CAPRtFOLIACE^. I§3 



triangular teeth. Corolla campanulate ; tube 1/5 inch 

 white ; lobes five i/io inch sulphur or cream-coloured, 

 imbricate. Stamens attached to the mouth and alternat- 

 ing with the lobes. Ovary two-celled, with short style. 

 Ovules I inch each cell, pendent from the inner angle, 

 with its raphe turned to one side (lateral) but more or less 

 on the side of the placenta. 



Fruit a one-celled drupe, 1/5 by ^ inch, usually erect, 

 ovoid or obovoid, red, crowned by the thick short style ; 

 section of the stone a flat W. Differs from the type 

 species in the broader leaves the stellate pubescence 

 on their stalks and the drooping panicles. White Ic. 

 t. 1024. 



On road-sides and the edges of sholas. Pulneys : about 

 Kodaikanal at 7,500 feet, not common. Nilgiris : in and about 

 Ootacamund, common, flowering during the winter months. 

 jFyson 3046. Bour?ie 4602, 4777. 



Wallich's species V. erubescens was founded on a Nepal plant shown 

 in his figure (i'l.As. Rar. ii. t. 134) and also described as having erect 

 panicles. His Cat. Nos. 459 and 7474 are slenderer plants with not the 

 same laxly drooping habit and narrower leaves. His V. wightiaiium distin- 

 guished as a separate species differs, according to his description chiefly in 

 the leaves being broader and stellately pubescent below. I find also the 

 panicles drooping. Erubescens is a good name for onr plant, its leaf- 

 stalks are so red. 



LONICERA. F.B.I. 74 VI. 



Honeysuckle. 



Shrubs erect or straggling characterised by the 

 flowers being in close pairs with ovaries almost or quite 

 united. 



Leaves opposite, entire : buds scaly. Pairs of flowers 

 with a bract and usually also two bracteoles, peduncled 

 in the leaf-axils (or in terminal heads or clusters). Sepals 

 five, short. Corolla tube slender, often bulged at the 

 base ; lobes five, unequal or nearly equal. Stamens five 

 inserted on the tube. Ovary of two or three cells : style 

 long and slender with capitate stigma. Fruit a berry of 

 two or three cells, with a few seeds. 



