CAMPANULA TRACHELIUM. NETTLE-LEAVED
BELL-FLOWER.
CAMPANULA. Trachelium; caule angulato, fpliis cordato-lanceolatis acute sorratis calycibusoue
hispidis, peduncajis axillaribus paucifloris. Sm.
CAMPANULA Trachelium. Linn. Sp. P l.p . 235. Huds. AngLp. 96. Bight/. Scot. p. H 2. With
Bot A rr. ed.4. ml. s .p . 239. Oci. FI. Dan. t. 1026. Hoffm. Germ. a!. 2 m l 1
Jr. L. p. 108. Willd. Sp. PI. ml. l.p . 90S. Smith FI. Brit. p. 238. Engl Bot
*.12. Decani FI. Fr. ed. 3. m l 3 % . 703. FI. Gall. Spn. Jp. 253. p jr s . Sm.
P i. ml. l.p . lQO. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. ml. l.p . 348.
CAMPANULA folns cordatodanceolatis acute serratis hirsutis, petiolis ex alis paucifloris, calycibus
hispidis. Hall. Helm. n. 690. J
CAMPANULA vulgatior foliis Urtic® vel major et asperior. Great Throatwort or Canterbury Bells
Ran Syn. p. 276. J
Dam Vilde Klokker. Dut. Halskruid. Fr. Campanulegantclèe. Gants de Notre Dame. Germ Das
Halskraut. Hung. Fattyu Harang-mrag. Swed. Villkloclcor. Welsh. Clycldys dynadrddail.
Class an d Ord e r . PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[Natural Ord e r . CAMPANULACEA2, Jut»., Decand., Proton.]
(?UlnqUe%(rar°. qua.dri") fid.u,s- Corolla campanulata, quinquefida. Filamenta basi dilatata
Sterna tn- vel bi-lobum. Capsula tn -v el bi-loculans, sajpius infera, foraminibus lateralibus aperiens nunc
apice supero valvato. { B r . Prodr.) ^ ’ UUIIt'
Gjm . Ciiae. Calyxfive-^rarely four-) cleft. Corolla bell-shaped, fire-cleft. Filaments dilated at the base. Stigma
j m0S“y i" feri° r’ 0pe" inS 'rilh laKral P °™ . somolimes valved
[ Radix sublignosus, fibrosus, perennis.
I Caulis bipedalis et ultra, erectus, simplex, an<mlatus,
angulis incrassatis, hispidus, foliosus, superne
[ fusco-purpureus, infeme viridis.
[ Folia alterna, scabra, attenuata ; inferiora cordato-lanceolata,
inciso-serrata, longe petiolata ; superiora
magis lanceolata, intequaliter serrata, petiolis bre-
vioribus, suprema minora, anguste lanceolata,
obtuse serrata, sessilia.
j. Pudunculi axillares, solitarii, plerumque triflori ; sub
sihgulo flore folio parvo, vel bractea, lanceolata.
Flores magni, speciosi, violacei, primum nu tan tes, del
Calyx quinquefidus, angulatus, basi margine se^men-
I . torum hispidis.
Corolla campanulata, nervosa, quinquefida, segmentis
v ovatis, patulis, intus pilosis.
stamina quinque : Filamenta basi latissima, alba, mar-
gme ciliata.
Antheræ tortuosas.
: G ermen inferum, angulatum.
; Stylus filiformis, pubescens : Stigma trifidum.
Root somewhat woody, fibrous, perennial.
Stem two feet and upwards in height, erect, simple, angular,
the angles thickened, hispid, leafy, the upper
part brownish-purple, the lower green.
Leaves alternate, rough, attenuated; the lower ones between
heart-shaped and lanceolate, inciso-serrate
upon long footstalks; the upper ones more lanceolate,
irregularly serrated, upon shorter footstalks,
the uppermost the smallest, acutely lanceolate,
obtusely serrated, sessile.
P eduncles axillary, solitary, generally three-flowered;
beneath each flower is situated a small lanceolate
leaf of bractea.
Flowers large, showy, purple, at first drooping, afterwards
erect.
Calyx five-cleft, angular, having the base and the margin
of the segments hispid.
Corolla caropanulate, nerved, five-cleft, the segments
ovate, spreading, hairy within.
Stamens five: Filaments- very broad at the base, white
ciliated at the edges.
Anthers twisted.
Germen inferior, angular.
Style filiform, downy: Stigma trifid.
% ! ï : L u i m e n t a u Z a g n / f d . ^ “ d styles and three of the stamens.
I m B H B m M P P p W and is aptly enough named nettle-leaved, from the
I by road sides and in » » L * 1 ?f,, dl01™- 13 rather common, I believe, throughout England, in woods
certain?, of much mo . 1 ? ' ' T ™ " J '“"“"I? bra.sh-«o<l, flowering in the months of July and August; and is
L n tk<'- Campanula — 1 which, however, if bal sometimes
In Fnnuo *1 • ue>n.t,le 0 P‘an*s are widely different m botanical character.
in the C of flowi H H I Lady'S 91 91 * H i Damc- C“ “9 resemblance \ Sir James E Smith K & J d, th,s s,milarity In ds trivial name to that of the Digitalis purpurea ?
.as De Theis supposes fronf S C^ ,0Paf ,a> under the bead Trachelium, observes, that this word “ is not derived,
liras originally a u n lS f“x “£ rmgh> ,howeI f applicable that sense may be to the plants to which the name
I the L a ^ c S “ 'a° d ' S n^ i -The VriiA c°.mes 9 W « 1 H being synonymous S
[Beved to he u S T c o m p l t S c “ a.0 “ P1“« 5 “ d— « r e he