blue, funnel-shaped. June. _l._ entire, or remotely-denticulated,
linear-acuminated. Stems numerous, erect, slender, simple, naked at
top. _h._ 3in. to 6in. Switzerland and Transylvania, 1820. Rockery.
A rare species, requiring to be treated like _cenisia_. (L. B. C.
561.)
=C. floribunda= (many-flowered). A synonym of _C. isophylla_.
=C. fragilis= (fragile).* _fl._ clear lilac-purple, white in
the centre, solitary or in pairs, axillary, erect, or nearly
so, on spreading branches. July and August. _l._, radical ones
reniform, or roundish-cordate, rather deeply lobed; cauline ones
broadly-ovate, slightly cordate, all stalked. _h._ 4in. to 6in.
South Italy. SYN. _C. Barrelierii_. (B. M. 6504.)
=C. garganica= (Gargano).* _fl._ axillary, in fascicles; corollas
blue, rotate, deeply five-lobed. May to September. _l._, radical
ones reniform, on long petioles; cauline ones cordate, all
crenately toothed, downy. _h._ 3in. to 6in. Italy, 1832. An
extremely variable species. Rockery, in rich sandy loam. (B. R.
1768.)
[Illustration: FIG. 343. FLOWER-SPIKE OF CAMPANULA GLOMERATA.]
=C. glomerata= (clustered).* _fl._ sessile, disposed in terminal
heads on the branches and stems; corollas bluish-violet or
white, glabrous, except the nerves outside, funnel-shaped.
May to September. _l._ serrulated; radical ones ovate, acute;
bracts ovate, acuminated. Stems simple, or branched. _h._ 1ft.
to 2ft. Britain, &c. Borders. See Fig. 343. (Sy. En. B. 866.) A
double-flowered variety, and also a white-flowered form, are very
desirable. There are numerous varieties of this species which are
frequently described as distinct species. The following are among
the number:
=C. g. cervicaroides= (Cervicaria-like). _fl._ bluish-violet,
terminal and axillary. Lower leaves on long petioles. Stem
flexuous, hairy.
=C. g. elliptica= (elliptical). _fl._ blue, large, capitate. _l._
on long petioles, elliptic; bracts large, often longer than the
flowers.
=C. g. nicæensis= (Nice). _fl._ bluish-violet, disposed in short,
dense spikes. _l._ approximate, ovate, acute, sessile.
=C. g. pusilla= (diminutive).* _fl._ few, capitate. _l._ round,
cordate. _h._ 1in. to 2in. In addition to these, there are
_aggregata_ and _speciosa_ (= _dahurica_). The latter is an
excellent variety, with large heads of deep-coloured flowers.
=C. grandiflora= (large-flowered). _See_ =Platycodon grandiflorum=.
=C. grandis= (large).* _fl._ pale violet-blue, broadly bell-shaped,
with large pointed divisions, axillary and alternate, on the upper
part of the stem. June. _l._ sessile, lanceolate, serrated. Stem
simple, furrowed. _h._ 1ft. to 2ft. Siberia, 1842. Borders. There
is also a very showy white-flowered variety named _alba_.
=C. haylodgensis= (Hay Lodge). _fl._ light blue, rather open,
bell-shaped, few, at the ends of the stems. August. _l._,
radical ones tufted, roundish-cordate, with the margins slightly
indented; cauline ones ovate-cordate, conspicuously toothed, light
green. _h._ 6in. to 9in. Rockery. This is a hybrid, raised by
Mr. Anderson-Henry, Hay Lodge, Edinburgh, probably between _C.
carpathica_ and _C. pusilla_.
=C. hederacea= (Ivy-like). _See_ =Wahlenbergia hederacea=.
=C. Hostii= (Host's).* A synonym of _C. rotundifolia Hostii_.
=C. isophylla= (equal-leaved).* _fl._ numerous, erect, disposed
in a corymb; corolla lilac-blue, with a grey centre, large,
salver-shaped, deeply five-lobed. August. _l._ broadly ovate,
cordate, and toothed. Stems firm. North Italy, 1868. Borders and
rockery. SYN. _C. floribunda_. (B. M. 5745.)
C. i. alba (white).* _fl._ pure white; in other respects like the
species. It is a charming rockery plant, flowering very freely.
[Illustration: FIG. 344. FLOWERS OF CAMPANULA LACINIATA.]
=C. laciniata= (cut-leaved). _fl._ long-stalked, in lax panicles.
