14 DE. HOOKEU AND DE. THOMSON'S PE^CUESOEES 



5. CoDONOPSis ROTUNDiFOLiA {Beuth. in Roy le. III. Bot. Him. 254. 

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

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

 dunculis oppositifoliis petiolis longioribus interdum subterminalibus, 

 calycis tubo angulato et sulcato lobis magnis foliaceis, corolla late 

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

 conicis dehiscente. — Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4942. C. lurida, Lindley. 

 Wahlenbergia rotundifolia, Alph. D.C. Prodr. vii. 425. 



Hab. In sylvis et frutieetis Himalayae temperatae oecidentalis ; Kumaon ! 

 Royle-, alt. 10,005 ped.! Strachey Sf Winterbottom ; Kulu! 6000- 

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



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

 2-4 unc. longa, membranacea, glaberrima v. paree pilosa. Pedunculi 

 plerumque, oppositifolii, rarius ob ramulum lateralem abbreviatum 

 quasi terminales, petiolis plerumque longiores, validi. Flores majusculi, 

 f-1 unc. longi. Calycis tubus basi rotundatus ; lobis amplis, membra- 

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

 oribus. Corolla sordide caerulescens 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 variis dehiscens. 

 Semina sordide flava, testa reticulata. 



The broad foliaceous calyx-lobes at once distinguisb this species 

 from any except C. Benthami. The peduncles never seem to be 

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

 but 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 

 a terminal inflorescence. E-oyle's cultivated specimens seem to 

 be quite glabrous, and Strachey and "Winterbottom' s are almost 

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

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

 paler and more membranous, with broader leaves and larger 

 flowers. 



6. CoDONOPSis Benthami {Hf. Sf T.). Caule volubili ramoso rarius 

 puberulo, fohis (rarius suboppositis) petiolatis ovatis ovato-lanceo- 

 latisve acutis grosse obtuse serratis basi acuminatis rotundatisve parce 

 pubescentibus glabratisve subtus pallidioribus, pedunculis terminalibus, 

 calycis tubo 5-costato lobis ovatis lanceolatisve acuminatis ciliatis 



