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lobis ovatis vel late-triangnlaribus. Siauiiiia brevia, curva, filamentis 
lato cardine linearibus, glabra. Ovarium 1*5 cm, longiim, 1 cm. latum, 
inferum, obconicum, 10-costatum, in fructu ad 5 mm. rostratum, locu- 
licide 3-loculare. Semina 1"5 mm. longa, ellipsoid ea, iiitentia. 
W ahlenbergia ? dicentrifolia C. B. Clarke in Flora Brit. Ind., iii, 
430 ; Codonopus Margarita W. W. Smith in letteris et in duplicatis et 
seminibus distributis. 
Phallut, 11,000 ft. ; Clarke ! Gnatong Chu, South East Sikkim at an 
elevation of 11,000 ft., No. 4381 Smith ! Sandakphu, No. 371 iRihu ! 
A very graceful plant gn:^wing on the face of wet precipices in a deep valley. It 
ecalls Codonopiii /cei«ns and C. thalictri folia, but is free from the objectionable odour 
of those species. The slender branches bear the small ovate leaves so regularly as to give 
the impression of a long pinnate leaf. As in its nearest allies, there are no radical leaves 
and usually 3 — 6 inches of whitish stem appear underground before we come to the thick 
rootstock. The plants bears from one to twelve flowers. Tlie corolla is bluish, with a 
dappling of light and dark blues. The ovary is surmounted by a blac k shining disc and at 
the edge of this disc the stamens are inserted. The stigma is at first clubsbapod, later 
shortly trilobed. The plant is protandrous, the stamens withering before the stigmat* 
diverge. 
The Calcutta Herbarium possesses no type of Clarke’s plant and so the above descrip- 
tion was written as for a new Codonop^s. Clarke’s original diagnosis was based on 
fruiting specimens only. In my opinion clearly a Codottoptis. 
183. Gyaiiantliiis Wall. 
463. Cyanantlios lobatns Wall 
Changu, Dzalep, Gipmoebi, 12 — 13,000 ft., No. 424:8. Common. 
463. Cyaoanthiis pedancaiatns C. B. Clarke 
Nathui La, Chamnago, 12 — 14,000 ft. Frequent. 
464. Cyanauthns incanns H. f. & T. 
Gnatong, 11 — 12,000 ft. 
183, Campaniimiea Bl. 
465. CampanniiiaBa iufiata C. B. Clarke 
Phadonchen, 7 — 8,000 ft.. No. 4453. Common. 
184. Peraearpa H f . & T 
466. Peraearpa carnosa H. f. & T. 
Karponang, 7 — 9,000 ft., No. 2974. Common 
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