Campanula

[Dim. of Lat. campana, a bell.] ( Bot. ) A gen. of plants, forming the type of the order Cam panulacea. It includes several American вре cies, which are known to all lovers of wild flowers. C. ro tund i folia, the Hare-bell or Rock bell-flower, found in all the States on damp rocks and rocky streams, is an exceedingly delicate plant, 1 foot high, with blue, bell-shaped flowC. a par i no ides, the Prickly Bellflower, found in wet meadows, from Canada to Georgia, has small white flowers, on thread-like, flex peduncles at the top of the stem. C. Ameri IMG:content-0034.png:[graphic] ers. uous Fig. 492.- HARE-BELL, ( Campanula rotund i folia.) can a, the American Bell-flower, found in fields, hills, ., from Pennsylvania to Illinois, is from 2 to 3 feet high, and is also cultivated in gardens. C. Ill i no ens is, 3 to 5 feet high, is found in the prairies of Illinois. Campanula'ceæ, n . pl . ( Bot . ) An order of plants, alliance Campana les .-DIAG. Ovary 2 or more celled, free or half united anthers, naked stigma, and valvate regular corolla. They are herbaceous plants or undershrubs, yielding a white milk. Leaves nearly always alternate, exstipulate; calyx superior, persistent;8 to the lobes of the corolla, with which they are alternate; fruit dry, capsular, opening by lateral fi ures or valves at the top, many-seeded; seeds with fleshy albumen. There are 29 genera and 500 species, chiefly natives of the temperate parts of the Northern hemispheres. Campanula'ria, n ., Campanular'idæ, n . pl . (Zool.) In the system of Gray, a genus and family of zoöphytes, cla Anthozoa. Campanulate, a . ( Bot . ) Campaniform; bell-shaped. Camp-bed's tead, n . A trestle bedstead; a portable bedstead made to fold up in a small compa for soldiers' use. Campbell, ( kam'l ,) the family-name of the dukes of Argyll, the most distinguished of which are noticed under the head ARGYLL.