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short-petioled, oval to obovate-oblong or oblong, obtuse, 
sparingly villous when young, glabrous and chartaceous at 
maturity, 1-1.5 em. long; peduncles 8-10 mm. long; 
bracts ovate, acute, ciliate, scarcely half as long as the 
fruit; bractlets wanting; calyx persistent; ovaries wholly 
connate forming a globose fruit about 6 mm. in diameter 
with few seeds. 
Apparently closely allied to L. Tangutica, L. inconspicua 
and L. serpyllifolia. 
157. L. spec., Henry, no. 5707 (Szechuen, S. Wushan), 
in herb. Kew and Berlin. 
Branchlets glabrous; leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 5-7 
cm. long, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, acute, 
glaucescent beneath, glabrous except slightly ciliate toward 
the base; peduncles at the base of the branchlets, upright, 
straight, hirsute; bractlets oblong-lanceolate, pilose, about 
as long as the fruit; berries distinct, glabrous. 
It apparently belongs to the subsection Bracteatae and 
seems allied to L. strophiophora. 
HYBRIDS. 
Spontaneous hybrids are apparently very rare in the 
genus Lonicera; of the subgenus Periclymenum L. Capri- 
folium X Etrusca and L. Caprifolium x implexa have 
been found and probably also ZL. Htrusca x implexa 
occurs wild, while in the subgenus Chamaecerasus only the 
still doubtful LZ. Xylosteum < nigra has been reported as 
found in a wild state. A great number of hybrids, how- 
ever, have originated in cultivation, particularly in the sub- 
sections Ochranthae and Tataricae and between them and 
also in the subgenus Periclymenum. All were raised unin- 
tentionally without artificial aid in gardens and nurseries 
where the different species grew close together and seeds 
were collected from them. So much inclined are some 
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