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CAMPANULA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order . Penta'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Campanula'ceae, Juss. Gen. Plant, p. 163. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 135 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 185. — Rich, by 
Macgilliv. p. 453. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 3.) superior, of one sepal (monosepal- 
ous), deeply divided into 5 pointed, upright, sometimes rather 
spreading segments ; in some with intermediate, reflexed, tumid 
lobes ; permanent. Corolla of 1 petal (monopetalous) , bell-shaped, 
with 5 broad, spreading, regular lobes, withering ; impervious at 
the base, combined with the calyx, and furnished at the lower part 
with 5 acute, approaching valves (fig. 2.) (nectaries of Linnccus), 
which cover the top of the germen. Filaments 5, hair-like, very 
short, from the point of each valve. Anthers longer than their 
filaments, strap-shaped, compressed, spreading. Germen inferior, 
angular. Style thread-shaped, downy, longer than the stamens. 
Stigma of from 3 to 5 revolute segments or lobes. Capsule round- 
ish, or inversely egg-shaped, angular and ribbed, of 3 or 5 cells, 
rarely of 2 only, bursting by 3 or 5 torn lateral openings, between 
the ribs. Seeds numerous, small, attached to a columnar receptacle 
or placenta. 
The bell-shaped corolla ; from 2 to 5 lobed, revolute stigma ; and 
the roundish or inversely egg-shaped capsule of from 2 to 5 cells, 
with torn fissures at the base, will distinguish this from other genera 
with a monopetalous superior corolla in the same class and order. 
Nine species British. 
CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFO'LIA. Round-leaved Bell- 
flower. Blue-bell.of Heath-bell. Witch’s Thimble. H*R£$£tL. 
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Spec. Char. Root-leaves heart or kidney-shaped, crenate, 
very soon withering. Stem-leaves strap-shaped, entire. 
Engl. Bot. t- 866. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 226. — Johnson's Gerarde, p. 462. — 
Ray’s Syn. p. 277, excluding the reference to J. Bauhin. — Huds. FI. Angl. 
(2nded.) p. 95. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p.235. Engl. FI. v. i. p.287. — With. 
(7th ed.) v. ii. p.301. — Lindl. Syn. p. 136. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 100. — Lightf. 
FI. Scot. v. i. p. 141. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 80. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 48. — 
Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 118. — Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 89 — Hook. FI. 
Scot. p. 74. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 50. — FI. Devon, pp. 37 ix 154. — Johnson’s 
FI. of Berwick, v. i. p. 58.— W alk. FI. of Oxf. p. 56. — Campanula heterophylla, 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 408. 
Localities. — On heaths, walls, road-sides, hedge-banks, and barren pas- 
tures ; mostly on a dry soil. Common. 
Perennial. — Flowers from June to September. 
Root white, thickish, creeping, fibrous, sweetish. Stems several, 
from 6 inches to a foot or more high, upright, slender, round, smooth, 
Fig. 1. Five Stamens, and Pistil. — Fig. 2. A Stamen. — Fig. 3. Calyx and 
Pistil. — Fig. 4. Capsule. — Fig, 5. Transverse Section of ditto. — Fig. 6. The 
Pores or Openings at the base of the Capsule. — Fig. 7. Root-leaves.— Fig. 8. 
Lower part of the Stem. 
* From Campana, Lat. a little bell ; from the shape of the corolla, 
t See Anchusa sempervirens, p. 48. note t. 
