes, glabri, folidi, f in height, fomewhat upright, but weak and 



» lactefcentes, ramofi. % crooked, round, fmooth, folid, milky, and 



1 branched. 



FOLIA radlcalia cordato-reniformia, petiolata, dentato- $ LEAVES of the root fomewhat heart or kidney fhaped, 

 ferrata, caulina prope bafin lanceolata, dentata, | ftanding on footftaiks, toothed, or fawed, 



fumma linearia, integerrima. ^ thofe of the ftalk near the bale lanceolate and 



I toothed, near the fummit linear and entire. 



RAMI fioriferi, patuli, fimplices feu ramofi, fubnudi. | FLOWER-BRANCHES fpreading, fimple or branched, 



i almoft naked. 



FLORES perfecle campanulati, caerulei, parum nutantes. I FLOWERS perfectly bell-fhaped, of a blue colour, and 



t drooping a little. 



CALYX: Perianthium quinquepartitum, ereftum, | CALYX: a Perianthium divided into five fegments, 

 glabrum, fulcatum, perfiftens, laciniis linea- $ upright, fmooth, grooved, permanent, the 



nbus. fig. 1. I fegments linear, fig. r. 



COROLLA monopetala, campanulata, limbo quinque- g COROLLA monopetalous, bell-fhaped, divided into 

 fido, laciniis acutis, patentibus. fig. 2. | five fegments at the brim, which are pointed 



I and fpreading. fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria, bre- t STAMINA : five very fine, fhort Filaments inferted 

 vifiima, inferta valvularum nectarii apicibus ; I into the tips of the valves of the nectary ; 



Antherje fllamentis longiores, comprefTas, y Anthers longer than the filaments, flatten'd, 



primo purpurafcentes, dein fufcae. fig. 3, 4, 5. | at firft purplifh, afterwards brown, fig. 3, 4, 5* 



PISTILLUM : Germen inferum, fulcatum; Stylus ^ PISTILLUM : Germen beneath the calyx, grooved; 

 filiformis ; Stigma tripartitum, oblongum, | Style thread-lhaped ; StigmA oblong, 



craffiufculum, externe villofum, laciniis revo- ^ thickifh, externally villous, divided into three 



lutis. fig. 6, 7, 8. i fegments which are rolled back. fig. 6, 7, 8* 



NECTARIUM in fundo corollas, conftruttum valvulis | NECTARY in the bottom of the corolla, formed of 

 quinque, acutis, conniventibus, receptaculum t five pointed valves clofing and covering the 



tegentibus. fig. 5. | receptacle, fig. 5. 



When the Campanula rotundifolia grows among herbage, its radical leaves, which are of a roundifh figure, at 

 lead compared with moft of the plants of the fame genus, are feldom obferved, unlefs particularly fought for, 

 while thofe of the ftalk are feen by every one to be linear ; hence the name of rotundifolia to moft beginners 

 appears abfurd. Linn^us in giving it this name has followed the antient Botanifts, as will appear from con- 

 fulting the fynonyrris. 



This plant, as well as the Epilobium angufiifolium, points out to the ftudent the neceffity of attending to the 

 following botanic axiom, thofe bloffoms which are on the point of expanfion Jhew the firutture of thefiamina to the mofil 

 advantage, as thofe which are overblown do that of the Jligma. 



Subject to the fame variation in point of fize with all other plants, it may be found from * two inches to a yard 

 in height, its radical leaves in certain fituations are found without any notches, in which cafe it is more truly 

 rotundifolia ; its bloffoms alfo vary in their colour, being fometirnes found white and fometimes purple. 



The ftalks and branches, when broken, give out a milky juice, which has a difagreeable fmell. 



It grows plentifully on heaths, and by the road fides in barren hilly fituations, and flowers from June to 



September. 



Having a perennial and a creeping root it is eafily cultivated in the Garden. 



Linnjeus fays a green pigment is prepared from the flowers, but does not inform us in what manner. 



* Mr. Lightfoot found it of that height in Scotland. 



