Cyananthus.'] Lxxx. campantjlace^. (C. B. Glarke.) 435 



scaertely 55 in., ellipsoid. — This species' Tjy its inflated ffuitiDg-calyx and miiliite seeds 

 differs considerably from s^U the preceding specieS, and approaches the next Section. 



** Soot annual ; stemi hrancheil, lateral branches often flowering. 



6. C. inflatus, H.f. Sf T. in Jamm. Linn, Soc. ii. 21 ; stem procumbent 

 loosely branched, leaves petioled round, flowers subsessile, calyx in fruit globose- 

 conic. , 



Alpine Sikkim; alb. 11-16,000 ft., general. Bhoxan; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 

 343i). : ' , . . ^ 



Stems 6-30 in., with long hranches,' patently pilose or at length glahrate. Leaves 

 J in. diam., margin more or less sinuate, hairy on both surfaces or nearly glabrous ; 

 petiole i-^ in. Gah/x ^ in., ovate, lobed less than J its length, hairy ; in fruit much 

 widened at the base, membranous, often conspicuously nerved, ultimately nearly gla- 

 brous. Corolla ^ in., tubular, hardly widened at the mouth. " Capsule ^-g in., oblong- 

 conic; valves often far exceediilg the narrow calyx-inouth. ' Seeds scaftely jg in., 

 ellipsoid. ' 



7. C. Kookerl, Clarke ; stems ascending rigid with short lateral flower- 

 ing branches, leaves petiole,d ovate, calyx in fruit ellipsoid closely embracing 

 the capsule. Cyananthus sp. n. 6, H.f. ^ T. in Journ. Linn. Socio.. 21. 



East Nipal; Wallanchoon, alt. 13,000 ft., .T; J), if. 



Stems 3-8 in. (or more), many from one root, wiry, ultimately glabrescent ; lateral 

 branches ^-I in. Leaves J-J in., hirsute ; petiole i-J in. Calyx in friiit |-J by ^ 

 in., patently fulvous-hirsute, lobed acutely half its length. - Capsule \ by ^ in., -ellip- 

 soid, 3-5 (mostly 4-) valved, included in the calyx. Seeds ^ in., ellipsoid. — The 

 specimens are in ripe fruit only, but. the species is evidently distinct from all the 

 others ; the calyx and capsule are very much smaller. ' , 



8. CAXaPAKrunCHIA, Blume. 



•Perennial herbs ; root tuberous ; stem twining or rambling with long straight 

 branches. Leaves opposite or alternate, short- or long-petioled, entire crenate 

 or serrate. Flowers. peduncled,'splitary, lateral or terminal. Calyx inferior or 

 superior ; lobes 4-6, long, broad or narrow, persistent. CoroUa epigynous, 

 campanulate, white with a short tube, or lurid large with a long tube ; lobes 

 4^6. Stamens 4-6, inserted round the base of the corolla-tube. Ovary 4-6- 

 ceUed ; style cylindric, stigma of 4-6 short lobes.' Fruit indehiscent, truncate. 

 Seeds very many, small, ellipsoid. — Species 5-6, Himalaya, Malaya, S, China, 

 Japan. 



Sect. I. XSucampi^numeea. Stem twining; inflorescence lateiul. 

 Cdyx-ldbes broad, herbaceous. Corolla campanulate, large, lurid purple. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, ;prominently reticulated.-r-Differs from Codonopsis only in the baccate 

 truncate fruit. 



1. C javanica, Blume Bifd. 727 ; leaves ovate-cordate glabrous, calyx 

 nearly free from the bemispheric berry. DC. Prodr. vii. 423 ; Fl. des Serres, t. 

 1264; S'.f Sr T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 9; Kurz in Journ.As. Soc. 1877, pt. 

 ii. 209. C, javanica, Hooh.f. 111. Him. PL t. 16, B. C. cordata, Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5.372, not of Hassh. Codonopsis, sp. 2, Griff. Notul. iv. 280. 



SiKKiM, Bhotan and Khasia Mt.9., alt. 3-7000 ft., frequent. Bibma; Karen 

 Hills, Kure. — ^Distbib. Java. 



Leaves opposite or nearly all alternate, 2 by 1 in., acute, deeply cordate, entire or 

 crenate-serrate, glaucous beneath ; petiole |-1 in. FeckmclessoWta.yrj, axillary or leaf- 

 opposed, as long as the petioles. Calf/xrtube very short, adnate to the base of the 



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