BELL-FLOWER FAMILY 



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

 Perennial. 



3. C. latifolia (Giant Bell-flower). — A stout species, 3 — 4 feet 

 high, with furrowed stem; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

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

 stalked, bell-shaped, deep blue or white, hairy within. — Woody 

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

 August. Perennial. 



4. C. rapunculo'ides (Creeping" Bell-flower). — A downy plant, 

 1 — 2 feet high, with runners ; leaves 



unequally crenate-serrate ; -flowers in 

 a long raceme with small bracts, 

 large, bright blue, drooping, all on one 

 side of the stem. — Hedges; very 

 rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



5. C. rotundifolia (Harebell). — A 

 glabrous plant, with a slender, angular 

 stem ; radical leaves, roundish, kidney- 

 shaped, notched, stalked, very soon 

 withering ; cauline leaves very narrow, 

 tapering ; 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 (Endymion 

 non-scriptum). The specific name 

 rotundifolia (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 Linnaeus is reported to have noticed them on the steps of 

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



6.* C. persicifolia, a glabrous species, 1 — 2 feet high, with 

 round stem, with runners ; smooth, leathery, slightly serrate, * 

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

 entire lanceolate sepals, occasionally occurs as a naturalised plant 

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



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

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



ipAnula rotundif6lia 

 (.Hare-bell). 