Stem erect, branchy, somewhat hairy. _h._ 1ft. Islands in Grecian
Archipelago, 1790. This biennial species is impatient of much
moisture during winter, and is therefore best kept in a cold frame.
See Fig. 344.
=C. lactiflora= (milk-coloured-flowered).* _fl._ in loose panicles;
peduncles erect, short, usually three-flowered; corollas erect,
milk-coloured, tinged with blue, or quite blue, as in the variety
named _cœrulea_. July to September. _l._ sessile. ovate-lanceolate,
acutely serrated. Stems branched. _h._ 2ft. to 6ft. Caucasus, 1814.
Borders. SYN. _C. celtidifolia_. See Fig. 339. (B. R. 241.)
[Illustration: FIG. 345. CAMPANULA LANGSDORFFIANA.]
=C. Langsdorffiana= (Langsdorff's). _fl._ blue, either solitary or
in few-flowered panicles, not unlike those of _C. rotundifolia_.
_l._ either entire or toothed. _h._ 3in. to 9in. Mountains of
Northern Asia and America. Perennial. See Fig. 345.
=C. latifolia= (broad-leaved). _fl._ disposed in spicate racemes;
peduncles erect, one-flowered; corolla blue, but sometimes white
(in the variety _alba_) campanulately funnel-shaped, large. July.
_l._ large, doubly serrated; radical ones petiolate, cordate,
ovate-oblong; cauline ones sessile, ovate-acuminated. Stems simple,
smooth. _h._ 1ft. to 2ft. Britain. (Sy. En. B. 868.)
=C. l. eriocarpa= (woolly-fruited). _fl._, tube of calyx very
hispid. _l._ less acuminated. Stem and leaves pilose and pale.
Caucasus, 1823. Borders.
=C. l. macrantha= (large-flowered).* _fl._, corollas purplish-blue,
larger than those of the type. Stem and leaves rather pilose; teeth
of leaves more distinct. A hybrid. Borders.
=C. Loefflingii= (Lœffling's). _fl._ solitary, terminating the
naked branchlets, loosely panicled, drooping; corolla blue or
violaceous, with a deeper-coloured zone beneath the middle,
white at the base, both inside and out, funnel-shaped. July.
_l._ crenulated; lower ones ovate-reniform; superior ones ovate,
stem-clasping. Stem much branched. Annual. _h._ 6in. to 18in.
South-west Europe, 1818. (B. R. 29, 19.)
=C. Loreyi= (Lorey's). A synonym of _C. ramosissima_.
=C. lyrata= (lyrate). _fl._ disposed in a long, many-flowered,
loose raceme; corolla blue, tubular, with rather pilose nerves.
June. _l._, lower ones petiolate, cordate, ovate, acute, crenated;
superior ones sessile, ovate-lanceolate, serrate-toothed. Stem
branched. Eastern Europe, Levant, &c., 1823. Borders.
[Illustration: FIG. 346. CAMPANULA MACROSTYLA.]
=C. macrostyla= (large-styled). _fl._ dull purple, reticulated with
violet, solitary, on stout stalks; hairy towards the base. July.
_l._, lower ones ovate-oblong, acute; upper ones ovate-lanceolate,
recurved, small for the size of the plant, hispid on both surfaces,
and ciliated with bristles. _h._ 1ft. to 2ft. Taurus Mountains.
Annual. Borders. The rigid habit, bristly, almost prickly, stem
and leaves, curious calyx appendages, short gaping corolla, and
wonderful stigma, mark this as the most singular Campanula hitherto
introduced. See Fig. 346.
=C. Medium= (middle-sized).* Canterbury Bells. _fl._ numerous,
large, disposed in racemes; corolla blue, purple, and white,
campanulate, inflated, single and double. July. _l._ sessile,
ovate-lanceolate, crenately toothed. Stem erect, branched. _h._
1ft. to 4ft. South Europe, 1597. See Fig. 347. A well-known and
very handsome biennial, of which there are numerous varieties.
Borders.
=C. muralis= (wall).* A synonym of _C. Portenschlagiana_.
=C. nana= (dwarf). A synonym of _C. Allionii_.
=C. nitida= (shining).* _fl._ blue or white, disposed in spicate
racemes; corolla campanulately rotate. Summer. _l._ in rosettes,
leathery, very dark and shining green, oblong, crenated; cauline
ones linear-lanceolate, almost entire. Stem simple. _h._ 3in. to
9in. North America, 1731. Borders. There are also double blue and
white flowered forms of this species. SYN. _C. planiflora_.
