CAMPANULA ELA'TINES. 
ELATINE BELL-FLOWER. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAMPANULACEjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
S. Europe 
8 inches. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial 
in 1823. 
No. 1110. 
The meaning of the generic name Campanula, 
will be remembered by most of our readers. See 
No. 963. 
Nearly all the flowers of the genus Campanula 
are very characteristic of the name they bear, but 
some, like the piesent species, refuse to be classed 
by common appearances, it is then left for science 
to discover the relationship. The species Garga- 
nica, see No. 587, is a plant of more recent disco- 
very than Elatines and very nearly related to it ; 
it is also a native of the southern part of the Euro- 
pean continent. 
The Campanula elatines is mentioned by Allioni 
as growing at the foot of the Alps, in the country of 
the Vaudois, or Waldenses, as they are more gen- 
erally called. Here is a historical association wor- 
thy of remembrance ; the Campanula elatines being 
a native of a secluded district, inhabited by a small 
band of religionists, which has been supposed to 
have dated its origin from the days of the Apostles. 
This plant is very suitable lor cultivation amongst 
other alpines ; but if planted out, it should be on 
dry rockwork. 
