It is principally distinguished by the form, and delicate whiteness of its blossoms, which are so extremely viscid as to retain flies and other insects which settle on them.
Is scarcely to be increased by cuttings, more readily by seeds, which sometimes ripen here.
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Canarina Campanula. Canary Bell-Flower.
Class and Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 6-phyllus. Cor. 6-fida, campanulata. Stigmata 6. Caps. infera, 6-locularis, polysperma.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
CANARINA Campanula caule erecto, foliis hastatis ternis oppositisve. Martyn Mill. Dict. Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 344. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 480. Linn. Mant. p. 225.