CAMPANULA CARPATICA. CARPATIAN BELL-FLOWER.

_Class and Order._

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ campanulata fundo clauso valvis staminiferis. _Stigma_
trifidum. _Capsula_ infera poris lateralibus dehiscens.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CAMPANULA _carpatica_ foliis glabris cordatis serratis petiolatis,
pedunculis elongatis, calyce reflexo glutinoso. _Linn. Syst.
Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 207. Suppl. p. 140._ _Jacq. Hort. v.
i. t. 57._

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This species of Bell-flower, which takes its name from its place of
growth, is a native of the Carpatian Alps, and was introduced into the
Royal Garden at Kew, by _Professor_ JACQUIN, of _Vienna_, in
the year 1774.

It flowers in June and July.

As yet it is scarce in our gardens, but deserves to be more generally
known and cultivated; its flowers, in proportion to the plant, are large
and shewy: like many other Alpine plants, it is well suited to decorate