Ihe 
RlTISH HERBAL. 
ra-.nidiilis altera. Others, Peirannrula^ and Lac- 
luca pdraa. 1 he whole plane is full of a milky 
2. Yellow BdlBower. 
Campanula luiea Linifolia. 
The rooc is long, thick, and divided into fc- 
veral parts. 
The firft leaves are fhorc, narrow, pointed, and 
without footihalks : they rife in thick tufts, and 
ftand nearly upright, only with the points turn- 
ing a little outwards. 
The ftalks rife from the centre of thefe tufts= 
and are round, flender, weak, and about feven 
inches high : they are not at all br:iiiched, and 
arc fcarcc able to fupport themfclvcs perfectly eredt. 
The leaves are numerous, and Hand irregu- 
larly i they Are longifh, narrow, fharp-pointed, 
and without foocftalks : they much refemble thofe 
of flax. 
The flowers are excreamly large, and very 
beautiful : tlicy ftand Hngly, one on each ftalk 
molt commonly, though Ibmctimes there are 
more ; and chey are an inch long, of a very fine 
orange yellow, deep, and even at the edge. 
The cup is divided into five parts, and re- 
mains with the feed-veffcl, which is oval, fmooth, 
large, and full of fmall feeds. 
It is not uncommon in France and Italy, and 
flov/ers in June. 
J. Bauhine calls it LmifcUa campanula lutea. 
Lobel, CampcnuJa Umfoiia lutea montis lupi ficrs 
voluhitis. The flower is indeed very like fome of 
the bindweed kinds, particularly the fea bindweed, 
but the genera arc diftind, and this is true cam- 
panula. 
LinnsEus feparates this plant from among the 
bellfiowers^ and ranks it as a fpecies of flax ; he 
calls it Linum campanulatum. C. Bauhine, we 
have feen, calls it aUb by fuch a name ■, but Lin- 
nseus ftiould not follow his authority agaiiift na- 
ture : we fliall fee that it is againft his own 
fyftem alfo. Ixt us refer to his genencal cha- 
radter of flax, linuin, and we fiiail fee that its 
flower, according to his own defcription, has five 
petals: how then can this plant be a fpecies of 
that genus, when its fiower confifl:s of one, and 
that not fo much as divided into fegments at the 
rim? There are other particulars in which it 
differs from his generical character of linum ; but 
this is fufRcient: he owns he never fiiw it grow- 
ing. It feems a plant intended by nature to con- 
ned the convolvulus and campanula kinds. 
3. Pearch-leaved Bellflower. 
Campanula perfica foliis. 
The root is long, thick, divided into feveral 
parts, and furniflied with fibres in great abun- 
dance. 
1 he firft leaves rife in a tuft, and are long, 
narrow, undivided at the edges, and of a bright 
green. 
■ The ilalk is round, upright, firm, ftriated, 
and cw-o feet and a half high. 
The leaves are numerous, and ftand irregularly 
upon it : they are long, narrow, undivided, of 
a beautiful green, and without footftaiks ; there 
Irequently rife tufts of young leaves in the bo- 
foms of the old. 
The flowers are very large and beautiful: they 
ftand in a kind of irregular fpike from the middle 
of the ftalk to the top : they have long footftalks, 
and are of a beautiful blue, fometimes white: 
they are broad and fhallow, and divided into five 
pointed fegments at the edge. 
The fecd-v'efl"tl is large, ova!, fmooth, and 
divided into three cells within. 
It is frequently wild in France and Germany. 
It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus perfica foliis 
magna fiorc. J. Bauhine, Campanula ungiijlifolia 
derulea et alba. 
4. Pyramidal Bellflower. 
Campanula pyramidalis foHo lata. 
The root is long, thick, and divided into many 
parts.. 
The firft leaves are few : they are fhort and 
broad, a little indented at the edges, pointed at 
the end, and placed on long footftalks. 
The ftaiks arc round, thick, firm, upright, 
and four foot high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on them, and are 
like thofe from the root, but longer in proporti- 
on to their breadth, and more ferrated : they 
arc placed in the fame manner on long footftalks, 
and are of a pleafant green. 
The flowers ftand from the middle to the top 
in a long fpike of a pyramidal forpi ; they ara 
large, blue, and wide open at the mouth, where 
they arc divided into five fegments. 
The feed-vefl"el is oval, fmooth, and large. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus hortenjis latiore 
folio feu pyramidalis. Others, Campanula la5lef- 
cens Pyramidalis. 
5. Leflcr pyramidal Belfflower. 
Campanula pyramidalis minor. 
The root is large, long, thick, and divided. 
The leaves that rife from it are very numerous: 
they ftand on fhort footftalks, and are oblong, 
broad, fliarply ferrated at the edges, and fliarp- 
pointed. 
The ftalk is round, ereft, firm, and five feet 
high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are of 
the fhape of thofe from the root, but without 
footftalks. 
The flowers are large, numerous, and of a 
pale blue, fomeimes white, as in the other fpe- 
cies : they are deeply divided into five fegments ; 
and they grow fevera! together upon very long 
and flcnder footftalks, rifing from the bofom of 
the leaves, as well as at the top of the main ftalk : 
the pedicles which fupport them are fo weak that 
they commonly droop. 
The feed-vefTel is fmall, oval, fmooth, and di- 
vided into three cells, wherein is a great quantity 
of fmall feed. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe 
in damp places; and flowers in June. 
Alpinus calls it Campanula pyramidalis minor. 
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