Campanula
the bell-flower, so called from the shape of its flowers. An CAMPANULACEE extensive genus of herbaceous plants, giving the name to the order Campanulaceæ. C. rapunculus is much cultivated for the roots, which are boiled tender and eaten hot with sauce, or cold with vinegar and pepper. The best known species is C. rotundifolia, the hare-bell, or blue-bell of Scotland. A blue ink is made of its juice. C. glauca is said by the Japanese to be a tonic.
CAMPANULACEÆ, a natural order of plants, chiefly natives of this country, of the N. of Asia and Europe. More than 200 species of this family are known.