Eucaprifolia in Central or Eastern Asia, and its nearest 
ally is the Italian LZ. stabiana, which, however, is very 
closely related to L. Caprifolium, a species extending from 
France to the Caucasus and Asia Minor. LL. tragophylla is 
the largest-flowered species of the subgenus Periclymenum, 
and Mr. Wilson regards it as the most showy of all the 
Chinese species. 
Descr.—A scandent, nearly glabrous shrub. Stems 
round, smooth; flowering branches slender, six to nine 
inches long. Leaves shortly stalked or sessile, papery. 
oblong, two and a half to four inches long, three-quarter 
to one and a third inches broad, rotundate, obtuse 
acute, entire, glaucous below, and pubescent along the 
midrib; one to three of the uppermost pairs connate, 
rounded or deltoid. lowes ten to twenty, in shortly 
stalked heads terminating the branches. Calya-teeth 
minute, persistent. Corolla bright orange-coloured or 
yellow, faintly streaked with red on the back of the uppe 
lip, two to three inches long; tube slender, curved, about 
three times as long as the limb, glabrous outside, pubescent 
inside. Limb two-lipped; upper lip erect or somewha 
reflexed at the apex, shortly four-lobed ; lower lip narrowly 
oblong, incurved. Stamens exserted, glabrous. Style 
long as or slightly longer than the stamens, glabrot 
Berries scarlet, subglobose.—S. A. Sxan, a 
Bee? 
Fig. 1, young fruits, showing calyx-teeth and style ; 2, corolla laid open :— 
enlarged. 