=C. nobilis= (noble).* _fl._ drooping, crowded towards the
ends of the branchlets; corollas reddish-violet, or white, or
cream-coloured, spotted, 3in. or more long. July. _l._ hairy; lower
ones petiolate, ovate, toothed; upper ones lanceolate, nearly or
quite sessile. _h._ 2ft. China, 1844. Borders. (B. R. 32, 65.)
There is also a white-flowered variety.
=C. patula= (spreading). _fl._ panicled, terminal, and axillary, on
long pedicels, large, erect; corollas blue or white, funnel-shaped.
July. _l._, radical ones crowded, obovate, crenated; cauline ones
linear-lanceolate, sessile, nearly entire. Stems branched. Branches
diverging. Europe. Borders. (Sy. En. B. 873.)
[Illustration: FIG. 347. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CAMPANULA MEDIUM.]
=C. peregrina= (foreign).* _fl._ disposed in a dense spicate
raceme, sessile; corollas of a dark violet colour at the base,
not so deep in the middle, and paler towards the margins,
funnel-shaped. July. _l._ crenated; lower ones obovate; superior
ones ovate, acute. Stem simple, angular. _h._ 2ft. Mount Lebanon,
1794. Borders. (B. M. 1257.)
=C. persicæfolia= (Peach-leaved).* _fl._ terminal and axillary,
pedunculate, solitary, inclined, racemose; corollas blue and all
the intermediate shades to white, large, broadly campanulate. July.
_l._ glabrous, stiff, crenulated; radical ones lanceolate-obovate;
cauline ones linear-lanceolate. Stems nearly simple. _h._ 1ft. to
3ft. Britain. (Sy. En. B. 871.) The forms of _C. persicæfolia_ are
very numerous in gardens. The following are well worth growing:
_alba_, pure white, single-flowered; _alba coronata_, pure white,
semi-double; _alba fl.-pl._, flowers very double and Camellia-like,
constituting one of the best hardy flowers for cutting; _cærulea
coronata_, blue, in form like the white; _cærulea fl.-pl._, flowers
semi-double.
=C. phrygia= (Phrygian). _fl._, corolla bluish-violet,
spreading, having the nerves more intensely coloured. July. _l._
ovate-lanceolate, crenated; lower ones obtuse, upper acute. Stem
branched. Branches very naked, divaricate, each terminating in
a single flower. _h._ 3in. to 6in. Mount Olympus, 1820. Rockery
annual.
=C. planiflora= (flat-flowered). A synonym of _C. nitida_.
=C. Portenschlagiana= (Portenschlag's).* _fl._ light blue-purple,
erect, or nearly so, bell-shaped, with spreading segments, several
at the ends of the shoots, and one or two in the upper axils.
June, July. _l._, radical ones broadly reniform, conspicuously but
irregularly toothed, on long slender petioles; cauline ones passing
from reniform to ovate. _h._ 6in. to 9in. South Europe. Rockery.
SYN. _C. muralis_. (B. R. 1995.)
=C. primulæfolia= (Primula-leaved). _fl._ disposed in a spicate
raceme; corolla blue or purple, with a whitish downy bottom,
campanulately rotate, nearly glabrous. July. _l._ unequally and
doubly crenated; radical ones lanceolate, bluntish; cauline ones
ovate-oblong, acute. Stem hispid, simple. _h._ 1ft. to 3ft.
Portugal. Borders. (B. M. 4879.)
=C. pulla= (russet).* _fl._ terminal, large for the size of the
plant; corollas violaceous-blue, campanulate. June. _l._ glabrous,
crenulately toothed; lower ones on short petioles, ovate-roundish;
superior ones sessile, ovate, acute. Stems rarely pilose at the
base. _h._ 3in. to 6in. Eastern Europe, 1779. Rockery, in rich
sandy peat and leaf soil. (L. B. C. 554.)
=C. pumila= (dwarf). A synonym of _C. pusilla_.
[Illustration: FIG. 348. UPPER PORTION OF FLOWERING STEM OF CAMPANULA
PUNCTATA.]
=C. punctata= (dotted). _fl._ whitish, spotted with red on the
inner surface; large, pendulous. _l._ ovate-acute, somewhat
crenate. Stem simple, erect, few-flowered. _h._ 1-1/2ft. Siberia,
Japan, &c. Border perennial. See Fig. 348.
