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AA. Stamens inserted at the mouth, like the style exserted; ovaries 
almost distinct, 8-loculed; fruit pale violet or whitish; glabrous 
shrub. 2. Subsect. SPINOSAE (sp. 8). 
Subsect. 1. Microstylae, subsect. nov. 
Seven species of the distribution of the section. Intheir 
short style they differ from all other Loniceras except L. 
Mexicana which also has the style shorter than the tube. 
This subsection could be easily divided into two, those with 
two- and those with three-celled ovary, but as all the species 
have well-marked characters in common it seems more 
natural to unite them. 
A. Ovaries 2-loculed, wholly connate; style half as long as tube; 
bractlets wholly connate; fruit red. 
B. Leaves oval or ovate to oblong, obtuse, glabrous, about 1 cm. 
long; peduncles upright; tube twice as long as limb, corolla 
glabrous without, pinkish. 1. Z. Myrtillus, Hook. f. & Thoms. 
BB. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, usually pubescent 
beneath, 2-4 cm. long; peduncles drooping; tube thrice as 
long as limb; corolla white or pinkish, glabrous or pubescent 
without. 2. L. angustifolia, Wall. 
AA. Ovaries 3-loculed, distinct or connate; bractlets sometimes distinct 
B. Style as long as tube; ovaries connate; fruit bluish-black; 
corolla whitish, pubescent without, nodding; leaves oblong, 
1.5-4 cm. long, villous beneath. ’ 
3. L. tomentelia, Hook. f. & Thoms. 
BB. Style half as long as tube; ovaries distinct; fruit red; corolla 
rosy-purple or pink, upright. 
C. Calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, acute; leaves 1-3 cm. long 
D. Leaves tomentose or pubescent beneath, at least on the 
flowering branches, often in threes; low shrubs with 
rigid or procumbent branches. 
E. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, dark green and 
glossy above, whitish-tomentose beneath; corolla 
pubescent without, rarely glabrous; bractlets con- 
nate, at least the anterior. 
4, L. Thibetica, Franch. & Savat. 
EE. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, obtusish or acutish, 
dull green above, tomentose or villous beneath, 
often glabrescent; corolla usually pubescent with- 
out; bractlets distinct or connate only at the base. 
5. L. rupicola, Hook. f. & Thoms. 
