Campanula
About 230 species have been referred to this genus; they are broadly dispersed over the Northern hemisphere, being very copious in the Mediterranean region. Calyx tube adnate, the limb deeply five-cleft or five-parted; corolla campanulate, rarely funnel-shaped or sub-rotate, short, five-cleft to the middle or rarely nearly to the base; stamens free of the corolla, the filaments often dilated at base, the anthers free. To the species described on pp. 253-8, Vol. I., the following should now be added: C. abietina (Fir-like). fl. light blue; spikes loose, branching. July and August. Stems slender, 9in. to 15in. high. Eastern Europe. Plant tufted. C. garganica hirsuta (hairy). fl. very profuse; sepals rather longer and somewhat narrower than in the type; corolla purplish blue, pale towards the base, saucer-shaped. l. (as well as the stem) densely covered with longish, stiff, white hairs. Flowering branches longer and slenderer than in the species. Habit dwarf, and more trailing. An excellent plant for hanging baskets, flower-boxes, brackets in corridors, & c.
C. Grosseckii (Grosseck's). fl. violet, large, campanulate, disposed in a long raceme. l. large, cordate-lanceolate, acuminate, the margins coarsely toothed. Stems leafy, 2 1/2ft. high, branching at base. Eastern Europe, 1886. A handsome plant. (R. G. 1886, p. 477, f. 55.) C. Jacobaea (St. James's). fl. axillary, on curved pedicels 1 1/2in. to 2 1/2in. long; calyx segments narrow-lanceolate, 1/2in. to 2/3in. long; corolla deep blue or pale greenish, campanulate, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long. March. l. 1 1/2in. to 2 1/2in. long, sessile or nearly so, oblongovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, narrowed at base; upper ones cordate, half-amplexicaul. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Cape de Verde, 1882. Half-hardy under-shrub. (B. M. 6703.) C. sibirica eximia (choice). fl. varying from pale bluish to violet, narrow-campanulate; stem much branched. l. long, scabrous. Europe, & c., 1883. Habit dwarf and compact.
C. Tenorei (Tenore's). A neat, dwarf species, much resembling C. pyramidalis in its flowers and foliage, but not exceeding 1ft. in height.