12 LXXIV. CAPRIFOLIACEM. (©. B. Clarke.) [Lonicera. 
flat, berry crowned by the funnel-shaped calyx-limb. ` Xy!osteum asperrimum, 
Dene. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 77, t. 85. 
Western Tiger, Falconer; ZANSKAR, alt. 13,000 ft., Thomson., Kasumir to the 
abun. alt. 12,000 ft., C. B. C. Rimkim (Tibet), alt. 13,500 ft., Strach. d 
interb. 
A shrub, 2-4 ft. ; branchlets sparsely hispid. Leaves 1} by 3 in., subacute or 
obtuse, shining and glabrous above; petiole 1-1 in. Bracts 4 in., and ovaries free. 
Calyx-tube glabrous; limb ciliate or glabrous. Corolla-tube À by à in., glabrous or 
slightly hairy; lobes } in. or more. Style glabrous. Drupe 4 by 4 in. or more, 
oblong. 
** Bracts linear or narrow-oblong (broad in L. parvifolia); bracteoles often 
connate or prominent. 
T Corolla not distinctly two-lipped, often gibbous at the base, and limb 
unequal, 
9. L. ligustrina, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 179; 
Cat. 479 ; branchlets pubescent, leaves lanceolate obtusely acuminate margin and 
midrib beneath ciliate or glabrescent, peduncle hardly any, bracteoles connate. 
DC. Prodr. iv. 334; W. & A. Prodr. 389; Wight Ic. t. 1025; H. f. & T. in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. ii. 166 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. 16, fig.5. L. Wightiana, 
Wall. Cat. under 1520, in Herb. Linn. Soc, 
? Na: Wallich. Knasia Mrs., alt. 4000-6000 ft., H. F.4 T. Mts. of the Sourn 
Deccan, alt. 6-7000 ft., frequent. 
A shrub, 5-15 ft. Leaves 13 by A in., base narrowed or scarcely rounded, firm, 
shining ; petiole A, in. Bracts A in., glabrous; bracteoles at first small, in fruit some- 
times d by 2 in. forming a boat-shaped involucel half-enclosing the frmt. Calya- 
limb tubular; margin irregular. — Corolla-tube } by AA in., narrowly funnel-shaped, 
base very gibbous, slightly pubescent ; lobes } in., obtuse, yellowish-white (Wallich). 
Style patently hairy. Drupes usually confluent into a single small spherical fyuit, 
ovaries free or half-coaleseent in bud.—Wallich’s Nipal habitat must be considered 
doubtful till confirmed, owing to the mixture of specimens on one sheet. | 
10. L. tomentella, H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 167 ; branchlet o, 
pubescent, leaves oblong villous or pubescent beneath, peduncles 0-3 in., - 
teoles short connate. 
Temperate HrwALAYA; SixxrM, Lachen and Lachoong, alt. 8-12,000 ft., J. D. 
A shrub, 10-12 ft. Leaves 14 by 4-32 in., obtuse at both ends; petiole A. 
tomentose. Bracts 4-3 in., narrowly oblong, foliaceous; bracteoles Ze in. longfin 
fruit. Calyx glabrous. Corolla-tube X by } in., subequal, pilose without and withWn ; 
lobes hardly j in., little spreading, white. Style glabrous. Berry 4 by } in., black, 
often coalescent in pairs into one spherical fruit. Seeds numerous, small, 
ll. L. purpurascens, Z. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 169; leaves 
oblong or obovate-oblong hairy at least beneath, peduncles 1-1 in., bractecles 
small quadrate subobsolete in the fruit, calyx-limb patelliform truncate glabrous. 
L. sericea, Royle Ill. 236; H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 107. Xylosteum 
purpurascens, Dene. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 79, t. 87. 
Subalpine Himalaya; KasmMrm, alt. 9-12,000 ft.; Pir Pinjal, Jacquem 
C. B. C; Goolmurg, Stewart. Kunawur; alt. 12-13,000 ft, Munro. Sixx 
Yeumtong, alt. 11,000 ft., J. D. H. 
A shrub, 8 ft.; branchlets pilose, ultimately glabrous. Leaves 1 by 4 in., obtus 
base narrowed or obtuse, above softly pilose or glabrescent, beneath villous or hair 
‘on the nerves only; petiole È in. Bracts Ärm, linear or lanceolate-linear; brac 
teoles distinct or connate. Corolla-tube 4 by yy in., base gibbous, hairy within an 
