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circ. 8 mm. in medio latos divisa. Antherae circ. 4 mm. longae, 
glabrae, sessiles. Stylus glaber vix 2mm. longus; stigma latum 
trilobum ; discus luride purpureus, marginibus lobatis albo- 
ciliatis praeditus. Fructus deest. 
“ Scandent plant of 2-5 ft. Flowers blue. On scrub in dry 
situations on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27°30’N. Alt. 10,ooo ft. July 1910.” G. Forrest. No. 6258. 
A very distinct species presenting no peculiarities in its 
vegetative parts, but with a deeply cleft corolla which recalls that 
of Codonopsis convolvulacea, Kurz. The sessile anthers serve 
to distinguish the species from all the others of the genus. 
Codonopsis subglobosa, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species C. foetentt, Hook. f. et Thoms. valde affinis ; calyce 
setuloso, corolla viridi inter alia differt. 
erba perennis scandens 15-30 cm. alta. Radix crassa 
elongata lignosa; caules e radice plures subrobusti, sparsius 
albo-setosi mox glabrescentes, volubiles. Folia opposita vel 
alterna, 10-15 mm. longa, 8-10 mm. lata, late ovata, basi ro- 
tundata, vix cordatula, obtusa, serratula vel subintegra, undique 
plus minusve dense adpresse albo-setulosa; petioli 1-2 mm. 
longi, setosi. Flores terminales ; pedunculi 5-15 cm. longi, 
ebracteati, albo-setosi. Calyx semisuperus; tubus hemi- 
sphaericus, 7 mm. longus, jugis quinque magnis, quinque parvis, 
omnibus albo-setosulis, instructus, ceterum glaber ; lobi 8-10 mm. 
longi, 4-5 mm. lati, sinu lato obtuso sejuncti, lanceolati, subacuti, 
integri vel serratuli, intus subglabri, nisi ad apicem setulosam, 
extus setosiores praesertim ad apicem sed nonnunquam sub- 
glabri. Corolla supera, globoso-campanulata, viridis; tubus 
glaber, circ. 2 cm. longus, in sicco 3 cm. latus, intus viridis, basi 
atro-purpureus ; lobi 5-10 mm. longi, late triangulares, subacuti. 
Filamenta glabra, basi dilatata, 4 mm. longa; antherae glabrae, 
4 mm. longae. Stylus glaber; stigma 3-4-lobum; lobi fere 
rotundati, circ. 6 mm. diametro. Ovarium post anthesin semi- 
inferum. Capsula matura deest. 
‘““Scandent plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers green, blotched 
maroon at base. Growing on scrub at the base of the eastern 
flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. gooo ft. 
September i910. Yunnan, West China.” G. Forrest. No. 
668 
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Also cultivated by Bees Limited from seed supplied by 
G. Forrest. 
C. subglobosa is closely allied to C. foetens Hook. f. et Thoms. 
of the East Himalaya, and in the dried state is easily confused 
with that species. Having seen the Himalayan plant frequently 
in the wild state, and the Chinese plant in cultivation, I have no 
