CAMPANULA HEDERACEA. IVY-LEAVED BELLFLOWER.
CAMPANULA hederacea; caule procumbente laxo flexuoso, foliis cordatis angulato-dentatis petio-
latis glabris.
CAMPANULA hederacea. Linn. Sp. PI. p . 240. Huds. Angl. p . 97. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 4. vol. 2.
p . 240. Oed. Fl. Dan. t. 330. Hoffm. Germ. ed. 2. vol. 1 . P. I. p. k>4. Willd.
Sp. PI. vol. 1. p . 915. Smith Fl. Brit. p. 240. Engl. Bot. t. 73. Decand. Fl. Fr.
ed. 3. vol. 3. p. 696. Fl. Gall. Syn. p. 252. Pers. Syn. PI. vol. 1 . p . 188. Alton
Hort. Kew. ed. 2 . vol. 1 .p . 253.
CAMPANULA Cymbal aria: foliis. Tender Ivy-leaved Bell-flower. Rail Syn. p . 277.
Class an d Ord e r . PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[Natural Ord e r . CAMPANULACEiE, Juss. Decand. Linn.]
Gen . Ch a r . Calyx quinque- raro quadri-fidus. Corolla campanulata, quinque-fida. Filamenta basi dilatata.
Stigma bi- tn-lobum. Capsula tri- vel bi-locularis, stepius infera, foraminibus lateralibus aperiens, nunc apice
supero valvato. ( Br. P rodr.) 1
Gen. Ch a r. Calyx five- rarely four-cleft. Corolla campanulate, five-cleft. Filaments diluted at the base. Stigma
three- or two-lobed. Capsule three- or two-celled, often opening below with lateral pores, sometimes, valved at
the apex.
Root perennial, small, fibrous.
Stems prostrate, here and there throwing out roots,
extremely slender, round, of a pale green, smooth’
branched, branches spreading, leafy.
Leaves distant, patent, cordate, between angular and
dentate, the teeth acute, veined, very delicate, of
a yellowish-green colour, perfectly smooth, petio-
lated, the lower ones alternate, with the petiole
twice their own length, the upper ones opposite,
P eduncles both lateral and terminal,- generally solitary,
and furnished with one or two small, leaves
near their base, about six inches long, very slender,
subflexuose, smooth.
F lowers solitary, drooping.
Calyx five-cleft, the segments between lanceolate and
subulate, entire, smooth.
Corolla about half an inch long, bell-shaped, five-cleft,
of a pale blueish-purple colour, marked with longitudinal
lines of a deeper tint.
Stamens five, erect, appressed to the style, filaments
white, dilated at the base.
An thers oblong, pale-coloured.
Ovary inferior, pentangular, the angles prominent.
Style dilated a t the base, linear. Stigma pubescent,
trifid, the segments at length becoming patent.
«.ADix. perenms, parva, norosa.
Caules prostrati, hie illic radicantes, gracillimi, teretes,
pallide virides, glabri, ramosi, ramis diffusis,folios!.
Folia, distanlia, patentia, cordata, angulato-dentata,
dentibus acutis, venosa, tenerrima, flavo-viridia,
glaberrima, petiblata, inferioribus alternis, petiole
duplo longiore, superioribus plerumque
oppositis, magis angustis, subsessilibus.
■Pedunculi laterales terminalesque, plerumque soli-
tarii, atque foliis minutis singulis vel binis prope
basin instruct!, sesquiunciales, gracillimi, sub-
flexuosi, glabri.
Flores soiitarii, inclinati.
Calyx quinquefidus, laciniis lanceolato-subulatis, inte-
gerrimis, glabris.
Corolla vix semiunciam longa, campanulata, quinque- j
dentata, pallide purpureo-casrulea, lineis longitu-
dinalibus saturatioribus picta.
Stamina quinque, erecta, stylo appressa, filamenta alba,
basi dilatata.
An t h e r s oblong®, pallida?.
Ovarium inferum, pentangulare, angulis prominenti-
- bus.
Stylus basi dilatatus, linearis. Stigma pubescens, tri-
fidum, segmentis demum patentibus.
Fig. 1. Calyx. Fig. 2. Corolla laid open. Fig. 3. Stamens and pistillum—the ovary being cut through vertically—
all magnified.
J hls\ whj c h isb y far the smallest and most graceful o f our British Bell-flowers, is chiefly confined to the south-
n parts ot the kingdom; although stated to have been found once near Halifax in Yorkshire. In South Wales
In sSssex'iHs f«ntf y * Edv?ard 1 £ § 3 has §athered it near London in one spot in Epping Forest.
hLs it k mo H t p , B and th,e sPec?me.n fiSured was sent thence by Mr. Borrer in July : but per-
MoL'es'an^^unvermn0 B S P l i f 1 P ev0nshir® andp°mwall, where it creeps among the semi-aquatic
Z c h Z n H §r SV y tht,s,des °V'1™1?1t1s or springs of water, in the romantic woods and glens which so
S S “ - . Even “ tha Sc.lly Islands I have seen it running upon the part of a stone wall
i l l A * dZ n d«ndPS f th°"Shso earlJ “ 1 ye a I *■1 Vn a ld Leonard s Forest, Sussex; and Woolmer Forest=, mHaonntths of April. Mr. Graves has gathered
W H K d m certainly be a desirable plant for our gardens. It is not difficult of cultiva-
Of kdmiM b Kew GmS s where “ ls mentioned as almost naturalised under a magnificent shrubbery