10 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
This species is also called Great Throat-wort and Canterbury Bell, in allusion, pro- 
bably, to the bells carried by pilgrims in processions to the shrine of Thomas a Becket at 
Canterbury. It is frequently admitted into gardens, and much admired. The specific 
name is given to it from rpaxyXog (trachelos), the neck, in allusion to its reputed virtues 
in disorders of the throat, in which the older authors believe. Gerard e writes : " We 
have found, of our own experience, that they are excellent good against the inflam- 
mation of the throate and uvula or almonds, and all manner of cankers and ulcerations 
in the mouth, if the mouth and throat be gargarised and washed with the decoction 
of them." 
SPECIES III. -CAMPANULA LATIPOLIA. Linn. 
Plate DCCCLXVIII. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MDXCIX. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1032. 
Itootstock short, thickened, somewhat woody, sending clown 
slender fibres, not stoloniferons. Stems stout, erect, sparingly 
retrorsely pubescent, simple. Radical leaves on long stalks, tri- 
angular-ovate, cordate ; stem-leaves similar ; the lower ones sub- 
cordate, with short winged petioles ; the intermediate ones atten- 
uated into the petiole ; the uppermost narrowly lanceolate or 
elliptical and sessile ; all acute, coarsely doubly-serrate, hispid- 
pubescent, especially on the veins and margins. Inflorescence 
a raceme, indefinite, with the lowest flower of the raceme opening 
first, and the others succeeding in regular order. Mowers erect 
or inclined, shortly stalked, 1 terminal, and all the rest axillary. 
Peduncles 1-nowered (very rarely 2- or 3-flowered), with 2 small 
strapshaped bracteoles about the middle. Calyx -tube glabrous 
(rarely hispid), puberulent at the base ; segments strapshaped- 
lanceolate, erect. Corolla campanulate, with the segments erect, 
rather more than one -third of the whole corolla triangular- 
lanceolate, acute. Stigmas 3. Capsule nodding, opening by pores 
at the base of the calyx-tube. 
In woods and bushy places. E-are in the South of England, 
but not uncommon in the North ; plentiful in Scotland, but not 
extending North of Argyle, Moray, and Aberdeen. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer 
and Autumn. 
Stem 2 to 4 feet high, very stout and densely leafy, the lowest 
leaves decayed by the time of flowering. Raceme sometimes very 
long ; the lowest flowers from the axils of leaves, which are 3 to 
6 inches long, decreasing upwards, until at the apex they become 
less than \ an inch long. Corolla 1^ to 2\ inches long, very pale- 
