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Show The Hi)lory of P L A N T S. 5. Campanula caule angulato, calycibus pedunculatis fimplicibus, laciniis ciliatis. The angular-:flalhed Campanula, with jingle pedunculated cups, with ciliated figments. The root is oblong, white, and efculent; the radical leaves are large, broad, cordated and fer rated at the edges: the fialk is large, angular, hairy, and two or three feet high: the leaves fiand alternately on it, and much refemble thofe of the common . flinging nettle; the lower ones have long pedicles, the upper iliorter : the flowers fiand on pedicles ariting from the alre of the leaves; they are large, blue, and hairy within. We have this, in many parts of England, by road-fides, and in dry pafl:ures. Clu-fius calls it, Trachelium vulgare ; Dodonreus, Cervicaria major; C. Bauhine, Campa-nula foliis urticre. 6. Campanula caule Jubdivifo, foliis oblongis crenatis, calycibus corolla longioribus. :fhe divided-flalhed, oblong, crenated-leaved Campanula, with long cups. 11tnu..S 1LOOk:;: tng:::glnf.s. The root is fmall, oblong, white, fingle, and furniilied with large fibres : the radical leaves are an inch long, near half an inch broad, and crenated at the edges : the fralk is weak, eight or ten inches high, and divided into feveral branches, almofi: immediately from the root, and thefe often divided again into others : the leaves frand irregularly; they are iliort, fmall, crenated round the edges, and obtufe at the ends: the flowers grow from the alre of the leaves ; they are large, and of a beautiful pur-ple colour. It is a native of England, and is frequent in the corn-fields of fame parts of' the kingdom. Ray calls it, Speculum Veneris; C. Bauhine, Campanula arvenfis eretla. The other fpecies of Campanula are very numerous. The principal are, I. T he great, broad-leaved, blue Campanula. 2; The narrower, nettle-leaved Campanula. 3· The tall, pyramidal Campanula. 4· The tuberous, atriplex-leaved Campanula. 5· The hoary-leaved Campanula. 6. The Spaniili Campanula, with divided leaves. 7· The long,. livid-leaved, Alpine Campanula. 8 .. The round-headed Campanula. 9· The teucnum-leaved Campanula. I o. The echmm-leaved, hairy-flowered Cam· panula. I I. The tragopogon-leaved Campanula. 1 ?.. The peach-leaved Campanula. 13. The fingle-flowered Campanula. 14. The patulous-flowered, rigid-leaved Campanula. J 5· The daify-leaved Carnpanula. 16: The flax-leaved Campanula. I7· The tvy-leaved Campanula. I 8. The ferpyllum-leaved Campanula. I 9· The dividedleaved Campanula. 20 .. The great-pentagonal Campanula, with long and broad leaves. 21. The perfoha!e, pentagonal Campanula. 22. The pyramidal- fp iked Campanula. 23. The cormculate Campanula. 24. The fcabious-headed Campanula. 2 5· The procumbent, long-flowered Carnpanula. 26. The long, divided-leaved Carnpanula. 27. The r~und-leaved, fmall-~owered Campanula. 28. The laciniated- leaved Campanula, with ha~d, woolly frutt. 29. The ragwort-leaved Campanula. 30. The fingle-flowered, lychnts-leaved Campanula. 31. The crenated-leaved, patulous- flowered. Campanula. 32. The poppy-headed Campanula. 33· The dwarf Campanula, w1th flowers only on one fide. ROELLA. T H E cal~x. is a _Permanent perianthium, formed of one leaf of a turbinated figure, dtvtded mto five large lanceolated, acute, dentated fegments, and placed on t~e g~rmen: the corolla confifi:s of a fingle petal, and is deciduous; it is of an infundtbuh~ o~m ~ape. The tube is a little ihorter than the cup: the limb is credopatent, d1vtded mto fi~e parts, and longer than the cup : the netl:arium is formed of five fquamma!, placed m the bottom of the flower, and connivent : the fiamina are five fubulated filaments, fituate on the netl:arium: the antherre are fubul ated and con-nivent, Th~ Hiflory of P L A N T S. nivent, df the length of the filaments, and of the height of the cup : the germen is oblong, and