CAMPANULA TRACHELIUM. NETTLE-LEAVED
BELL-FLOWER.
CAMPANULA Trachelium; caule angulato, foliis cordato-lanceolatis acute serratis calycibusque
hispidis, pedunculis axillaribus pauciâoris. Sm.
CAMPANULA Trachelium. Linn. Sp. P l.p . 235. Huds. A n g l.p . 9 6 . L ig h t f Scot. p. 142. With
Bot. A rr. ed. é .m l . 2. ». 239. Oed. Fl. Dan. t. 1026. Hoffm. Germ. ed. 2. ml. \.
P . L p . 108. Willd. Sp. PI. ’ool. l.p , 90S. Smith Fl. B r it.p . 238. E n g l B ot
*■ ,12- Decand. FL Fr. ed. 3. ml. 3. p. 703. Fl. Gall. Syn. ». 253. Pers. Sun.
P L m l 1.p . 190. A it. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. m l. l .p . 348.
CAMPANULA foliis cordato-lanceolatis acute serratis hirsutis, petiolis ex alis paucifloris, calycibus
hispidis. Hall. Helv. n. 690.
CAMPANULA vulgatior foliis Urticæ vel major et asperior. Great Throatwort or Canterbury Bells.
R a n Syn. p. 9.76. J
Dan. Vilde Klokker. Dut. Ealskruid. Fr. Campanulegantelée. Gants de Notre D ame. Germ. Das
Hals kraut. Hung. Fattyu Harang-virag. Swed. Villklockor. Welsh. Clychlys dynadrddail.
Class a n d Order. PEN TA N D R IA M O NOGYNIA.
[N atural Order. CAMPANULACEjE, Joss., Decand., Brown.]
Gen. Char. Calyx quinque- (raro quadri-) fidus. Corolla campanulata, quinquefida. Filamenta basi dilatata.
Stigma tri- vel bi-lobum. Capsula tri- vel bi-locularis, sajpius infera, foraminibus lateralibus aperiens, nunc
apice supero valvato. (B r . Prodr.) 1 ’
Gen. Char. Calyx’five-(rarely four-) cleft. Corolla bell-shaped, five-cleft. Filaments dilated at the base. Stigma
three- or two-lobed. Capsule three- or two-celled, mostly inferior, opening with lateral pores, sometimes valved
at the superior extremity. (B r . Prodr.)
Radix sublignosus, fibrosus, perennis.
Caülis bjpedalis et ultra, erectus, simplex, angulatus,
angulis incrassatis, hispidus, foliosus, superne ;
fusco-purpureus, inferne viridis.
Folia alterna, scabra, attenuata; inferiora cordato-lan-
ceolata, inciso-serrata, longe petiolata ; superiora
magis lanceolata, inæqualiter serrata, petiolis bre-
vioribus, suprema minora, anguste lanceolata,
obtuse serrata, sessilia.
Pedunculi axil lares, solitarii, plerumque triflori ; sub
singulo flore folio parvo, vel bractea,, lanceolata.
Flores magni, speciosi, violacei, primum nutantes, de-
mum erecti.
Calyx quinquefidus, angulatus, basi margine segmen-
torum hispidis.
Corolla campanulata, nervosa, quinquefida, segmentis
ovatis, patulis, intus pilosis.
Stamina quinque : Filamenta basi latissima, alba, mar-,
gine ciliata.
Antheræ tortuosæ.
Germen inferum, angulatum.
Stylus filiformis, pubescens : Stigma trifidum. |
Root somewhat woody, fibrous, perennial.
Stem two feet and upwards in height, erect, simple, an-
. gular, 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.
Peduncles axillary, solitary, generally three-flowered;
beneath each flower is situated a small lanceolate
leaf or 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 campanulate, 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.
t3 1' 9 <; or°I k cut °Pen- 5 ? : -■ Germen dissected, and showing the styles and three of the stamens
Jtig.S. Single stamen— all magnified.
™ ,V3 one o f .the .handsomest of our indigenous bell-flowers, and is aptly enough named nettle-leaved, from the
resemblance of the foliage to that of Urt'ca imea. I t is rather common, I believe, throughout England, in woods
l>y road sides, and in lanes, especially among brush-wood, flowering in the months of July and Aumist- and is
certainly of much more general occurrence than the Campanula latifolia, for which, however, it hat sometimes
been mistaken, though the two plants are widely different in botanical character.
in the formn?thpPfln f r ? ™ - th? " “me.of.1° “r ]> cJ7’s G.l?ves, Gants de N otre Dame.m the J01 m of the flower have induced this similarity m its trivial name to that of the Can any resemblance Digitalis purpurea ?
as r l E * SmitlVni ReeS S Cy cloPeedia> under the head Trachelium, observes, that this word ‘‘ is not derived
as L»e i neis supposes, from rough, however applicable that sense may be to the plants to which the name
° T The WOrd COmes from the neck, being synonymous w h
fuefveedj tfof bIeS us&efulf iln| c oRmndp Wlain Wts of Bthe Tnhecrk10 aotrw tfhrto- at.° ld Writers tel1 us> that M P^nts so denominated were be-