Corolla bell-shaped with the mouth closed by staminiferous valves. Summit 3-cleft. Capsule beneath gaping with lateral pores.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Campanula, foliis glabris cordato-ovatis undulatis, foliolis calycinis subulatis reflexis, corollis rotato-campanulatis.
Bell-flower, with smooth heart-ovate waved leaves, calyx leaflets awl-shaped reflexed, and wheel-bell-shaped blossoms.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A radical leaf.
2.The empalement, chives and pointal.
3.A chive.
4. The seed-bud and pointal
Without a doubt the 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 to 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 the fairest of the fair, and was communicated to us, as well as the laciniata, by the Hon. W. H. Irby, of Farnham Royal, Bucks.
It 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.[Pg 73]
