Lonicera. CAPRIFOLIACEJE. 389 
Flowers unknown. 
1204. (b) V. pubigerum (W. & A.:) young branches petioles and pedun- 
cles sprinkled with simple or solitary hairs : leaves oval, shortly acuminated, 
obtuse at the base, quite entire on the lower half, irregularly serrated towards 
the point ; upper side glabrous ; under sprinkled on the nerves with stellate- 
pubescence and fascicled hairs, slightly hairy on the veins, woolly in the 
axils of the nerves: corymb peduncled ; partial peduncles and pedicels close- 
7 E style very short and thick: fruit oval-oblong.— Wight ! cat. n. 
TRIBE I.— LONICEREJE, R. Brown. 
, Corolla more or less tubular, often irregular. Style filiform. Raphe on the outer 
side of the ovule. 
III. LONICERA.  Desf.; Lam. ill. t. 150. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, campanulate, or infundibuliform : the 
limb 5-cleft, often irregular. Stamens 5. Style filiform. Stigma capitate. 
Berry 3- (or by abortion sometimes 2-) celled, the cells few-seeded. Seeds: 
crustaceous.—Erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, sometimes con- 
nate, entire or occasionally slightly runcinate. Inflorescence axillary, various. 
$1. Leaves never connate. Pedicels axillary, 2-flowered at the upex. Berries 
in pairs, distinct, or more or less united, younger ones 3-, older ones some- 
times 2-celled, not crowned with the deciduous limb of the calyx.—Xylos- 
teon, DC. 
1205. (1) L. Leschenaultii (Wall. :) twining, tomentose or villous all over 
except the upper side of the leaves: leaves ovate, acute, slightly cordate at 
the base, quite entire; under side veined, more prominently so when old $ 
upper always glabrous : peduncles very short, 2-flowered, axillary and soli- 
tary or terminal and fascicled : bracteas 3 under each flower, the two lateral 
ones short and roundish, the middle one longer and subulate : calycine teeth 
Subulate: tube of the corolla equal at the base, long, villous or pubescent : 
tries distinct.—« ; under side of the leaves villous, with the veins not very 
prominent ; corolla villous.—Wight ! cat. n. 1258.—L. Leschenaultii, Wall. in 
Roxb. fl. Ind. (ed Wall.) 2. p. 178 ; L. n. 471; DC. prod. 4. p. 334; Spr. syst. 
suppl. p. 83.—8 ; under side of the leaves prominently reticulated, shortly to-: 
Mentose, glaucous ; corolla pubescent.— Wight! cat. n. 1259. — L. mollis, 
ind ! L.n. 6301.— a2, Neelgherries ; Leschenault. Cunnawady.—8, Neel- 
gherries, 
e can perceive no other difference between these than what we have 
àbove pointed out, nor are they probably constant. 
- 1206. (2) L. digustrina (Wall.:) stem somewhat erect and bushy; branches 
slender, slightly twining, younger ones hairy or pubescent: leaves shortly pe- 
_ holed, ovate-lanceolate, acute, obtuse at the base, quite entire, ap 
. Sprinkled on the margin and when young on the midrib beneath with spread- 
Ing hairs ; peduncles a little longer than the petioles, slightly drooping at the 
apex, 2-flowered, axillary and solitary: bracteas, a subulate one at the back 
. each ovary, and one cup-shaped closely surrounding and containing both 
Ovaries : calyx-limb constricted in the middle, the margin 5-toothed ; teeth 
oblong, short: corolla puberulous, infundibuliform ; tube rather short, gibbous 
. 9n one side at the base; berries distinct, both covered by the common brac- 
.. fea —Wall.! in Roxb. fl. Ind. (ed Wall.) 2. p. 179; L. n. 479; DC. prod. 4. 
P834; Spr. syst. suppl. p. 82; Wight! cat. n. 1260.—— Neelgherries. 
