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5. CoDONOPSis ROTUNDIFOLIA {Bcnth, in Royky IlL Bot, Him, 264. 

 t. 62). Caule volubili piloso, foliis gracile petiolatis ovatis rotunda- 

 tisve obtusis v. acutis basi rotundatis cordatisve grosse crenatis, pe- 

 dunculis oppositifoliis petiolis longioribus interdum subterminalibus, 

 calycis tubo angulato et sulcato lobis magnis foliaceis, corolla late 

 eampauulata breviter 5-loba, bacca carnosa apice valvis 3 corneis 



" "" t. 4942. C. lurida, LiW/ey. 



conicis dehiscente. 

 Wahlenbergia 



Mag 



teminales 



unc 



Hab. Insylvis et fruticetis Himalayaj temperatae occidentalis ; Kumaon! 

 Royley alt. 10,000 ped.! Strachey 8f Winterbottom ; Kulu! 6000- 

 7000 ped.I Edgeworth; Kishtwar, 8000 ped.! T. T. (v. v.) 



Caulis patentim pilosus v. glabratus, nitidus. Folia oppositaet altema, 

 2-4 unc. longa^ membranacea^ glaberrima v. parce pilosa. Peduncuh 

 plerumque oppositifolii, rarius ob ramulum lateralem abbreviatum 



, petiolis plerumque longiores, validi. Flores majusculi, 

 Calycis tubus basi rotundatus ; lobis araplis, membra- 

 naceis, obtusis v. acutis, crenatis integerrimisve, corolla paulo brevi- 

 oribus. Corolla sordide ca;rulescens v. virescenti-albida, colore varia, 

 late cylindraceo-campanulata. Bacca ut in congeneribus forma et 

 diametro varia, .sulcata^ subcylindraceo-obconica v. subglobosa, pur- 

 purea, carnosa, apice valvis 3 corneis longitudine vaiiis dehiscens. 

 Semina sordide flava, testa reticulata. 



The broad foliaceous calyx-lobes at once distinguish this species 

 from any except C. Benthami, The peduncles never seem to he 

 terminal in the same sense as they are in the following section, 

 hut are generally manifestly opposite the leaves, or attached to 

 the stem below them ; that of the upper flower is however so much 

 stouter than the branch beyond it, as to approach in appearance 



cence. Eoyle's cultivated specimens seem to 



munal infl 



Winterhottom 



fruit 



so too. Thomson's and Edgeworth's are more pilose. The 

 is extremely variable in size and form. The specific name is a 

 bad one, some specimens bearing ovate leaves on the same indi- 

 vidual with the rounded ones, and in others they are all ovate- 

 cordate. The species is cultivated at Kew, both in the open air 

 and ill a cool greenhouse; in the latter the plants are always 

 paler and more membranous, with broader leaves and larger 

 flowers. 



6. CoDONOPsis Benthami {Hf. 8f T.). Caule volubili ramoso rarius 



ranus 



latisve acutis grosse obtuse serratis basi acuminatis rotundatisve parce 

 pubescentibus glabratisve subtus pallidioribus, pedunculis terminalibus, 



calycis tubo S-OOStntn l^liU nvat^Q lann^rklnf^QV^ npiiminatis ciliatlS 



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