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10 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 36
Fig. 2.
Codonopsis ovata, Benth.
Boot woody, large, spindle-shaped. Stem 6-12 in., decumbent,
then upright. Leaves |-f by \-\ in., alternate and
opposite, egg-shaped, blunt or sharp-pointed, hairy on both
surfaces ;
stalk -J in. long. Flower-stalks 3-6 in. long, at
the end of the branches. Calyx-lobes \-\ in., elliptic-oblong,
slighljly hairy. Corolla 1-li by -f in., broadly bell-shaped,
widened upwards, sky-blue. Capsule inversely conic, depressed,
i-J in. broad, beak i in. long. Seeds xV in. long, narrowly
ellipsoid, not glistening.
Flmvers. June, July.
Locality. Aporwat above Gulmarg, open rocky hill-side,
above 11,000 ft. ;
Tosh Maidan, 11,000-12,000 ft. ; Charpat, in
Juniper tract.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, from Kashmir to Garhwal,
8,000-12,000 ft.
PHYTEUMA, Linn.
The Eampion.
(From the Greek phyteuma, a plant, a seed, a name employed
by the ancients for a vegetable.)
Fig. 3.
Phyteuma Thomson!, C. B. Clarke.
Thomson's Eampion.
A nearly glabrous perennial herb. Boot long, woody. Stems
i-4 ft. high, erect. Radical leaves stalked ;
stem-leaves 3 by
Ij in., stalked, alternate, egg-lance-shaped, indistinctly
crenate. Flowers many, forming a lax panicle, sometimes
only a simple terminal cluster ;
stalks i-1 in. long. Calyxtube
inversely conical, teeth i in. long, awl-shaped. Corolla
Filaments of stamens
blue, lobes linear-oblong, J-J by rVi in-
short, hairy, converging above ;
anthers large, oblong, at first
forming a cylinder round the style, but quite free. ,Ovary
2-celled ; stigma 2-lobed. Fruits white when young.
Flowers and Fruits. May, June.
Locality. Near Shirazia Bagh, on hill; Gadsar; Dachigam
Bakh ; below Gulmarg, damp woods, about 8,000 ft., common.
Distribution. N. W. Himalaya, Kashmir, 6,000-8,000 ft.