PHYTEU MA CAMPANULOIDES. 
CAMPANULA-FLOWERED RAMPION. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDR1A. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAMPANCLACEjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Hungary. 
2 feet. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1804. 
No. 158. 
Phyteuma, from the Greek of dioscorides, sig- 
nifying to sow or plant. Campanuloides, bearing a 
likeness to the campanula. 
In the Flora Graeca, this plant is called Phyteuma 
ellipticum ; and the editor of that work expresses a 
desire, that such specific name should supersede the 
use of the subsequently bestowed one, campanuloides. 
Usage, however, has established the one that we 
have adopted, and on that account it should be pre- 
ferred, though for other reasons, it be less desirable 
than the term ellipticum. 
The beautiful spikes of blossoms which are pro- 
duced by this plant, render it worthy a place in every 
collection ; and though each individual flower be 
not in itself of a conspicuous character, the aggre- 
gation of them produces a gay effect. Under culti- 
vation, it assumes a luxuriance and a smoothness of 
exterior, which are not its apparent characters when 
found in a wild state. 
Its roots may be divided for increase, which 
should be effected in the spring ; and a rich loamy 
soil, in an open situation, is very conducive to its 
healthy and free growth. 
Hort. Kew. 2. v. 1, 353. 
