Plate 2385. 



CODONOPSIS CONVOLVULACEA, Kur%. 

 Campanulace.e. Tribe Campanule.e. 

 C. convolvulacea, Kwz in Trimm, Journ. Bot. 1873, 19/> ; l^erba 



gracilis volubilis, foliis alternis v. oppositis breviter petiolatis ineau- 

 l ovato-lanceolatis integris .icutiusculis basi obtusis v. m ^oms i 

 feoribus latioril3usqiie subcorclatis glaberrimis v facie s"JFno 

 mnrginem versus obsolete scabrido-Lirtis inarginibus ^"f f\' " 

 ^evolutis, floribus srrpius terminalibus .solitivriis lon-issime F^^nf^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 pdunculo sit-pius tortis, calycis tubo turbluato limbo ^-P^l^'t^**' ,';«!' .^_ 

 tis lanceolatis acatis, corolhe. rotat;e 5-p.irtite segmentis patentibus 

 calyce 2-4-plo loiigioribus elliptiois acutatis. 



, Hab. China ; Prov. Yunnan, Mongtse, in mountain pastures, 

 ^m~(j^OO feet, Hancock ; Ilotlia, Anderson. 



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Ovaritim 



""■evia, basi late et subito dilatata carnosula i"tus pilosuia 

 •^■'oculare, semisupcruui ; stigma 3-lobum, lobis oblongo o^atis. ^ 

 Originally described by Mr. Kurz from imperfect ^^'^tenal : mcleec^ 

 •^^hng specin^ens are still a desideratum, as are ripe ^e^ds ^^^^ ^^'^ 

 IT ^^' ^^'P ^'^-'^'^on of the corolla, which is truly. ^'^'^''^ % ,,, 

 l^'f an aspect strange in Codonopsis, but it ^^f ^ ."P-^ j^r^er, 

 7 y as deeply lobed in C. peduncuLa, Franchet, -'h^ch s^^ ^.^; 

 g^'^h stronger plant than ours, without any evidence of -ol^b e 

 j^^\ describes the flowers as axillary ; this is doubtless 

 '^^^asionally.^D. Ouver. ' ^ 



^'g- 1- Pistil and stamen.. 2. Stanun detacl^ed. from inner side. Enlar^a . 



