103 



besceat at the apex ; ovary broad-hemispherical, obscurely lO-rib-. 

 bed, 5-celled : berry pulpy or slightly membranaceous, purple, veTy 

 often crowned with the persistent calyx, 5-celled, without valves : 

 flowers solitary, axillary, greenish. 



Khasia mountains at 4 — 6000 feet. 



GENUS ni. CODONOPSIS. 



Pentandrla ]n.onosynl<^* Sex: Syit: 



Deriv. From Kodon, a bell, and Opsis, resemblance ; alludii^ 

 to the shape of the flowers. 



Gen. Char. Twining or somewhat erect herbs, with milky or 

 watery juice, very often fetid : calyx superior, 5-lobed : corolla 

 tubular or campanulate, 4-6-lobed : stamens 4-76, free : filaments 

 somewhat dilated at the base, filiform : anthers oblong : disk epi- 

 gynous, fleshy, depressed, obscurely lobed : ovary ribbed, globose 

 or obconical, upper part truncated or conical, attenuated into thft 

 sti-aight style, 3-5-ce]led ; cells many-ovuled ; ovules in many 

 rows, adhering to thick axillary placentae : stigma club-shaped, 3-5- 

 labed : lobes valvate, densely hairy outside, recurved while flower- 

 ing : fruit baccate below the corolla, indehiscent or irregularly bro- 

 ken, upper part conical, coriaceous or horny, 3-5-valved : seeds 

 oblong : albumen copious, fleshy : embryo terete. > 



(1) C. viRiDis. (Wall.) 



Ident. Wall, in Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 103.— H.F. & T. in 

 Jour. Proc. Linn. Soc. II. p. 12. 



Syn. Wahlenbergia viridis, Dec. prod. VII. p. 425.— ^Campa- 

 nula viridis, Spreng. 



Spec. Char. Twining; branches glabrous; branchlets and 

 leaves, especially below, hoary : leaves opposite and alternate, ovate, 

 oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminated ; pedicels axillary 

 and leaf-opposed : calyx pubescent, with narrow lobes : ovary he- 

 mispherical : corolla broad-campanulate : berry depressed, globose, 

 with a conical apex : valves 3-5, homy : flowers pale green, pur- 

 plish at the base. 



Khasia mountains at 5 — 6000 feet, flowering in September. 



GENUS IV. CYCLOOODON. 

 Pentandria IKonog^ynia. Sexi Syst: 



Deriv. From Kuklos, a circle, and Kodon, a bell ; alluding to 

 ^he shape, of the flowers. 