=C. pusilla= (small).* _fl._ axillary and terminal at the upper
part of the slender stems, pendulous, bell-shaped, passing from
deep blue to white. July, August. _l._, radical ones tufted,
broadly ovate or roundish, slightly cordate, obtusely serrated, on
petioles longer than the laminæ; cauline ones linear-lanceolate,
distinctly toothed, sessile. _h._ 4in. to 6in. Southern Europe.
SYN. _C. pumila_. (B. M. 512.) There is a pale-coloured variety
named _pallida_, and a pure white variety named _alba_, both
of which, as well as the species, are most desirable for the
embellishment of rockeries, or for planting in sandy soil as a
front line for a border.
[Illustration: FIG. 349. CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS, showing Habit and
Flower.]
=C. pyramidalis= (pyramidal).* Chimney Bell-flower. _fl._ very
numerous, pedicellate, usually three together from the same bract,
the whole disposed in a large pyramidal raceme, which is loose at
the base; corollas pale blue or white, with a dark base. July.
_l._ glandularly toothed; lower ones petiolate, ovate-oblong,
somewhat cordate; cauline ones sessile, ovate-lanceolate. Stem
nearly simple, but furnished with floriferous branchlets. _h._ 4ft.
to 5ft. Europe, 1596. See Figs. 349 and 350. There are several
excellent varieties, but the light and dark blue and white are the
best. Borders, and for pot culture.
=C. Raineri= (Rainer's).* _fl._ blue, erect; corolla turbinate.
June. _l._ almost sessile, ovate, tomentose, remotely serrated;
lower ones the smallest, obovate. Stems erect, firm, branched.
Branches one-flowered, leafy. _h._ 2in. to 3in. Switzerland, Italy,
&c., 1826. A beautiful little alpine, requiring a warm position in
rich gritty soil; it must be religiously protected against slugs.
(F. d. S. 1908.)
[Illustration: FIG. 350. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS.]
=C. ramosissima= (much-branched). _fl._, corolla with a white
base; middle part or base of the lobes pale blue, and the lobes
bluish-violet; peduncles long, naked, glabrous, bearing each an
erect flower at the apex. June. _l._ sessile, glaucous; lower ones
obovate, crenated; middle ones ovate-lanceolate; superior ones
linear, entire. Stem branched. _h._ 6in. to 12in. South Europe,
1824. Annual. SYN. _C. Loreyi_. (B. M. 2581.)
=C. r. flore-albo= (white-flowered) only differs from the type in
having white flowers.
[Illustration: FIG. 351. CAMPANULA RAPUNCULUS.]
=C. rapunculoides= (Rapunculus-like).* _fl._ drooping, solitary,
disposed in spike-formed racemes, secund, but usually hanging on
all sides in strong garden specimens; corollas bluish-violet,
funnel-shaped, and bearded a little inside. June. _l._ scabrous,
ovate, acuminated; radical ones petiolate, cordate, crenulated;
cauline ones serrulated. Stems glabrous or scabrous, usually
branched in gardens, but simple in the wild state. _h._ 2ft. to
4ft. Europe. Borders. (Sy. En. B. 869.)
=C. r. trachelioides= (Trachelium-like). Stem and leaves, but
particularly the calyx, beset with stiff white hairs.
=C. Rapunculus= (little turnip).* Rampion. _fl._ nearly sessile, or
pedicellate, erect, forming a long raceme, which is branched at the
base; corolla blue or white, funnel-shaped. July. _l._, lower ones
obovate, on short petioles, nearly entire; cauline ones sessile,
linear-lanceolate, entire. Stem simple, but sometimes furnished
with a few branches towards the top. _h._ 2ft. to 3ft. Europe.
Borders. See Fig. 351. (Sy. En. B. 872.)
=C. rhomboidalis= (rhomboidal). _fl._ usually drooping, few,
disposed in loose racemes, pedunculate; corolla blue, campanulate.
July. _l._ sessile, ovate, acute, serrate. Stem glabrous, or a
little pilose, furnished with flower-bearing branches at top. _h._
1ft. to 2ft. Europe, 1775. Border. SYN. _C. rhomboidea_. (L. B. C.
603.)
=C. rhomboidea= (diamond-leaved). A synonym of _C. rhomboidalis_.
=C. rotundifolia= (round-leaved).* Blue-bell; Hare-bell. _fl._
drooping, solitary, pedunculate, few on each stem; corolla deep
blue, campanulate. June to August. _l._, radical ones petiolate,
cordate roundish, crenately toothed; cauline ones linear or
lanceolate. Stems numerous. _h._ 6in. to 12in. Britain. (Sy. En. B.
