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5-partitus, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis, corolla ^ brevioribus. 

 Corolla perigyna, magnitudine Campanula Trachelii; extus pallide 

 lilacina, intus hepatico-violacea, glabra ; limbi laciniis ovato-deltoideis 

 acutis tenuissime papilloso-ciliatis. Discus 4-angularis, carnosus, 

 glaber, olivaceus. Stamina 5, libera; filamentis longitudine tubi 

 coroUse. Antherse 4 (?)- loculares, 4 (?)- valves. Ovarium 3-loculare. 

 Stylus longitudine staminum, a medio apicem versus dense papillosum. 

 Stigma incrassatum, infundibuliforme, 3-lobura. 



The above description is abridged from Siebold and Zuccarini's 

 beautiful work ; those M^riters describe the root as sv^reet with an 

 after bitter taste, and add, that it is considered an efficacious 

 remedy in complaints of the chest and chronic affections of the 

 lungs. We have queried the description of the anthers, which are 

 said to be 4-locular, probably being a clerical error for 2-locular, 

 as they appear to be in the plate, and in that given in the ' Flore 

 des Serres.' 



G-en. III. CoDONOPSis, Wall. 



Calyx superus, 5-lobus. Corolla tubulosa v. campanulata, 4-6-loba. 

 Stamina 4i-6, libera ; filamentis basi subdilatatis filiformibus; an- 

 theris oblongis. Discus epigynus carnosus, depressus, obscure lo- 

 batus. Ovarium costatum, globosum v. obconicum, pars superior 

 truncata v. conica, in stylum rectum attenuatum, 3-5-loculare, 

 locidis multiovulatis ; ovulis multiseriatis, placentis crassis axilla- 

 ribus adnatis. Stigma clavatum, ^5-lobum, lobis valvatis intua 

 planis extus dense pilosis, sub anthesim recurvis. Fructus pars 

 infra coroUam baccata indehiscens v. irregulariter rupta, pars 

 superior conica coriacea v. cornea, 3-5 valvis. Semina oblonga, 

 testa Crustacea v. coriacea, Isevia v. reticulata ; albumine copioso 

 carnoso ; embryone tereti. — HerbsD volubiles v. suberecti ; succo 

 lacteo V. aqueo^ scepissime foetido ; glaberrimoe v. pilosce ; cau- 

 libus simjplicibus v. ramosis ; foliis oppositis alternisve ; floribus 

 scepius magnis, terminalihus, axillarihus, oppositifoliis v. extra- 

 axillarihus, cernuis pendulisve. Corolla memhranacea v. subJier- 

 bacea, ccerulea, virescens v. sordide alba, purpureo-variegata et 

 venosa, lobis brevibus, papilloso-ciliatis. Pollen globosum, Iceve 

 V. muricatum. Ovarii loculi dum numero sepalis cequales iis 

 oppositi vel alterni ; dum pauciores oppositi et alterni ; stig- 

 matis lobis loculis ovarii oppositis, extus et basi dense pilosis, 

 pilis basi papillis cellulosis insidentibus ; ovulis anatropis, in- 

 tegumentis cum nuclco conferruminatis. 



