Codonopsis.] lxxx. campanulace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 431 



Yeined, 5- rarely 4-6-meroiis. Calyx superior ; lotes 6, long, foliaceous. Corolla 

 campanulate, shortly 6-lobed. Stamens 5, free, insei'ted on the margin of an 

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

 Ovary at first inferior, turbinate, with a short conic superior vertez, 8-celled j 

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

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

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

 laya, Yunan, Mantschuria, and Japan. 



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

 S-i, of which no instances have been found in the Indian species. 



1. C. vlrldis, Wdl. Cat. 1298, and in Moxh. Ft. 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. Sr T. in Jorurn. lAnn. Soe. ii. 12. 

 Wahleubergia viridis, A. DC. Prodr. vii. 424. OanipaQula viridis, Spreng. Cura 

 post. 78. 



NipAL 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 J in. 

 FeduncUs 2 in. Calyx-teeth ^-| by ^ in., not (or very obscurely) \ridened upwards, 

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

 in. broad ; beak J 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. Griffitbii, Clarlte; 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, Oi-iff. Notul. iv. 281, Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 482. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &e. 



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 coroUa without is glabrous or with a few long 

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

 BO that the seeds glisten under a pocket-lens, 



3. C. afflnis, S. f. % T. in Jonm. Linn. Soc. ii. 12 ; stem twining, leaves 

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

 terminal, cdyi-teeth distant narrowly oblong. 



SncKiM HiMAtATA, alt. 11,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. 



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

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

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

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

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

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

 minent. 



Vae. 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 



4. C. purpurea, Wall. Cat. 1299, and in Roxh. Ft. 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 



