CAMPAN ULA HEDERACEA. 
IVY-LEAVED BELL-FLOWER. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAMPANULACE.&. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. Inhabits 
England. 
3 inches. 
June, July. 
Perennial, moist shade. 
No. 496. 
The derivation of Campanula has been lately no- 
ticed. The specific name, hederacea, is deduced 
from hedera, the systematic name of the ivy; and 
is used to denote the resemblance of their leaves. 
This is a close-growing plant, its foliage forming 
a green tuft on the surface of the soil. We have 
used the Campanula pumila as a summer edging, 
and when treated as directed under that article, it 
forms a remarkably neat one. The Hederacea, to 
give variety, may be used for the like purpose, and 
would not require the same precaution to prevent in- 
convenient extension. 
It has a peculiarity, which is not sufficiently indi- 
cated by the accompanying representation. Our 
draughtsman’s correct eye was misled by drawing 
from gathered specimens, which had somewhat 
diooped. Its corolla is rarely pendent ; but it has 
generally an erect position. It is the Wahlenbergia 
hederacea of Alphonso De Candolle. 
Sandy peat and loam is a suitable soil, with a ra- 
ther shady situation. If in pots, it should be divi- 
ded in September, as old plants not unfrequently 
decay in winter. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. v. 3, 739. 
