The BRITISH HERBAL. 
Jittle brandies from the bofoms of tlie leaves, and 
on thefe ftand the flowers. 
They are large, bkie, ftreaked with purple, 
and deeply divided into live fegments. 
The feed-vefl!el is oval and fn:ooth, and the 
feeds are nLimeroiis and fmall. 
It is wild in many places on the edges of corn- 
fields ; but it is aUb kept in gardens for the fake 
of the root, which fonie people eat. 
C. Bauhine calls it Kapuncuhis efculentus. J- 
Bauhine, Rapunculus vulgaris campanulatus. 
The whole plant is fiili ol a milky juice, 
4. Ivy-leaved Bellflowcr. 
CiWipanula cymbalaria folas. 
The root is fmall, thready, and divided. 
The firft leaves are fmall, tender, angulated, 
and of a beautiful green: they fland on long 
footfl:alks, and form a pretty tuft. 
Among thefe rife numerous ftalks, which fpread 
upon the ground : they are three or four inches 
long, extremely tender, and ufually of a redifh 
colour. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on thefe, and re- 
femble thofe from the root, but that they are 
fmaller: they are angukited and broad j the cor- 
ners and the point are fharp, and they are of a 
frcQi and plcalant green. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a pale blue : they 
ftand on long and extremely flender footftalks ; 
and are deep, and cuC in at the edge into five feg- 
mentG. 
The feed-veflel is fmall, oval, and fmooch. 
It is more frequent in Devonfl^ire and Corn- 
wal than in the refl; of England, and flowers in 
May. It loves damp and fliady places. 
C. Bauhine calls it Campanula cymhalarU foliis. 
J. Bauhine, Campanula folio hedcraceo [pecks Can- 
labrico" anguillarie. 
5. Horned Rampions. 
Campanula corniculata montana. 
The root is long, thick, white, and furniflied 
with numerous fibres. 
The leaves that firft rife from it are fliort, and 
almoft round, but pointed at the end, and fome 
few of them at times oval, or fomewhat oblong ; 
they are placed on long footftalks, and ferrated 
at the edges. 
The ftalk is tender, ftriated, hollow, and a 
foot high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are al- 
together unlike thofe from the root : they are 
long, narrow, and ftiarp pointed, ferrated at the 
edges, and of a pale green; 'thofe toward the 
bottom have long footftalks, thofe toward the 
upper part have none. 
The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalk in a 
round, thick head : they are fmall and purple j 
but are placed clofe together, and are diftin- 
guiftied by the length of the ftyle that grows 
irom the rudiment of the capfule ; this turns 
in the manner of a horn ; whence the plant has 
the name of horned rampions. 
The feed-veflTel is ftiort and fmooth. 
It is a perennial plant, and not uncommon in 
the hilly paftures of Kent and Sufl"ex. It flowers 
in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus folio ohlongo fpica 
orhiculari. Others, Rapunculus corniculatus mon- 
tanuSf and Rapunculus corniculatus orbicularis. 
6. Scabious-headed Rampion. 
Rapunculus fcahiofa capilulo. 
The root is long, white, woody, divided into 
feveral parts, and furniflied with many fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, narrow, fer- 
rated, fliarp-pointed, of a pale green, and with- 
out footftalks. 
In the midft of thefe rife the ftalks : they are 
numerous, flender, divided, and branehed, and 
not perfedly eredt ; they are a foot or more in 
height. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on thefe, and are 
like thofe from the root, fmall, oblong, narrow, 
ferrated, hairy, and fliarp pointed. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches 
in round buttons : they are of a pale blue, and 
very numerous, horned in the manner of the 
former fpecies, and have a kind of cup under 
the whole head. 
Each flower is divided into five fegments, and 
fucceeded by a feparate capfule, which is fliorc 
and fmall, and full of minute feeds. 
It is common in dry paftures, and flowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus fcabiof^s capitulo 
cceruko. Others, Scabiofa minima hirfuta. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
I. Cretic Rampion. 
Rapunculus foliis pimalis. 
The root is long, thick, white, and furnilhed 
with fibres. 
The firft leaves are fimple, roundifh, and un- 
divided, and refemble thofe of the various leaved 
bdlfloieer. After thefe rife others, which are 
pinnated ; eachcompofed of three pairs of fmaller 
leaves fet on a rib, with an odd one at the end, 
which is divided into three parts : thefe are of an 
oval figure, lliarp at the points, and ferrated at 
the edges ; and arc ol a pale, but pleafant green. 
The ftalk is round, ereft, firm, and two foot 
or more in height : it has a few leaves on it of 
the fame pinnated form, and toward the top a 
fpike of flowers. 
Thefe are of a beautiful purple, and ftand 
very thick ; they are deeply divided into five 
narrow fegments, and they quickly fade. 
The fecd-vcffel is oval, and the feeds are fmall. 
It is a native of Crete, and flowers in May, 
after which the whole plant dxs down to the 
root, which fends up new leaves in October, and 
thefe remam green all winter. 
C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus Creticus feu py~ 
ramidalis 
