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Show fheBRITISH HERBAL, Others, P » and Zi The whole plant is full of a milky 2. Yellow Bellflower. Theroot is long, thick, and divided into feveral parts. Thefirft leaves are fhort, narrow, pointed, and without footftalks: they rife in thick tufts, and id nearly upright, only with the points turning a little outwards. ‘The ftalks rife from the centre of thefe tufts» i are round, flender, weak, and about feven inches high: they are not at all branched, and are {carce able to fupport themfelves perfectly erect. The leaves are numerous, and ftand irregularly; they are longifh, narrow, fharp-pointed, without footftalks: they much refemble thofe f flax. The flowers are extreamly large, and very : they ftand fingly, one on each ftalk , » though fometimes there are more; and theyare an inch long, of a very fine ep, and even at the edge. he cup is di nto five parts, and remains with the feed-veflel, which is oval, fmooth, Jarge, and full of fmall feeds. It is not uncommon in France andItaly, and flowers in J une. J. Bauhine calls it Linifolia campe lutea. bel, Cam Ja linifolia lutea moutis lupi flore volubilis, The flower is indeedvery like fome of the bindweedkinds, particularly the fea bindweed, but the genera are diftinét, and this is true camDa 1 4. Linnzeus feparates this plant from among the , and ranks it as a fpecies of flax: he calls it Linum campanulatum. C.Bauhine, we have feen, calls it alfo by fuch aname; but Linneus fhouldnot follow his authority againft nature: we fhall fee that it is againft his own fyftem alfo. Let us refer to his generical charaéter of flax, Jixum, and we fhall fee that its flower, according to his own defcription, has five petals: how then can this plant be a fpecies of that genus, when its flower confifts of one, and that not fo much as divided into fegments at the rim? There are other particulars in which it differs from his generical character of num; but this is fufficient: he owns he never faw it growing. It feems a plant intended by nature to conneét the convolvulus and campanula kinds. eaved Bellflower. perfice foliis. The root is long, thick, divided into fevera] parts, and furnifhed with fibres in great abundance. The firft leaves rife in a tuft, and are long, natrow, undivided at the edges. and of a bright is round, upright, firm, ftriated, ect and a half high. $ are numerous, and ftandirregularly are long, narrow, undivided, of en, and without footftalks: there frequently rife tufts of young leaves in the bofoms of the old. The flow re very large and beautiful: they ftand in a kind of irregular {pike from the middle of the ftalk to the top : they have long footftalks, and are of a beautiful blue, fometimes white: they are broad and fhallow, anddividedinto five pointed fegments at the edge. The feed-veffel is large, oval, fmooth, and divided into three cells within, It is frequently wild in France and Germany. It flowers in June. C, Bauhine calls it Rapunculus perfice magno flore. J. Bauhine, Campanula angu cerulea et alba, 4. Pyramidal Bellflower. Campanula pyramidalis folio lato. The root is long, thick, anddivided into many parts. The firft leaves are few: they are fhort and broad, a little indented at the edges, pointed at the end, and placed on long footftalks. The ftalks are round, thick, firm, upright, andfour foot high, The leaves ftandirregularly on them, and are like thofe fromthe root, but longer in proportion to their breadth, and more ferrated: they are placed in the fame manner onlong footftalks, and are of a pleafant green. The flowers ftand from the middle to the top in a long {pike of a pyramidal form : they are large, blue, and wide open at the mouth, where they are divided into five fegments. The feed-veffél is oval, fmooth, and large. Tt is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Rapunculus hortenfis latiore folio feu, pyramidalis. Others, Campanula laéefcens pPrama S. ; z 5. Leffler pyramidal Bellflower, Campanula pyramidalis minor. Theroot is large, long, thick, and divided, The leaves that rife fromit are very numerous: they ftand on fhort footftalks, and are oblonct o> broad, fharply ferrated at the edges, and fharp- pointed. The ftalk is round, erect, firm, and five feet high. The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are of Th BRITISH HERBAL. 6. Rock Rampion. Campanula petrea foliis variis. The root is long, thick, fingle, and has few fibres. The firft leaves ftand on long, flender footftalks, and are of a cordated form, indented at the bafe, and fharp-pointed: they are undivided at the edges, and of a dufky green. Theftalks are numerous, fix or eight inches high, round, fmooth, and firm. The leaves ftandirregularly on thefe, and are altogether unlike thofe from the root: they are tong, narrow, and fharp-pointed, notat all indented at the bafe, and undivided at the edges. The flowers are fmall, and of a bright blue: they ftand in {mall oval heads: one of thefe heads termiinates each ftalk, and confifts of a vaft multitude of flowers. Thefeed-veffel is oval, fmall, and {mooth. It grows among rocks in Germany and Italy. Alpinus calls ic Repunculus petrens, and others follow him exactly. 