432 LXKX. CAMi'AXULACEje. (C. B. Clarke.) [Oodonopsis. 



triangular ovate. If. f. $' T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 12. Wahletfbergia pur- 

 purea, A. DC. Prodr. vii. 425. Campanula purpurea, Sftrertg. Cura post. 78. 



NIPAL ; Gossain-than, Wallich. KUMAON; Loliulhat, alt. 6000 ft., Strachey cf 

 Winterbottom. 



Rambling or subscnndent, not twining. Leaves 2^ by 1-1 in., all opposite or 

 peduncle-opposed, sometimes obscurely rounded at the base, never cordate, glaucous 

 beneath ; petiole \ in. Peduncles i-2 in. Calyx-teeth by ^ in , subacute, glaucous. 

 Corolla 1 by f in., purple. Capsule -obconic or subhemispheric, g- in. broad, ; beak \ in. 

 long. Seeds not glistening, i.e. testa very minutely reticulated. 



5. C. rotundifolia, Benth. in Royle 111. 254, t. G2; stem twining, leaves 

 ovate from a rounded base crenate glabrous or sparsely pilose, calyx-teeth ap- 

 proximate elliptic, corolla widely campanulate, seeds i in. oblong-ellipsoid. 

 Sot. Mag. it. 4942, 5018 ; II. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 14. Wahlenbergia 

 rotundifolia, A. DC. Prodr. vii. 425. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 7-11,000 ft., common. 



Leaves alternate, often 2 by in., very variable in size ; petiole f in. Peduncles 

 1-6 in., axillary and terminal. Calyx-lobes % by ^-g- in., often crenate or toothed. 

 Corolla f-l by f in., purple or lurid grey-blue. Capsule hemispheric, ^-f in. broad ; 

 beak ^ in. Seeds minutely reticulate, not glistening, more than twice as large as those 

 of C. Benthami and its allies. 



6. C. Benthami, II. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 14; rambling or sub- 

 scandent, leaves rhomboid-elliptic crenate pilose on both surfaces, caVyx-teetli 

 approximate ovate acute, corolla narrowly campanulate somewhat constricted in 

 the middle, seeds short ellipsoid scarcely ^ in. long. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen, alt. 9000-11,000 ft., J. D. H.; Yakla, alt, 11,000 ft., 

 Clarke. 



Not twining. Leaves nearly as of C. rotundifolia, but less rounded at the base. 

 Corolla f-1 by ^ in., lurid purple-yellow. Capsule hemispheric, 3-^ in. broad ; beak 

 nearly \ in. long. Seeds not glistening. Separable from C. rotundifolia by the more 

 woody, rambling, but not twining, stem, and by the seeds, which are less than th the 

 volume. 



7. C. subsimplex, //./. Sf T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 16 ; suberect, leaves 

 ovate from a rounded base crenate sparsely pilose, calyx-lobes approximate ovate, 

 corolla broadly carnpanulate, seeds in. ellipsoid. 



ALPINE SIKKIM; Lachen and Yeumtung, alt. 12-13,000 ft, J. D. H.; ridge be- 

 tween Sikkim and Nipal, alt. 11,000 ft., Clarke. 



Stem 1-2 ft., branched. Leaves 1-J 2 by f-1 in., alternate and opposite, closely 

 resembling those of C. rotundifolia ; petiole \ in. Peduncles 1-4 in., terminal. 

 Calyx-lobes ^ by ^-^ in., entire or slightly toothed. Corolla f in. long and nearly as 

 broad, lurid'pale-blue. Capsule hemispheric, ^ in. broad; beak -|- in. long. Seeds 

 not glistening, about i the volume of those of C. rotundifolia, twice as large as those 

 of C. Benthami. This differs from C. Benthami chiefly by the shorter much broader 

 corolla. 



8. C. thalictrifolia, Wall, in 7?o.r6. Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey S? Wall. ii. 106; 

 leaves small ovate or reniform pilose, peduncles long, calyx-lobes oblong, corolla 

 narrow tubular with a widened mouth. Benth. in Royle III. 253 ; H. f. $ T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 16. Glossocomia thalictrifolia, Wall. Cat. 1297. G. tenera, 

 Don Prodr. 158. Wahlenbergia thalictrifolia, DC. Prodr. vii. 425. Campanula 

 thalictrifolia, Spreng. Cura post. 77. 



NIPAL; Gossain Than, Wallicli. 



Stems flexuose. Leaves - in. diam., alternate and opposite, subentire, pilose on 

 both surfaces ; petiole in. Peduncles 2-6 in., terminal, laxly pubescent or glabrous. 



