NAT. ORDER. CAMPANULACE.E. 
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whole plant ; the flowers are in a thin spike, one or two together, 
on very long peduncles, which have two stipules at the base ; the 
corolla is large, broad bell-form, deep blue ; the segments are short 
and moderately acuminate. It is a perennial plant, native of most 
parts of this country, and is found in many parts of Europe. 
Campanula pyramidalis. Steeple Bell-flower. This species as 
it appears in the garden, has thick, tuberous roots, which are milky ; 
these send out three or four strong, smooth, upright stalks, which 
rise nearly four feet in height, and are garnished with smooth, oblong 
leaves, whose edges are a little indented ; the lower leaves are much 
broader than those on the stalks ; the flowers are produced from the 
side of the stalks, and are regularly set on for more than half their 
length, forming a sort of pyramid ; these are large, open and shaped 
like a bell, and mostly of a light blue color. There are varieties of 
white flowers, and of double flowers. Native of Europe. 
Campanula carpatica. Heart-leaved Bell-flower. This plant 
affords a milky juice when wounded ; the root is whitish and peren- 
nial ; the stems herbaceous, annual, weak, hardly branching, bear- 
ing one or very few flowers. In gardens it becomes branching and 
many-flowered ; the root-leaves are kidney-form, and roundish ; the 
peduncle elongated and smooth ; the corolla smooth and blue. It 
flowers the whole summer, and is a native of the Alps. 
Campanula latifolia. Giant Throat-wort. This species has the 
stem from three to four feet high, and more angular and smooth, but 
not branching ; the leaves are sharply serrate, on short petioles, and 
hirsute ; the flowers are axillary, one or two together, on peduncles 
shorter than the leaf ; calyx smooth, with broad, triangular seg- 
ments ; corolla very large, and blue ; the segments triangular, and 
divided by a line, the fruit obliges the peduncle to bend down with 
its weight. It is a nativ^e of the northern parts of England. There 
are varieties with single and double purple, and with single and 
double white-flowers ; with single and double pale red flowers ; and 
with striped flowers. 