870.)
=C. r. alba= (white).* _fl._ white, the same size as those of the
type. Stems much more leafy.
=C. r. Hostii= (Host's).* _fl._ rich blue, much larger than those
of the type, produced on stouter profusely branched stems. July,
August. _l._, radical ones roundish only in a very early state;
cauline ones linear, acuminate, sometimes 3in. to 4in. long. SYN.
_C. Hostii_. See Fig. 339. There is a white-flowered form of this,
not quite so vigorous as the blue-flowered form, but the flowers
are equal in size.
[Illustration: FIG. 352. FLOWERS OF CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA
SOLDANELLÆFLORA.]
=C. r. soldanellæflora= (Soldanella-flowered).* _fl._, corolla
blue, semi-double, turbinate, with shallow marginal divisions, very
acutely pointed. June. _l._ long, linear, acute, sessile. Stem
simple, slender. _h._ 1ft. 1870. (R. G. 473.) All the forms of
_rotundifolia_ are pretty, and suitable for the front of borders,
or the rockery; rising from the crevices of the latter, with their
slender stems laden with flowers, they are especially beautiful.
See Fig. 352.
[Illustration: FIG. 353. FLOWERS AND LEAVES OF CAMPANULA SARMATICA.]
=C. sarmatica= (Sarmatian).* _fl._ nutant, usually secund, terminal
and axillary, forming a long, loose, scattered raceme; corolla pale
blue, velvety outside. July. _l._ tomentose; lower ones petiolate,
cordate, rather hastate, crenately toothed; superior ones sessile,
ovate-lanceolate, serrate-toothed. Stems simple, straight, downy.
_h._ 1ft. to 2ft. Caucasus, 1803. Borders. (B. R. 237.) See Fig.
353.
=C. saxatilis= (rock). _fl._ three to five, disposed in a loose
raceme; corolla blue, tubular, nutant. May. _l._ crenated; radical
ones rosulate, somewhat spathulate; cauline ones ovate, acute. Stem
erect. _h._ 6in. Crete, 1768. Rockery. Very rare.
=C. Scheuchzeri= (Scheuchzer's).* _fl._ dark blue, pendent, on
slender stems, broadly bell-shaped. July, August. _l._, lower ones
similar to those of _C. pusilla_; upper ones linear. _h._ 3in. to
6in. South European Alps, 1813. (L. B. C. 485.)
=C. Scouleri= (Scouler's). _fl._ pale blue, paniculate,
bell-shaped. July, August. _l._, lower ones ovate, on long
petioles, coarsely serrated; cauline ones ovate-lanceolate. _h._
1ft. North-west America, 1876. Rockery.
=C. sibirica= (Siberian). _fl._ panicled, numerous, drooping;
corollas bluish-violet, large. July. _l._ crenulated; radical
ones crowded, petiolate, obovate, obtuse; cauline ones sessile,
oblong-lanceolate, undulated, acuminated. Plant beset with
bristle-like hairs. Stem branched. _h._ 1ft. to 1-1/2ft. East
Europe, 1783. Biennial. Borders. (B. M. 659.)
=C. s. divergens= (divergent).* _fl._ violaceous, rather large,
at first erect, but drooping in the expanded state; peduncles
many-flowered, and, like the stem, usually trichotomous. June.
_l._, radical ones sub-spathulate, crenulated, narrowed at
the base; cauline ones sessile, lanceolate, acuminated. Plant
pilose, panicled. _h._ 1-1/2ft. Siberia, 1814. Biennial. SYN. _C.
spathulata_. (S. B. F. G. ii., 256.)
=C. spathulata= (spathulate). A synonym of _C. sibirica divergens_.
=C. speciosa= (beautiful).* _fl._ pedicellate, disposed in a
pyramidal raceme; corolla blue, purple or white, 1in. long, smooth
outside, but often villous inside. June, July. _l._ sessile,
repandly crenated; radical ones rosulate, linear-lanceolate;
cauline ones linear. Stem simple. _h._ 12in. to 18in. South-west
Europe, 1820. Borders. (B. M. 2649.)
=C. spicata= (spicate). _fl._ sessile, one to three from each
bract; spike long, interrupted at the base; corolla blue,
funnel-shaped. July. _l._ sessile, nearly entire; radical ones
crowded, linear-lanceolate; cauline ones linear, acuminated. Stem
simple. _h._ 1ft. to 2ft. Europe, 1786. Biennial. Borders. (A. F.
