CAMPANULA FRAGILIS; var. HIRSUTA. 
(Hairy fragile Bell-flower.) 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAMPANULACEiE. 
Generic Character, — Calyx five-cleft, having the 
sinuses usually covered by appendages. Corolla five- 
lobed or five-cleft at the apex, usually bell-shaped* 
Stamens five, free ; filaments broad at the base and 
membranous. Style covered by fascicles of hairs, ex- 
cept at the base ; stigmas three to five, filiform. Ova- 
rium wholly inferior, three to five-celled. Capsule 
three to five-valved, dehiscing laterally. Seeds usually 
ovate, flattened, ovoid, and small. 
Specific Character.— PZ«n^ herbaceous, perennial. 
Stems ascending, diffuse, branched. Radical leaves on 
long petioles, roundish cordate, bluntly crenate-lobed ; 
cauline leaves smaller, ovate and lanceolate. Flowers 
panicled. Calyx with linear-lanceolate lobes, erect, 
about equal to the corolla. Style exserted. Capsule 
ovoid. 
Var. Mrsuta.— Plant hispid, and as if it was covered 
with wool.^ — Don's Gard. and Botany. 
Of the many lovely plants belonging to the genus Campanula, we hardly 
know one which excels the present variety in beauty. And yet, somehow, it is 
not an object in which cultivators generally evince much interest, or which they 
grow to anything like its attainable perfection. 
The specimen which supplied a subject for our drawing was bloomed, in the 
summer of 1840, at Messrs. Henderson's, Pine- Apple Place, where most plants 
deserving of attention are cultivated with a care which is truly delightful. It 
had by some means got the name of C. Carolina ; an appellation the origin of 
which we cannot trace. In a greenhouse, however, the plant was covering a pot 
about eight inches in diameter with its charming blossoms, which were also 
profusely borne on some branches that were hanging over the sides of the pot. 
In its habit, the plant is very dense and compact, bearing a considerable 
number of branches, and large flowers, which are more expanded and star-like 
than those of most Campanulas. It is one of the neatest of greenhouse ornaments, 
and, from the soft blue of its pleasing flowers, and the bright green of its foliage, 
attracts most persons'* notice. 
Nothing can be done in the way of developing this beautiful plant's good 
properties, or cultivating it advantageously, unless it be put in well-drained^ and 
porous earth. De Candolle observes, that it is seldom met with farther north 
than 4P of latitude ; that it occupies the evergreen region of Italy, and even 
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