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WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
4. ^Creeping 1 Bell-flower. (Campanula rapunculoides. Linn.)— Not a native. 
Flowers i^-if inches long, bright purple, drooping, shortly stalked, solitary in the axils of the leaves, 
and terminating the main stem, so forming a long simple leafy cluster. Capsules nearly round, 
opening by clefts at the base. [As described in the genus Campanula.] Stem 1-2 feet high, 
erect, solitary ; the root and lower leaves on long stalks, scalloped, and broadly heart-shaped, 
graduating into the upper stem-leaves which are stalkless and lance-shaped. 
Very rare, local. Naturalised in cultivated fields, woods, and hedges. In Bedfordshire, 
Nottinghamshire, and Yorkshire; and in Scotland in Fifeshire, Edinburgh, and Perth. July — 
August. Perennial. 
5. Harebell. (Campan'ula rotundifblia. Linn.)— Flowers f-i inch long, pale blue, 
rarely white, drooping on slender stalks, solitary or 2 or 3 in a loose cluster. Capsule oval, 
drooping, opening by clefts at the base. [As described in the genus Campanula.] Stems 6-18 
inches high, slender, and wiry, with a few narrow, pointed, nearly stalkless leaves ; the root-leaves 
on long stalks, roundish or heart-shaped, scalloped or toothed, fading before the flowers open ; the 
root creeping. 
This graceful little plant is the Bluebell of Scotland, and in spite of its delicate fragile 
appearance thrives in exposed situations and on poor soil. \Plate 2. 
Very common all over the British Isles, on heaths, mountain-sides, pastures, &c. July— 
September. Perennial. 
6. Peach-leaved Bell-flower. (Campan'ula persicifolia. Linn.)— Not considered 
native by most botanists. The flowers are 1-1J inches long, and are at once distinguished from 
every other British species by being as broad as long ; the bell-shaped corollas of all our other 
Campanulas are longer than they are broad. The flowers are of a pale bright blue or white, and 
are usually solitary, terminating the stems. The capsule is erect, and opens by clefts at the top. 
[As described in the genus Campanula.] The stems are 9-18 inches high, rather slender, and 
wiry ; the leaves of the root and lower stem are narrow, rather oblong, slightly toothed, and 
narrowing into an indistinctly winged stem ; and those of the upper stem are stalkless, very narrow, 
and remote ; they are all shiny and rather leathery. 
Very rare. Naturalised in woods ; at Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire, and near Cullen, Banffshire. 
July — August. Perennial. 
7. *Rampion Bell-flower. (Campan'ula rapun'culus. Linn.)— Flowers small, f inch 
long, shortly stalked, and usually very numerous, pale lilac-blue, in simple or compound clusters 
up the stem, making a close or loose cluster (raceme or panicle). The bell-shaped corolla is 
divided halfway down into 5 lobes, far more deeply than in any other species except the Spreading 
Bell-flower. Capsule erect, opening by clefts at the top, just under the persistent calyx-teeth. [As 
described in the genus Campanula.] Stem 2-3 feet high, erect, but rather slender, hairy, very 
leafy ; the root-leaves have long stalks, and are oval or egg-shaped with slightly scalloped margins, 
the upper ones are stalkless, narrower, and more pointed ; and the root is thick and fleshy, and 
was at one time much used in salad or boiled as a vegetable ; for its sake the plant was cultivated 
in many kitchen gardens, and it is an unquestioned escape from cultivation where it occurs in 
England, though it has now well established itself in certain places. 
Local. Waysides, banks, and borders of fields. Naturalised in many counties, the principal ones 
being Kent, Surrey, Worcester, Stafford, Warwick, Denbigh, and Yorkshire. July — August. 
Biennial. 
8. Spreading 1 Bell-flower. (Campan'ula pat'ula. Linn.)— Flowers f-i inch long, few, 
purplish-blue, on long stalks, forming a very loose terminal cluster (panicle). The corolla broad 
