Campanula macrorhiza, Gayex A. DC.

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105. C. macrorhiza Gayex A. DC. , Monogr. Camp. 301 (1830).

Perennial. Rhizome stout, woody, with few branches. Stems (10-) 15-30 cm, ascending to erect, glabrous (rarelypubescent in the lower part), sparsely leafy up to the inflorescence. Basal leaves cordate, incise-serrate, usually absent at anthesis; cauline elliptical to narrowly lanceolate, remotely serrate to entire. Inflorescence usually with several flowers. Buds erect. Ovary papillose. Calyx-teeth linear, patent to deflexed. Corolla (12—)16—22(—26) mm, campanulate. Capsule 4- 6 mm, turbinate, erect to inclined, woody. 2/2 = 34. Limestone rock-crevices. • S.E. France, Corse, N. W. Italy. Co GaIt.

C. gracillima Podi. , Feddes Reperì. 71: 78 (1965), from S. France (Mt. Lozère) is like 105 buthas a slender rhizome, shorter stems and the corolla only 8 8 15 mm. It is also a diploid with 2n = 34.