CAMPANULACE.E. 9 
SPECIES II.— CAMPANULA TRACHELIUM. Lmn. 
Plate DCCCXLVII. 
',. Ic. PI. Germ, et IIclv. Vol. XTX. Tab. MDC. Fig. 1. 
Jltllot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsioc. No. 2105. 
Hootstock short, thickened, woody, sending down thickened 
fleshy fibres, not stolonifcrous. Stems stout, erect, sparingly 
retrorsely hispid, simple or slightly branched, lladical leaves 
on long stalks, triangular - ovate, deeply - cordate ; stem-leaves 
similar ; the lower ones on short stalks, the upper narrower and 
sessile ; all acute, coarsely doubly serrate, hispid-bristly, especially 
on the veins and margins. Inflorescence a racemose panicle, de- 
finite, with the terminal flower opening first. Flowers erect or 
inclined, shortly stalked, terminal and in the axils of the leaves. 
Peduncles short, 1- to 3-flowered, with 2 lanceolate bracteoles 
below the middle. Calxy-tube bristly, without reflex appendages 
in the angles between the segments ; segments lanceolate-trian- 
gular. Corolla widely campanulate ; segments sub-erect, about 
one -third of the whole corolla, ovate-acute. Stigmas 3. Capsule 
nodding, opening by pores at the base of the calyx-tube. 
In woods and bushy places, preferring a chalky soil, but gene- 
rally distributed and common in the South of England, becoming 
rarer towards the North, and very doubtfully native in Scotland, 
ay here it occurs in the counties of Edinburgh, Eife, and Lanark. 
England, [Scotland,] Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer. 
Stem 18 inches to 3 feet high, stout, leafy, with the leaves 
bearing considerable resemblance to those of the common nettle, 
except that they are doubly serrate instead of only inciso-serrate. 
Elowers 1J to 2 inches long, bright bluish-purple. Peduncles 
rather short, produced from the axils of the upper leaves, which are 
similar to the lower ones, but smaller : in small specimens these 
peduncles bear only a single flower, but have 2 large leaf-like 
bracteoles about the middle, in which abortive buds may be per- 
ceived ; in luxuriant specimens these lateral buds develop into 
flowers, so that the peduncles in such become 3-flowered. Calyx- 
tube always bristly ; segments sometimes so, and always ciliated. 
Plant deep-green, harsh to the touch from the stiffness of the short 
bristly hairs on the leaves. 
Nellie-leaved Bcll-jloicer. 
French, Campanula Gantelee. German, Xesselbllittrige Gloc/cenblume. 
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