Codonopsis
(from kodon, a bell, and opsis, resemblance; in reference to the shape of the flowers). SYN. Glossocomia. ORD. Campanulaceae. A genus of glabrous herbs. Flowers whitish, yellowish, or deep purple, terminal, axillary, pedunculate. Leaves alternate or nearly opposite, ovate, acuminated, not entire, on short petioles, glaucous, rarely hoary beneath. Branches usually opposite more or less articulated at their origin. C. clematidea (Clematis-like). fl. white, tinged with blue. l. stalked, ovate, acuminate. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Mountains of Asia. Hardy perennial. SYN. Glossocomia clematidea. (R. G. 167.) C. cordata (cordate). A synonym of Campanumaea javanica. C. gracilis. See Campanumaea gracilis.
C. rotundifolia (round-leaved). fl. yellowish-green, veined with dark purple, large; corolla urceolate-globose, campanulate, with an inflated tube; peduncles terminal, slender, one-flowered. l. petioled, opposite or rarely alternate, ovate, rather obtuse. Himalaya. A long, slender, climbing annual. (B. M. 4942.) C. r. grandiflora (large-flowered). A very pretty variety, with a more variegated corolla than the type, the flowers very much resembling those of the Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna). Himalaya. (B. M. 5018.)