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xlyii. campanclaceal [ Campanula. 
Okd. XLYII. CAMPANULACE.E Juss. 
Cahjx-lube adnate with the ovary , mostly 5-lobed, lobes per- 
sistent. Corolla regular or irregular, mostly 5-lobed, mar- 
cescent ; aestivation valvular. Stamens free from the corolla 
and equal in number with its segments, free or more or less 
combined. Anthers 2-celled, distinct or rarely cohering, open- 
ing longitudinally. Ovary with two or more polyspermous 
cells. Style 1, pubescent on the upper half. Stigma simple or 
lobed, naked (not surrounded by a circle of hairs). Fruit dry, 
opening between the dissepiments. Seeds fixed to the axis. 
Albumen fleshy : embryo straight. — Herbaceous or suffruticose. 
Leaves mostly alternate , without stipules. Flowers generally blue 
or white. Lactescent and bitter. 
1. Campanula. Cor. campanulate or subrotate ; segments broad and 
shallow. 
2. Phyteuma. Cor. rotate ; segments long, linear. Anthers distinct. 
3. Jasione. Cor. rotate; segments long, linear. Anthers cohering at 
their base. 
1. Campanula Linn. Bell-flower. 
Cor. campanulate or subrotate with 5 broad and shallow seg- 
ments. Filaments more or less dilated at the base; anthers dis- 
tinct. Stigma 2 — 5-fid. Caps. 2 — 5-celled, bursting laterally, 
rarely at the extremity. — Name: campanula, & little bell; from 
the usual form of the corolla. 
* Corolla campanulate. Capsule turbinate, 3 — 5-celled, opening by 
lateral clefts below the calyx-segments. Stigma 3 — 5 cleft. 
1. C. patidaL. (spreading B.); stem angular scabrous, leaves 
roughish dentato-crenate those of the root obovato-lanceolate 
subpetiolate those of the stem linear-lanceolate, panicles spread- 
ing, flowers long-stalked erect, cal. -segments subulate toothed 
at the base, corolla spreading, capsule erect with the clefts close 
to the cal.-segments. E. B. t. 42. 
Pastures and hedges, chiefly confined to the middle and south- 
eastern counties of England, and even there by no means frequent. 
0. (d. Sin. I 7 — 9. — Somewhat allied to C. rotundifolia, but 
much taller, with more branched panicles; larger, more spreading and 
more purple flowers ; rough stems and leaves, and toothed or serrate 
calycine segments. 
2. C. * Hapunculus L. ( Bampion B.); stem somewhat angular 
hairy below, leaves roughish those of the root obovate-oblong 
stalked crenate upper ones narrow-lanceolate, panicle erect 
racemose, cal.-segments subulate entire, limb of the corolla pa- 
tent, capsule erect with the clefts close to the cal.-segments. 
E. B. t. 283. 
