PLATE CCCXCVI.
CAMPANULA VERSICOLOR^
V a r i o u s - c o l o u r e d B e l l - J l o w e r .
C L A S S V. ORDER!.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Polntal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA campanulata, fundo clauso valvis
staminiferis. Stigma 3-fidum. Capsula
infera poris lateralibus dehiscens.
COKOLLA bell-shaped with the mouth closed
by staminiferous valves. Summit 3-cleft.
Capsule beneath gaping vi'ith lateral
pores.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CAMPANULA, foliis glabris cordato-ovatis undulatis,
foliolis calycinis subulatis reflexis,
coroUis rotato-campanulatis.
BELL-FLOWER, witli smooth heart-ovate waved
leaves, cal>T: leaflets awl-shaped reflexedj
and wheel-bell-shaped blossoms.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
Î . A radical leaf.
2. The empalement, chives and pointai.
3. A chive.
4. The seed-bud and pointai.
WITHOUT a doubt tlie present is not only a new species, but likewise one of the most showy in the
extensive genus Campanula; nearly all the individuals of which have charms enough to entitle them t6
a place in the flower-garden.
When our readers are told that it is an inhabitant of Greece, most of them will readily perceive it
is the very species announced in our last number, as one that in beauty surpasses Hie fairest of the fair,
and was communicated to us, as w l l as the laciniata, by the Hon. W. H. Irby, of Farnham
Royal, Bucks.
I t was first raised from seeds brought to this country from Greece, by the late and much regretted
Professor Sibthorp. There are two or three varieties of it, which are all hardy, and flower in July;
rising to the height of about two feet, and making a very splendid appearance. They succeed best in
peat earth and loam ; and are propagated by seeds and by parting their roots : and are at present much
sought after by all collectors.
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