Platycodon
(from platys, broad, and kodon, a bell; referring to the form of the flower). ORD. Campanulaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a very ornamental, hardy, erect, glabrous, glaucescent, herbaceous perennial. For culture, see Campanula.
P. autumnalis (autumnal). A synonym of P. grandiflorum. P. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of P. grandiflorum. P. grandiflorum (large-flowered).* Chinese Bell-flower. fl. blue, large, solitary or few at the tips of the branches; calyx tube adnate, turbinate, limb five-parted; corolla campanulate, five-lobed; inflorescence centrifugal. July. l. scattered, often opposite or whorled, sub-sessile, ovate, lanceolate, toothed. h. 6in. to 12in. China, Mandschuria, and Japan, 1782. See Fig. 199. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 208.) SYNS. P. autumnalis (L. J. F. 250), P. chinensis (L. & P. F. G. ii. 61), Campanula grandiflora (B. M. 252). P. g. Mariesii (Maries'). This is a recently-introduced form, with larger flowers, and of dwarfer habit, than the type. (Gn., March, 1885.)