Tab. 5372. 

 CODONOPSIS CORDATA. 



Heart-leaved Codonopsis. 



Nat. Ord. Campanulaceje. — Pentandbia Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Invohwrum uniflorum, 5-partitum, lobis dentatis. Calyx hemi- 

 sphsericus ovoideusve, ovario adnatus, limbo truncato (an semper?). Corolla 

 5-fida vel apice 5-loba.* Stamina 5, involucri foliolis opposita, Jilamenti basi 

 latioribus. Stylus inclusus. Stigmata 5, linearia, demurn revoluta. Ovarium 5-lo- 

 culare, omnino inferum. Capsula globosa, corolla persistente teriniuata, demum 

 iiuda, apice areolata, ibique valvis 5 brevibus dehiscens. Loculi cum iavolucri 

 foliolis alternantibus, ideoque lobis corolla? oppositi. Semina plurima, parva, lenti- 

 cularia. Be Gand. 



Codonopsis cordata; perennis, ramis volubilibus glabris, foliis oppositis petio- 

 latis cordato-ovatis acutis hirsutiusculis subtus glaucescentibus crenato-ser- 

 rulatis 3— 5-nerviis, pedunculis axillaribus uuifloris petiolo suo longioribus 

 foliis brevioribus, alabastro hirsuto, calycis tubo piano germini adnato, 

 laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis obsolete serrulatis, corolla? viridi-flavescentis 

 lobis paulo longioribus, bacca truncata nunc -|-spba3rica nunc apice subpen- 

 tagona basi tereti crassa violacea, calycis laciniis augmentatis vegetis subae- 

 quilonga, corolla emarcida longiter persistente coronata, receptaculis car- 

 nosis, semiuibus ellipsoideis. Haskl. 



Codonopsis cordata. HasM. in Retzia, v. 1. p. 9. Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. v. 

 Z.p. 393. 



The flowers of this gracefully-climbing plant are large, but 

 sadly deficient in colour as compared with the rich blue of the 

 corollas of C. gracilis, Hook, fil., figured at t. 16 of the ' Illustra- 

 tions of Himalayan Plants.' This is a native of moist woods in 

 Java, at altitudes on the mountains of 3500 to 8000 feet above 

 the level of the. sea, and was sent to us by Dr. Anderson, of the 

 Calcutta Botanic Garden. The general aspect of the plant is 

 not unlike that of C. rotundifolia, figured at Tab. 4942 of this 

 work, and the flowers are nearly of the same colour j but here 

 the corollas are much more spreading, and what at first sight 

 appears very remarkable, the segments of the calyx, called by 

 apbil 1st, 1868. 