P. 3, 46.)
=C. stricta= (strict). _fl._ almost sessile, few, solitary,
spicate; corolla blue, tubular. July. _l._ ovate-lanceolate, acute,
serrated, pilose. Stem branched, pilose. _h._ 1ft. to 2ft. Armenia,
1819. Biennial. Borders.
[Illustration: FIG. 354. CAMPANULA THYRSOIDEA, showing Entire Plant and
Single Flower.]
=C. thyrsoidea= (thyrsoid).* _fl._ disposed in a dense pyramidal
spike, sessile; corolla sulphur-coloured, oblong. July. _l._
entire, pilose; lower ones lanceolate, obtuse; cauline ones
linear-lanceolate, acute. Stem simple, covered with leaves and
flowers. Plant pilose. _h._ 1ft. to 1-1/2ft. Alps of Europe, 1785.
Biennial. Rockery. (B. M. 1290.) See Fig. 354.
=C. Tommasiniana= (Tommasini's).* _fl._ pale blue, tubular,
slightly angled, in closely set, several-flowered, axillary cymes.
July, August. _l._ nearly or quite sessile, linear-lanceolate,
acuminate, distinctly serrated, there being no difference between
the lower and upper ones. Stems at first erect, ultimately drooping
through the weight of the flowers. _h._ 9in. to 12in. Italy. A very
handsome alpine species. (B. M. 6590.)
=C. Trachelium= (Throat-wort).* _fl._ drooping a little, one to
four together, terminating the branchlets; corolla variously
coloured, campanulate, bearded inside. July. _l._ scabrous,
acuminated, coarsely and crenately toothed; radical ones petiolate,
cordate. Stem angular, simple or branched. _h._ 2ft. to 3ft.
Europe. Borders. (Sy. En. B. 867.) There are double blue, double
white, and variously shaded single forms of this species.
=C. trichocalycina= (hairy-calyxed). _fl._ disposed in an almost
simple terminal raceme, approximate at the top, one to three rising
from each axil, at the time of flowering erect, but afterwards
drooping; corolla profoundly five-cleft, funnel-shaped. July. _l._
on short petioles, ovate, acute, coarsely serrated. Stem simple.
_h._ 1ft. to 3ft. Europe, 1823. Borders.
=C. Van Houttei= (Van Houtte's).* _fl._ dark blue, bell-shaped,
pendulous, 2in. long, axillary and terminal. July, August. _l._,
lower ones roundish-cordate, crenate on long stalks; cauline ones
oblong-lanceolate, sessile, serrated. _h._ 2ft. This is a very fine
hybrid. Differing from it only in colour and other unimportant
details is _C. Burghalti_, a handsome hybrid, found in gardens; the
flowers are of a pale purple colour, very large, pendent. These are
two of the best border Bell-flowers in cultivation.
=C. versicolor= (various-coloured). _fl._ disposed in long spicate
racemes; corolla of a deep violaceous colour at bottom, pale in
the middle, and the lobes pale violet, companulately rotate. July
to September. _l._ serrated; radical ones petiolate, ovate, acute,
rather cordate; cauline ones on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate,
acuminated. Stems erect. _h._ 3ft. to 4ft. Greece, 1788. Borders.
(S. F. G. 207.)
=C. Vidalii= (Vidal's). _fl._ large, racemose; corolla white,
wax-like, between urceolate and campanulate, pendulous; disk
singularly broad, surrounded by a thick bright orange-coloured
annulus. July and August. _l._ thick and fleshy, oblong spathulate,
viscid, coarsely serrated. _h._ 1ft. to 2ft. Azores, 1851.
Perennial. Cool greenhouse or (during summer) herbaceous border.
(B. M. 4748.)
[Illustration: FIG. 355. CAMPANULA WALDSTEINIANA.]
=C. Waldsteiniana= (Waldstein's).* _fl._ three to four at the
top of each stem, one of which is terminal, and the others
from the axils of the superior leaves, always looking upwards;
corollas violaceous-blue, campanulate. June. _l._ greyish,
sessile, lanceolate, serrated; lower ones obtuse; superior ones
long-acuminated. Stems erect, flexuous, stiff, simple, numerous
from the same root. _h._ 4in. to 6in. Hungary, 1824. See Fig. 355.
=C. Wanneri= (Wanner's). A synonym of _Symphyandra Wanneri_.