CAMPANULACEiE. 



509 



head of nearly an inch in diameter, sur- 

 rounded by a few short, broadly lanceo- 

 late bracts. 



In pastures, throughout central and 

 southern Europe, but not extending 

 into Scandinavia. In Britain, only on 

 the chalk downs of southern England. 

 Fl. summer. 



Fig. 607. 



2. Spiked Rampion. Phyteuma spicatum, Linn. (Eig. 608.) 

 (Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2598.) 



A taller and stouter plant than the 

 last, with longer and broader leaves, the 

 lower ones 2 to 4 inches long and an 

 inch or more in breadth, on stalks of 3 

 or 4 inches ; the upper ones few, smaller 

 and narrower. The flowers form at first 

 an ovoid head, which soon becomes a 

 dense spike 2 inches or more in length. 

 The corollas of a very pale dull- blue or 

 yellowish-white. 



Widely spread over central, and es- C 

 pecially south-central Europe, extend- 

 ing northwards into JSTorway. In Bri- 

 tain, only about Waldron, in eastern 

 Sussex. FL summer. 



Fig. 608. 



