10 DE. HOOKEE AND DE. THOMSON'S PE^CUESOEES 



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

 Hf. ^ T. in III. Himal. Plants, t. xvi. B. 

 Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata, alt. 5000-6000 ped. Sikkim ! 

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

 Grijith, Hf. ^ T. (fl. Jul.) (v. \.)—Distr. Java! Blume, Lobb. 

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

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

 rarius integerrima, membranacea, superne pallide viridiaj petiolo ^% 

 longit. laminae. Flores solitarii, |-1| poll, longi, axillares, virescentes ; 

 pedicellis petiolo sequilongis longioribusve. Calyx in alabastromagnus, 

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

 lanceolata v. ovato-oblonga v. linearia, obtusa v. acuta, magnitudine 

 varia, plerumque ^-| longit. coroUse, post anthesim crescentia. Corolla 

 supera, breviter tubuloso-campanulata, basi lata obscure 6-angulata, 

 lobis vix patentibus late ovatis apicibus acutis papillosis. Filamenta 

 lineari-subulata, glabra, basi vix dilatata. Antherce lineares, connective 

 ' apiculatae. Stylus columnaris, teres, glaber, apice obconico pubescente 

 in ramos stigmaticos late oblongos revolutos dilatatus. Ovarium late 

 hemisphaericum, obscure 10-costatum, 5-loculare; loculis sepalis al- 

 ternantibus. Bacca pulposa v. submembranacea, purpurea, calyce 

 persistente saepissime 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, tlie calyx-lobes in propor- 

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

 growing after the corolla withers. Berry purple or green, walls 

 fleshy or membranous. 



2. Campanumcea lanceolata (Sieb. Sf Zucc. Flor. Jap. i. 174. t. 91). 

 Caule volubili, foliis alternis v. subfasciculatis breviter petiolatis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis acutis integerrimis glabris subtus 

 glaucescentibus, floribus terminalibus solitariis, calyce irao basi ovarii 

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

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

 p. 353. 



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



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

 Jap. vern. Ninzin). Caulis 2-3 pedalis, glaber, purpurascens. Folia 

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

 longa, integerrima v. irregulariter et remote crenulata, reticulatim 

 venosa. Flores in apice ramulorum abbreviatorum in racemum 

 brevem simplicem bracteolis parvis lanceolatis munitum dispositi, 

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

 ceterum liber; tubus hcmisphacricus, extus 10-sulcatus, glaber, hmbus 



