PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Shrubs with Opposite Ex3tipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals United. 



LoZLlCsra Parvifolift, small, branches often prostrate ; leaves ^-\ in. 



Caprifoliaoe^. shortly stalked, obtuse, lower surface pale ; flowers 



F. B. I. iii. 18. ^-i in, long, each pair on one stalk in the axil of a 



Himalaya, 8-12,000 ft. jg^f^ bracts narrow, long, bracteoles united, corolla 



Simla, Jaka, Hattu, the ^^^ two-lipped, tubular white tinged with pink; 



Chor (Collett) berries two-joined into one, red, round, \ in. diam. 



Lonlcera obovata, 

 Capeifoi.iace^. 

 F. B. I. ill. 14. 



Himalaya, «-13 000 ft. 



small ; leaves small obovate, \ by \-^ in., obtuse 

 nearly sessile ; flowers very small, tubular, funnel- 

 shaped, not two-lipped, slight spur, yellowish white 

 often in fours, two on one stalk ; berries united, two 

 calyx scai-s on top, roundish, s in. diam. 



LoBicera quinque- 

 loeularis, 



Simalayas Soney- 

 suckle, 



BakrUy phut. 

 Cabpifoliace.«:. 

 F. B. I. iii. 14. 

 Hymalaya, 4-12,000 ft. 

 Simla, (Collett). 



large ; bark grey with vertical furrows exfoliating 

 in long strips ; branchlets velvety ; leaves 1^-2 by 

 J-1^ in., ovate, smooth above, woolly beneath ; flowers 

 two-lipped, white turning yellow, i-^ in. long, a pair 

 or clustered in threes or fours in the axil of a leaf ; 

 bracts linear, short ; bracteoles united below into a 

 cup ; berries distinct, \ in. long, ovoid, white. 



Lcnicera microphylla, 



GAPBIFOLIACE.E. 



F. B. I. iii. 15. 

 Kashmir, 11-14,000 ft. 



small, branchlets smooth ; leaves almost sessile, 

 ^-4 by \-^ in., obtuse, velvety beneath ; flowers 

 whitish yellow, two-lipped, corolla tube ^ by ^ in,, 

 pouch like swelling at the base, bracts ^-J. in. linear, 

 bracteoles none ; berries } in., oblong with rounded 

 ends united at the lower portion. 



Loziicera orientalis, 

 Capbifoliace^. 



F. B. I. iii, 15. 

 Himalaya, 7 II^OOO ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



large ; bark peeling in long strips, branches, 

 horizontal, flattened; leaves 2-4 by l^-2i in., ovate, 

 velvety, and dotted beneath ; flowers pink, i in. long, 

 each pair on a single stalk in the axil of a leaf, two- 

 lipped, corolla tube ^ in., pouch-like swelling at the 

 base, bracts linear, bracteoles small, rounded or large 

 or nonti : berries united in pairs, black, round, rj in. 

 diam. 



