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rather short winged petioles, decaying before the stem appears. 
Stem erect, rather stout, slightly hispid, paniculately branched 
or simple. Stem-leaves numerous ; lower ones oblanccolate, sub- 
pet iolate, obtuse ; intermediate ones sessile, oblong-strapshapcd, 
sub-acute; the uppermost lanceolate - acute ; all faintly crcnatc 
and undulated, pubcrulcnt or hispid. Inflorescence racemose in 
small specimens, paniculate in luxuriant ones, definite, the ter- 
minal ilowcr opening first, or at least before the flowers in the 
upper half of the inflorescence. Plowers erect. Peduncles 1-flow- 
ered in stunted specimens, the lower ones several-flowered in lux- 
uriant plants, very slender, rather short, w r ith 2 or more subulate 
bractcolcs near the base. Calyx-tube glabrous ; segments linear- 
setaceous, entire, erect. Corolla campanulate, with the segments 
slightly recurved, nearly half the length of the whole corolla, 
ovate-lanceolate, sub-obtuse. Stigmas 3. Capsule erect, opening 
by pores at the apex of the calyx-tube. 
By roadsides, hedges, and borders of fields. Hare, and possibly 
not indigenous, though perfectly established in Kent, Surrey, 
"Worcester, Stafford, "Warwick, and Denbigh, and also reported 
from several other counties, extending North to Cleveland, in 
Yorkshire. mi i -n- • t o 
England. Licnnial. Summer. 
Stem 2 to 3 feet high, with numerous leaves up to the inflo- 
rescence. Plowers generally very numerous, f to 1 inch long, pale 
lilac-blue. In small specimens the inflorescence appears indefinite, 
except from the terminal flower opening long before its turn ; in 
luxuriant specimens, where there are flowers in the axils of the 
bracteoles on the peduncles, the paniculate form of inflorescence is 
developed. Corolla more deeply divided than in any of the previous 
species ; the calyx-segments are also longer and more slender than 
any of them, except C. rotundifolia, projecting beyond the buds 
before they open, and longer than the capsules. Plant yellowish- 
green, generally more or less hispid, but sometimes sub-glabrous. 
Rampion Bell-flower, 
French, Campanula Ravponce. German, Jiapunzel Gloclcenblunie. 
The roots of this species were at one time eaten raw in salads, or boiled like 
asparagus. They were grown iu gardens, blanched like celery. 
SPECIES VIII— CAMPANULA PAT U LA. Linn. 
Plate DCCCLXXIII. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Ilelv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MDCXIV. Fig. 1. 
BiUot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1034. 
