PLATE 1966. 
CODONOPSIS TANGSHEN, Oliv. 
CaMPANULACER. Tribe CAMPANULEZ. 
Bm ¢ Tangshen, Oliv. (sp. Nets 6 volubilis caalthas ives 10 ped. longis) 
 gracilibu us glabratisy. j uxta no 
_ ovato-lanceolatis obtosinsetta sinuato- v. pied corer supra parce 
pubescentibus subtus glaucescentibus minute setu oso-pubescentibus, 
pedunculis extra axillaribus v. folio oppositis, calyce partito, segmentis 
_ ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis herbaceis, corolla en intus prope 
_ basin purpureo notato campanulata breviter 5- calyce aunts 
__ longiore, segmentis deltoideo-ovatis, basi ovario patain,| capsula sub- 
E globosa 1 vertice intra lobos dehiscente, calyce fructifero deflexo. 
2 lay Prov. Hoe. Districts of Hsingshan and South Patung - 
— (No 
toe Folia 14-23 poll. lenge ao poll. lata. Pedunculi sepius 1-2 poll. 
F “_ Flon lores 14 poll. lo ongi. Fructus 1 poll. diam 
E song who has favoured us with the slink note on this 
q at says, ‘The root, when broken, emits a white oie! juice, and 
With the | ay ves, &c., has a peculiar odour,’—D. Outve : 
‘This ne tYang-shén) is a ea important Chinese drug, Mgrs: is 
-.. oor as a substitute for the costly ginseng. The n 
_ Signifies c ginseng from the district of Shang-t‘ang in Shansi;”’ es 
the drug is now epper in the different provinces of Hupeh, 
= Shensi, and Shans 
0. 
felt near vat nd noted the use of the root as a valuable 
nese remedy (Plante Davidiane, i. 193). 
‘2. Ichang and Hankow are the other ports from which the drug 
€xported—to the amount of 500 tons eg —the provinces of 
‘uction Rae Hupeh, Szechwan, and Shen 
In the Fang District of cm in I collected in the mountains three 
Of Codonopsis or Campanumea; of these, my No. 6651 was not 
dasadrug. The chief source of the fang-shén was my No. 6468, 
