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272 L'AMPANULARUM NOVARUM DECAS PRIMA.
C. Portenschlagiana, /3. pubescens
Herb. Prodr. !
A. DC. Prodr. vii. 476 pp. ex
Hab. In Istria, ad rupes maritimas : Fianona (Tommasini), in
insulis Clierso (Biasoletto) et Veglia (Tommasini ex Koch).
Characterised by its (at least in sicca) straw-coloured stems,
whitish leaves and large flowers on villous peduncles ; it is the most
robust species of the group.
6. C. fenestrellata. Dense cfespitosa, laete virens, glaberrima.
Caules (15-20 cm. longi, 1-2 mm. crassi) decumbentes vel ascendentes,
inferne minus foliati, a -1^ ramosi ramis erectis. Folia plerumque
duplicato-dentata, dentibus magnis triangularibus argutis,
ovato-cordata acuta. Flores mediocres, longe pedunculati, racemum
versus caulis apicem confertum formantes. Alabastrum (6-8 mm.)
ovale. Eeceptaculum semi-ellipsoideum, nervi carinales virides,
cum parenchymate albican te alternante fenestrellas pulchras formantes
(inde nomen). Calicis lobi corolhi 3-4-plo breviores e basi
angustiore lanceolati, acutiusculi, sub anthesi erecti, demum plus
minus reflexi, dentibus plerumque conspicuis. Corolla mediocris
(6 mm. alta, 12-15 lata) adf incisa, rotata micans, intus basi pilosula
; lobi lilaciui plane patentes, apice recurvi. Staminum squamae
cordato-ovatffi, filamentis sublongiores, ciliarum longitudine 5-plo
latiores ; anthers summa squamarum filamentorumque paullo
longiores. Pollen dilute c^ruleum. Stilus corolla 2-3-i)lo longior ;
stigmata stilo 6-plo breviora. Capsula (2-5 : 3 mm.) Semina
(0'9 : 0-5 mm.) ambitu angulosa brunnea opaca. Flor. lunio et
lulio (v. v.).
Syn. C. fjarganica Visiani, Fl. Dalm. ii. 132 pp.
Exsicc. Pichler, PI. Croat. Httor. Istr. a. 1869, 1870, 1871.
Hab. Croatia, in monte Vellebit (Pichl.). Dalmatia, loco non
amplius indicato (Visiani, Hb. DC).—Variat caulibus ad 30 cm.
longis longius et anguste racemosis, foliis radicalibus maioribus,
floribus maioribus et minoribus.
This species is the one most commonly cultivated in the
Geneva gardens ;
a pale shiny lilac.
it forms large green tufts adorned with flowers of
7. C. lepida. Glabra delicatula. Caules (15-20 cm. longi, 1,
5-2, 5 mm. crassi) ascendentes, in sicco straminei, a medio fere
foliati et ramosi, ramis erectis tenuibus ramulosis. Folia iis
prtecedentis subsimilia, obtusius dentata. Flores parvi, pedunculis
2-plo longioribus teuuissimis strictis plerumque corymboso-fasciculatis
sufl'ulti, racemum angustum iuterruptum formantes.
taculum 1 mm. magnum obconicum, interdum setulosum.
Eecep-
Calicis
lobi corolla 3-plo fere breviores angusti,
reflexi. Corolla (6 mm. alta, 10 lata)
sub anthesi erecti, postea
ad | fissa, lobi arcuatopatuli.
Staminum squamae minimae deltoideae, filamentis plus
duplo breviores, ciliarum longitudine 5-plo latiores ; antherae solis
filamentis sub^equilongae, breviter apiculata). Stilus corolla l|^-plo
longior ; stigmata stilo 5-plo breviora, latiuscula obtusa. Capsula
: 2-5 mm.). Semina (0-5 : 0*45 mm.) crassa rotundato-
parva (2
ovalia castanea nitida. Flor. Maio.
Exsicc. Ecbb. Germ. 321,