7. Serrated Rampion. Campanula foliis anguftis profunde ferratis. Therootis long, thick, white, and undivided, The leaves which firft rife from it are fhort, fomewhat broad, deeply ferrated, and without foorftalks. There follow thefe another fet of leaves, which are alfo without footftalks ; but they are longer and narrower, and more deeply ferrated. In the centre of thefe rifes the ftalk, which is round, firm, upright, and two foot and a half high. The leaves. ftand irregularly on it, and are like the fecond from the root, very narrow, long, and deeply ferrated, and without footftalks. The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalk, and on long footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves: they are large and blue, deeply divided into five fegments, and open. Thefeed-veffel is oval and fmall. * It is not uncommonin the woods of Germany, and flowers in June. C. Bauhinecalls it Repunculus nemorofus angu/tifolius major majore flore. 8. Oval-leaved Bellflower. the fhape of thofe from the root, but without footftalks. The flowers are large, numerous, and of a Campanula foliis ovatis Jerratis. pale blue, fomeimes white, as in the other {pe- The root is long, flender, and white, The firft leaves are roundifh and ferrated: they ftand on long footftalks, and are not very nume- and they grow feveral together upon very long rous. the leaves, as well as at the topof the main ftalk: the pedicles which fupport themare fo weak that they commonly droop. The feed-veffel is {mall, oval, fmooth, anddividedinto three cells, wherein is a great quantity The ftalk rifes in the centre of the tuft, and is round, erect, and but little branched. The leaves ftandalternately on long footftalks, andare of an oval figure, pointed at the ends, and fharply ferrated. Thofe toward the lower part are broader and fhorter, thofe toward the cies: they are deeply divided into five fegments; and flender footftalks, rifing fromthe bofom of of fimall feed. It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe in dampplaces; and flowers in June. Alpinus calls it Campanula pyramidalis minor. 3 6. Rack 73 upper, narrower and longer; and juft at the top there are a few ofa different form, oblong, without footftalks, and noe ferrated, The flowers are large, and of a pale blue: they ftand on long and flender footftalks about the top of the plant, and are not very numerous. Thefeed-veffel is oval and fmooth. It is frequent in the Hartsforeft. C. Bauhine calls it Campanula foliis fubrotundis. When it grows on barren ground the flowers are often white, 9. Broad-leaved cluftered Bellflower. Campanula latifolia floribus confertis. The rootis long, flender, white, and hung with many fibres. The firft leaves are oblong, broad, and placed onlong, redifh footftalks: they are not dented at the bafe, but are broadeft there, and gradually narrower to the point; and they area little hairy, The ftalk rifes in the centre, and is round, flender, not at all branched, pale coloured, and fomewhat hairy: it is about ten inches high. The leaves ftand irregularly on it: they are like thofe from the root, but narrower, fharp- pointed, not dented at the edges, but little hairy: thofe on the lower part have fhort footftalks, the others none. The flowers ftand in a thick clufter at the top of the ftalk: they are {mall, and of a beautiful blue, deep, and divided into five fegments at the edge. Thefeed-veffel is oval, fmooth, and divided into three parts and full of {mall feed. It is a native of France and moft other parts of Europe. i C, Bauhine calls it Rapunculus latifoljus umbel- Jatus. In Englifh it is commonly called Umbellated rampion. Moft of the fpecies of Jdel/fower are efculent plants, particularly the principal of the rampions, The roots of feveral of thefe are eaten in fpring, in the mannerof radifhes, raw or boiled, and they are kept in fome gardens for that purpofe: they are tender, full of a milky juice, and well tafted, They are faid to increafe milk in the breafts of nurfes, but that is an idle conceit, grounded only on the milky look of their ownjuice. The common various-leaved bellflower is cele brated in fome places as a cure for the {curvy : they take the juice in fpring, with that of cleavers, water crefs, and brooklime. When fo many things of known virtue are ufed together it is not eafy to fay whether fuch an addition has muchefficacy. The root of any of the rampion kinds, if eaten in due quantity, operate by urine; and they are fuppofed to create an appetite. We do not ufe them much in England, but they are in great efteem in France and Italy. They cut them inte thin flices, and eat themwithoil and vinegar. GENUS |
