CAMPATULACE.E. 7 
rarely only abrupt at the base ; stem-leaves few ; the lowest leaves 
similar to the radical ones ; intermediate ones sub-petiolate, nar- 
rower ; upper ones distant, small, sessile, lanceolate ; uppermost 
linear ; radical and lower stem-leaves irregularly crenate-serrate : 
upper ones entire. Flower-heads oblong-ovoid in flower, elongated- 
cylindrical in fruit. Bracts linear-subulate. Calyx-teeth subulate. 
Segments of the corolla at length separating throughout. Capsule 
2-celled, occasionally 3-celled. 
In woods and thickets, in the parishes of Mayfield and \Yaldron, 
Sussex. 
England. Perennial. Late Summer. 
Eootstock similar to that of P. orbiculare, but larger. Stem 
18 inches to 3 feet high. The lower leaves almost always distinctly 
cordate at the base ; the stem-leaves much fewer than in the pre- 
ceding species, and the sessile leaves not commencing till above the 
middle of the stem, the upper third of which is nearly leafless. 
Heads 1 to 1J inch long in flower, 2 to 4 inches in fruit. Flowers 
yellowish-white : said to be sometimes blue on the Continent, but 
1 am not aware that this form has occurred in Britain. Styles 
much exserted, more hairy than in P. orbiculare, and usually with 
2 instead of 3 stigmas. 
Spiked Rampion* 
French, Raiponce en Epi. German, Ahiger Teufelshr alien. 
GENUS IV— CAMPANULA. L 
inn. 
Calyx-limb 5-partite. Corolla oblong-ovoid and straight in bud, 
campanulate or sub-rotate, with 5 short and broad segments, which 
are generally slightly recurved. Stamens 5 ; filaments usually dilated 
at the base ; anthers free. Style filiform, hairy, cleft at the apex 
into 3 to 5 elongated stigmatiferous lobes. Capsule ovoid-turbinatc 
or prismatic, opening by 3 to 5 holes or pores on the side either at 
the base or the apex, or by 2 to 5 valves within the calyx-segments, 
when a portion of the ovary rises above the latter. 
Ilerbs or undershrubs, with the leaves alternate, rarely oppo- 
site, the radical ones stalked ; those on the stem generally sessile 
or semi-amplexicaul. Flowers generally showy, blue, purple, or 
white, commonly disposed in panicles : that of the blue- and 
purple-flowered species occasionally show white-flowered indivi- 
duals. 
The name of this genus of plants is the diminutive of campana, a bell, meaning 
a little belL 
