Codonopsis.'] LXXX. CAMPANULACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 431 



veined, 5- rarely 4-G-iuerous. Calyx superior ; lobes 5, long, foliaceous. Corolla 

 campanulate, shortly 5-lol)ed. Stamens 5, free, inserted on the margin of an 

 epigynous disc ; filaments somewhat dilated at the base ; anthers oblong, free. 

 Ovary at first inferior, turbinate, with a short conic superior vertex, 3-celled \ 

 style cylindric, stigma of 3 ovate or oblong lobes. Capsule somewhat fleshy, 

 ultimately dry ; beak elongated in fruit, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds very many, 

 small, ellipsoid, slightly compressed, smooth, brown. Species 12, in the Hima- 

 laya, Yuuan, Mantschuria, and Japan. 



In the Genera Plantarum the ovary and stigma-lobes are described as sometimes 

 5-4, of which no instances have been found in the Indian species. 



1. C. viridis, Wall. Cat. 1298, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. 

 ii. 103 ; stem twining, leaves elliptic-oblong from a rhomboidal or truncate base 

 densely pilose beneath, peduncles axillary minutely puberous, calyx-teeth distant 

 linear, corolla in bud densely pilose. H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 12. 

 Wahleubergia viridis, A. DC. Prodr. vii. 424. Campanula viridis, Sprang. Cur a 

 post. 78. 



NEPAL and KUMAON, alt. 7000 ft., Wallich, &c. 



Leaves 2-3 by f-l in., opposite and alternate, base obtuse or slightly rounded but 

 not cordate, subentire, minutely pilose above, at least when young; petiole in. 

 Peduncles 2 in. Calyx-teeth ^-f by in., not (or very obscurely) widened upwards, 

 pilose on both surfaces. Corolla 1 by f in., lurid yellow. Capsule hemispheric, - 

 in. broad ; beak in. long. Testa with very small and obscure reticulations, even 

 under the microscope, so that the seed does not " glisten " under an ordinary pocket- 

 lens. . 



2. C. G-riflitliii, Clarke ; stem twining, leaves elliptic-oblong from a 

 rhomboidal or truncate base densely pilose beneath, calyx-teeth distant linear 

 broader upwards, peduncles axillary patently pubescent, corolla in bud glaucous. 

 Codonopsis sp. 3, Griff. Notul. iv. 281, Ic.Pl. Asiat. t. 482. 



KHASIA Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c!~ 



Altogether resembling C. viridis, under which it is included by H. f. & T., and of 

 which it may be a geographic variety. The leaves are more hairy, the petioles have 

 crisped or patent hairs, while the young corolla without is glabrous or with a few long 

 white hairs near the top ; the testa is much more coarsely and prominently reticulate, 

 so that the seeds glisten under a pocket-lens. 



3. C. affinis, H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 12; stem twining, leaves 

 ovate-oblong from a deeply cordate base villous beneath, peduncles axillary and 

 terminal, calyx-teeth distant narrowly oblong. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 11,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. 



Leaves 2-4 by 1-2^ in., opposite and alternate, subentire, sparsely pilose above, at 

 least when young ; petiole |-2 in. Peduncles 1-5 in., often dichotomous with a bracti- 

 form leaf, so that the inflorescence appears of few-flowered racemes. Calyx-teeth ^ by 

 | in., narrower upwards, pilose on both surfaces. Corolla f in. long and broad, green 

 with purple marks. Capsule hemispheric, ^ in. broad ; beak in. long. Seeds not 

 glistening under the lens, i.e. the reticulations of the testa are very small, not pro- 

 minent. 



VAR. birmanica ; leaves sparsely pilose beneath, calyx-lobes elliptic-acute. Birma, 

 Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3439). An imperfect fruiting example, referred by H. f. & 

 T. doubtfully to C. affinis, which the calyx-lobes hardly admit. It is probably a new 

 species. 



4. C. purpurea, Wall. Cat. 1299, and in Roxl. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall 

 ii. 105 ; glabrous, stem diffuse, leaves opposite elliptic-oblong subentire base 

 rhomboid or truncate, peduncles axillary and terminal, calyx-teeth approximate 



