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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
it is not uncommon in tlic northern counties 
of England, and flowers in May. 
As tlie oxlip connefts tlic co'^iflip and primrofe, 
tliis plant conneds the coii-Jlip and auricula. 
C. Bauhinc calls it Verbafiulum umhdlatum al- 
piniim mimis. J. Bauhinc, Frimula vcris mmr 
purpttrafcens. 
The auricula would naturally follow here ; but 
as there is no fpecies of that plant native of Eng- 
land, we are obliged, by the method of our efta- 
blifhed divifions, to refer that to the fecond fe- 
ries of this clafs, comprehending the genera : of 
which there are none natives of Britain. 
GENUS XI. 
B E L L F L O W E R. 
CAMPANULA. 
THE flower confifts of a fingle petal, and is broad, deep, hollow, and divided into five fegments 
at the edge : it ftands in a cup formed of one leaf, divided into five fegments -, and is followed 
by a fingle capfu'lc, which is of an oval figure, fmooth, and divided into three cells. 
Linn°us places this among his fmtanir'm momgynia, the threads in each flower being five, and the 
rudiment of the fruit fingle ; but he confounds three genera under this name, including as fpecies 
of it the trachelium, and fpecnlum Vemris. 
The fpecies of campamla alone are fufiicicntly numerous ■, fo that there is the greater impropriety 
in his cncreafing them by the addition of thofe two other genera. Thcfc are both abundantly 
dillinuuiflied by° nature ; the fced-veflil being of a different form in each ; and that in a manner fo 
determinate, that it properly and fully may eflablirti a generical mark. In the campmula, properly 
and diftindly fo called, we have fcen it is oval, and divided into three cells, and is fimoth ; in the 
p-Mheliim it is, in the fame manner, divided into three cells within ; but it is _rough or hairy on the 
outfide : and in the fpeculum Veneris it is long, of a cornered fliape, and divided into five cells. 
Mr. Ray, who keeps up this diftinaion, calls that genus to which the name of campmula is here 
appropriated, rapunculns. 
Linnaus feparatcs fome of thefe, placing them among his fyngenefta palgygaima momgamia, under 
the name of lobelia. 
DIVISION I. 
I. Various-leaved Bcllflower. 
Campanula foliis i-ariis. 
The root is long, flender, and furniflied with 
many fibres. 
The leaves that rife immediately from it are al- 
together different from thofe on the ftalk: they 
fta°nd in a fmall tuft, and are fupported on long, 
flender footftalks : they are of a roundifli figure, 
but pointed. 
The flalks are numerous, round, flender, and 
ten inches high. 
The leaves Hand irregularly on them, and arc 
long, narrow, and without footftalks. 
The flowers are very large and blue : they 
Hand at the tops of the fl:alks, and on flender 
pedicles riflng from the bofoms of the upper 
leaves : they are hollow, wide, open, and divi- 
ded pretty deeply into five fharp pointed feg- 
The feed-veflel is oval, fmall, and divided 
into three cells, in which are numerous little 
feeds. 
It is common in dry hilly paftures, and flowers 
in June. 
C Bauhine calls it Campanula minor rolundi- 
folia ■vulgaris. J. Bauhine, Campanula parva an- 
guillar^. 
2. Little various-leaved Bellflowcr. 
Campanula foliis variis minor. 
The root is very flender, divided, and fu'.l of 
fibres. 
BRITISH SPECIES. 
The leaves that rife from it are numerous, 
fmall, and beautiful : they ftand on Ihort pe- 
dicles, and are nearly round : they have no point 
at the end, but are a little indented for the re- 
ception of the pedicle. 
Among thefe rife feveral flender, round, weak 
ffalks, five inches high, and fcarce at all branched. 
The leaves on thefe are narrow, longifli, and 
without footftalks. 
The flower is large, and there ufually is only 
one on the fummit of each ftalk : it is wider 
and fliallower than that of the preceding fpecies, 
and divided more flightly at the edge: its colour 
is a pale, but pretty blue. 
The feed-veflel is oval, and the feed fmall. 
It is common on the mountains in Wales, and 
has been met with in fome parts of England. 
C. Bauhine calls it Campanula minor rotundi- 
folia alpina. The flower is fometimes of a fnow 
white; 
3. Wild Rampion. 
Campanula foliis angujlis ohtufis. 
The root is long, thick, and has few fibres. 
The leaves that rife from it are numerous, ob- 
long, of a bright green, undivided at the edges, 
obtufe at the points, and without footftalks. 
The ftalk is firm, upriglit, ftrait, ftriated, and 
two feet and a half high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it: they are 
long, narrow, and obtufe, and are very lightly 
ferrated. 
Toward the top of the ftalk there rife many 
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