placed un~er the rec~ptacle of the flower : the ftyle is filiform, and of the. l~ngth of th~ framma : the fr1gmata are two, oblong, depreffed, and patent: the fruit ts a cylmdr1c capfule, iliorter· than the cup, compofed of a fingl~ valve, but containing two cells, and coronated with the cup, grown larger than at firft : the feeds are numerous and angular. · P H Y T. E tJ M A. THE perianthium is formed of a fihgle leaf, divided into five fegments, eretl:o-pa.:. tent, and placed on the germ en t the corolla is ·campo fed of a fingle petal, ftellated, patent, and divided into five parts ; the fegments of a linear figure, acute and bent backwards. The fiamina are five filaments, iliorter than the corolla : the anther~ are oblong } the germcn is placed below the receptacle : the fiyle is filiform, of the length of the corolla, and crooked : the frigma is tripartite, oblong, and revolute : the capfule is roundifh, and contains three cells ; the feeds are numerous, fmall, and roundilh. r. Phyteuma foliis lacinlatis,jlori!Jus pyramidatis. . ttetic lltant~ The laciniated-leaved P hyteuma, with pyramidated flowers. pton.s. The root is large, oblong, white and efcuient; the radical ieaves are iarge, broad, like thofe of fuccory in iliape, and laciniated at the edges : they frand in large clufl:ers, and are of a deep gteen above, and fomewhat purpliili below : the fl:alk is round, frriated, and thick; it grows to three or four feet high : the leaves ftand clofe on it, and are like the radical ones, but narrower 1 the flowers are moderately large, and of a beautiful purple; they ftand on the tops of the fralks and branches, in thick pyramidal fpikes. . This is a native of the eafiern parts of the world, but we have it frequently in our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Rapunculus Creticus five Pyramidalis altera; J ~ Bauhine, Rapunculus Creticus petromarula; and Pontedera, Petromarula five lactuca petrrea. 2. P hyteuma Joliis anguflioribus, jloribus glomeratis. The narrow-leaved, glomerated-jlowered, P hyteuma. The root of this fpecies is very large, tuberous, and of a fweet tafl:e; the radical leaves are of an oval figure, obtufe at the point, crenated round the edges, and of a deep green colour; they frand on very long pedicles: the ftalk is fiender, frriated, an~ not more than fix inches high : the leaves fi:and clofely and ir.regularly dn it; they are oblong, narrow, and crenated round the edges; at the top of the fialk fiands a cluf~ ter of five or fix of them, and from this rife the flowers, twenty, or more, of which are clofe fet together, in a kind of head: they are moderately large, and of a beautiful purpliih-blue colour. This is a native of fame of the northern parts of Europe ; we have it alfo in our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Rapunculus Alpinus corniculatus. The other fpecies ofPhyteuma are, 1. The blue-fpiked, comofe Phyteuma. 2. The yellow and narrow-leaved Phyteuma. 3· The long-leaved, orbicular-fpiked Phyteuma~ 4· The graffy-leaved Phyteuma. 5· The fcabious-headed Phyteuma. 6. The narrow, dentated-leaved Phyteuma. 7· The narrow-leaved, many-flowered Phyteuma. 8. The long and rigid-leaved Phyteuma. 9· The tall, fmooth, and rigid-leaved Phyteuma. 1 o. The roundiili-leaved Phyteuma. T R A C H E L I U M. T HE calyx is a very fmall perianthium, divided into five fegments, and placed on the germen : the corolla confifi:s of a fingle petal, of the infundibuliform kind : the tube is cylindric, very long and fiender ; the limb is patulous, fmall, and divided into five parts : the fegments are oval and concave : the framina are five capillary filaments, of the length of the corolla: the antherre are fimple; the germen is of a triquetrous, but roundi(h, figure, and placed below the receptacle : the fiyle is filiform, and twice as long as the corolla ; the frigma is globofe; the fruit is a roundill1, ob~ 4 B tufely |