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CAMPÁNULA dichotoma.
Forked Bell-Flower.
Natural Order. C a m p a n u l a c e a ;. Brown prodr. 1. p. 5 5 9 .
C AM P A N U L A . Catyx 5-(rarò 4-) fidus, CoroZZa campanulata,
5-fida. Filamenta basi dilatatà. Stigma 3-2-lobum. Capsula 3-2-
locularis, ssepiùs infera foraminibus lateralibus aperiens, nunc apice
supero valvata.—Herbm raro Suffrutices. Folia allerna, nunc opposita.
Inflorescentia varia. Flores distincti. Brown prodr. 1. p. 560.
Sect. I I . M e d ia . Calycis sinus reflexi busi prod u c ti: receptaculum
nectariferum ; capsula poris lateralibus dehiscens.
C. dichotoma, foliis oblongis dentatis sessilibus cauleque angulato
superne dichotomo hirsutis, floribus cernuis, capsulis 5-loculari-
bus. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 734. n. 124.
Campanula dichotoma. Linn. amæn. acad. 4. p. 306. Spec. pl.
p. 237. Lamarck enc. melh. 1. p. 586. Smith prodr. ßor. grac. 1.
p. 141. Sibth. ß or. grac. t. 211. Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 141.
Annual. Stem angular, from 6 inches to a foot in
height, much branched, the branches angular, spreading,
hispidly hairy, forked at the ends, which terminate in flowers.
Leaves sessile, oblong, or ovate, scarcely acute, toothed
with small short teeth, hispidly hairy on both sides, and
fringed at the margins, underneath strongly nerved, the
nerves nearly parallel. Flowers nodding in the forks of the
branches, and terminal, of a purplish blue. Peduncles hispidly
hairy, the hairs long and spreading. Calyx 5 -cleft,
hispidly hairy and fringed, the sinus between the segments
lengthened out to a sharp point, concave, and bent backwards;
the segments lanceolate, and tapering to along slender
point, as long as the tube of the corolla. Corolla campanulate,
the tube rather slender, 5-ribbed and striate; limb
5-cleft, spreading; the segments broadly ovate, acute, furrowed
on the upper side down the middle. Stamens 5,