CAMPAN ULA MACRAN'THA. 
LONG-FLOWERED BELL-FLOWER. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAMPANULACEAC. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Russia. 
3 feet. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1822.? 
No. 772. 
The generic name, Campanula, accords so per- 
fectly with the generality of the flowers of the genus, 
that when the Latin word campana, a bell, is men- 
tioned, its application needs no further comment. 
Macrantha, the specific name, is deduced from the 
Greek makros long, anthos flower; and it may 
very justly be applied to this species as the largest 
flowered in the genus. 
This is a family of splendid herbaceous subjects, 
whether considered with regard to its gaiety or ex- 
tent. The handsome pendant bells of some or other 
of its plants are known to every body; and its num- 
ber of species exceed a hundred and fifty. Whe- 
ther six feet high, or but a few inches, for they may 
be found of these and all intermediate heights, they 
possess the characteristic gaiety of the genus. The 
beautiful Campanula rotundifolia and patula of the 
road banks, hang out their light and airy bells, as 
if to ask the admiration of the passing traveller. 
Campanula macrantha is perfectly hardy, will 
grow in any common soil or situation ; and may 
he increased by division of its roots in spring or 
autumn. 
