10 DB. HOOKEE AND DB. THOMSON'S PBJSCUESOBES 



et in D.C. Prodr. Yii. 423. Codonopsis, § Campanumoea Javanica, 

 Hf. 4" T, in III. Himal. Plants, t. xvi. B. 



Hab. la Himalaya orientali temperata, alt. 5000-6000 ped, Sikkira ! 

 J.D.H. In montibus Khasia, alt. 4000-6000 ped. graminosis! 

 Griffith, Hf. 8f T. (fl. Jul) (v. x.)—Distr. Java! Blume, Lobb. 



Caules graciles, volubiles. FoUa 1-2 poUicaria, basi cordata v. biloba, sinu 

 lato interdum ad insertionem petioli dilatato, acuta v , subobtusa, crenata 

 rarius integerrima, inembranacea, superne pallide viridia ; petiolo \ri 

 longit. laminae. Flores solitarii, %-\ \ poll, longi, axillares, virescentes ; 

 pedicellis petiolo aequilongis longioribusve* Calyx in alabastromagnus, 

 vacuus, basi florem parvum gerens. Sepala basi ovarii adnata, ovato- 



linearia 



vana 



supera^ breviter tubuloso-campanulata, basi lata obscure 5-angulata: 



vix 



Filamenta 



lineari 



apiculatse. Stylus columnaris, teres, glaber, apice obconico pubescente 

 in ramos stigmaticos late oblongos revolutos dilatatus. Ovarium late 

 . hemisphsericum, obscure 10-costatum, 5-loculare; loculis sepalis al- 

 temantibus. Bacca pulposa v. submembranacea, purpurea, calyce 

 persistente ssepissime aucto suffulta, ^-1 un. diametro, 5-locularis, 

 evalvis ; semina placentis latis axillaribus multiseriatim affixa, oblonga, 

 sessilia. Testa coriaceo-crustacea, areolis suborbiculatis minute tes- 

 sellata, exemplaribus perplurimis ab omnibus patriis examinatis 

 vacua !— Odor vix ullus, graveolens. 



The flowers vary extremely in size, the calyx-lobes in propor- 

 tionate size to corolla and in shape, and they further continue 



purple 



w 



alls 



growmg alter the corolla withers. Berr^ 

 fleshy or membranous. 



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2. Campanumcea lanceolata {Sieb.SfZucc. Flor. Jap. i. 174. t. 91). 

 Caule volubih, foliis altemis v. subfasciculatis breviter petiolatis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis acutis integerrimis glabris subtus 

 glaucescentibus, floribus terminalibus solitariis, calyce imo basi ovarii 

 adnato. — Campanumoea lanceolata. Planch, in Flore des Serres, t. 927 ; 

 " Fl. Jap. 1. c." Tsuru ninzin, Thunb. Fl. Jap., Plant, obscura, n. 21. 

 p. 353. 



Hab. China, fide Siebold, in Japonia culta, Siebold. 



Radix tuberosa, crassa, fere ut in Panace quinquefolio (unde nomen 

 Jap. vem, Ninzin). Caulis 2-3 pedalis, glaber, puri)urascens. Folia 

 in caule alterna, in ramuUs approximata, breviter petiolata, 1-2 unc. 

 longa, integerrima v. irregulariter et remote crenulata, reticulatim 

 venosa. Flores in apice ramulorum abbreviatonim in racemum 

 .brevem simplicem bracteolis parvis lanceolatis munitum dispositi, 

 plerique abortivi, pedunculo tereti erecto. Calyx ovario basi adnatus, 

 ceterum liber ; tubus hejnisphtericus, extus 10-sulcatus, glaber, limbus 



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