366 67. CAPRIFOLIACE.E. 



Dr. Henry describes this as a tree thirty feet high, and Madden, 

 on a label in the Kew Herbarium, attached to a specimen from 

 near Simla, designates it a shrub or small tree. 



24. Lonicera reticulata, Champ, in Rook. Kew Journ. Bot. 

 iv. p. 167 ; Whip. Ann. v. p. 95 ; Benth. Fl, Rowjk. p. 141 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. x. p. 58. 



Hongkong (Champion ! Ranee, 6054 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Champion states that he found this species on the summits of 

 the hills in grass or on rocks ; yet, so far as we know, it has not 

 been gathered by any subsequent collector, except Hance. 



25. Lonicera Kuprechtiana, Begel, Gartenflora, xix. (1870), 

 p. 68, t. 645 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 

 p. 283 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. x. p. 70. 



Shingking : Hingjing (Boss !), Peiling ( Webster !) . Herb. 

 Kew. 



Mandshuria. 



"We have seen no authenticated specimen of this Bpecies, and 

 the figure in the ' Grartenflora ' is not sufficient to put our deter- 

 mination beyond doubt. 



26. Lonicera (§ Xylosteum) similis, Remsl., n. sp. 



Frutex scandens, ramulis elongatis flexuosis patentim pilosis. 

 Folia iis L. macranthce varietatis indices similia, breviter petiolata, 

 papyracea, elongato-ovatavel cordata, 2-4 poll, longa, acutissima, 

 ciliata, supra praecipue secus costam parce strigosa, demum gla- 

 brescentia, venis impressis, subtus albida, parce strigosa, simul 

 brevissime densissimeque stellato-tomentosa. Flores pubescentes, 

 angustissimi (alabastra tantum visa), saltern 1| poll, longi, pe- 

 dunculis bifloris axillaribus gracilibus longe patentimque pilosis 

 usque ad bipollicaribus ; bracteaa pilosa?, subulatae, quam ovaria 

 longiores ; bracteolae minuta?, rotundatae ; calycis dentes ovato- 

 oblongi, longe ciliati simul pubescentes ; ovaria inter se omnino 

 libera, stylo glabro. Baccce desunt. 



Htjpeh : Ichang (A. Renry !). Herb. Kew. 



This is a very distinct species, though the foliage is singularly 

 like that of an Indian variety of L. tnacrantha in shape, colour, 

 and indumentum. 



