Campanula rotundifolia. Heath Bell-flower. 
CAMPANULA Lin. Gen. PI. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Cor. campauulata, fundo claufo valvis flaminiferis. Stigma trifidum. 
Caps, infera, poris lateralibus dehifcens. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 18. Herb® fructu sicco singulari flore monopet alo. 
CAMPANULA rotundifolia foliis radicalibus reniformibus, caulinis linearibus. Lin.SyJl. Vegetab. p. 17J. 
Sp. Plant, p. Z32. FI. Suec. n. 184. 
CAMPANULA foliis ferratis, radicalibus cordatis, caulinis lanceolatis. Haller. Hi/L 701» 
CAMPANULA rotundifolia. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 124. 
CAMPANULA minor rotundifolia vulgaris. Bauhin pin. 93. 
CAMPANULA rotundifolia. Ger. emac. 452. 
CAMPANULA minor fylveflris rotundifolia. Parkinfon 651. Rail Syn. p. 277. The lefter roun< 3 - 
leaved Bell-flower. Hudfon . FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 95. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 141. 
RADIX alba, crafliufcula, modice fibrofa, fubdulcis, t ROOT white, thickifh, moderately fibrous* fweetifhj 
repens. f and creeping. 
CAULES ex una radice plures, pedales et ultra, fub - 1 STALKS ; from the fame root feveral, a foot or more 
ere&i, debiles, flexuofi, teretes, glabri, folidi, | in height, fomewhat upright, but weak and 
la&efcentes, ramofi. t crooked, round, fmooth, folid, milky, and 
I branched. 
FOLIA radicalia cordato-reniformia, petiolata, dentato- f LEAVES of the root fomewhat heart or kidney fhaped, 
ferrata, caulina prope bafin lanceolata, dentata, | Banding on footftalks, toothed, or favved, 
l'umma linearia, integerrima. $ thole of the Balk near the bafe lanceolate and 
toothed, near the fummit linear and entire. 
RAMI floriferi, patuli, fimplices feu ramofi, fubnudi. | FLOWER-BRANCHES fpreading, Ample or branched, 
t almoB naked. 
FLORES perfe&e campanulati, casrulei, parum nutantes. | FLOWERS perfectly bell-fhaped, of a blue colour, and 
t drooping a little. 
CALYX: Perianthium quinquepartitum, ere£tum, | CALYX : a Perianthium divided into five fegments, 
glabrum, fulcatum, perfiBens, laciniis linea- •% upright, fmooth, grooved, permanent, the 
ribus. Jig. 1. | fegments linear, jig. r. 
COROLLA monopetala, campanulata, limbo quinque - 1 COROLLA monopetalous, bell-Biaped, divided into 
fido, laciniis acutis, patentibus. Jig. 2. | five fegments at the brim, which are pointed 
I and fpreading. Jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria, bre- f STAMINA : five very fine, fliort Filaments inferted 
viflima, inferta valvularum ne&arii apicibus ; | into the tips of the valves of the ne&ary ; 
Anther.® filamentis longiores, compreflie, •% Anther® longer than the filaments, flatten’d, 
primo purpurafcentes, dein fufcas. Jig. 3, 4, 5. | at firfl purplilh, afterwards brown. Jig. 3, 4, 5. 
PISTILLUM: Germen inferum, fulcatum; Stylus ^ PISTILLUM : Germen beneath the calyx, grooved; 
filiformis ; Stigma tripartitum, oblongum, | Style thread-fhaped ; Stigma oblong, 
crafliufculum, externe villofum, laciniis revo- ^ thickifh, externally villous, divided into three 
lutis, jig. 6. 7, 8. i fegments which are rolled back. Jig. 6, 7, 8. 
NECTARIUM in fundo corollse, conflru£tum valvulis | NECTARY in the bottom of the corolla, formed of 
quinque, acutis, conniventibus, receptaculum t five pointed valves clofing and covering the 
tegentibus. Jig. 5. | receptacle. Jig. 5. 
When the Campanula rotundifolia grows among herbage, its radical leaves, which are of a roundifh figure, at 
leafl compared with moB of the plants of the lame genus, are feldom obferved, unlefs particularly fought for, 
while thofe of the Balk are feen by every one to be linear ; hence the name of rotundfolia to mofl beginners 
appears abfurd. Linnaeus in giving it this name has followed the antient Botanifls, as will appear from con- 
fulting the lynonyms. 
This plant, as well as the Epilobium angujlifolium , points out to the fiudent the neceffity of attending to the 
following botanic axiom, thofe blojfoms which are on the point of expanfonjhew the fruSlure of the famina to the mojl 
advantage , as thofe which are overblown do that of the Jligma. 
Subject to the fame variation in point of fize with all other plants, it may be found from * two inches to a yard 
in height, its radical leaves in certain fituations are found without any notches, in which cafe it is more truly 
rotundfolia ; its blofl'oms alfo vary in their colour, being fometimes found white and fometimes purple. 
The Balks and branches, when broken, give out a milky juice, which has a difagreeable fmell. 
It grows plentifully on heaths, and by the road fides in barren hilly fituations, and flowers from June to 
September. 
Having a perennial and a creeping root it is eafily cultivated in the Garden. 
Linnjeus fays a green pigment is prepared from the flowers, but does not inform us in what manner. 
Mr. Lightfoot found it of that height in Scotland. 
