356 CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 
LEYCESTERIA. 
(Family Caprifoliaceae). 
Soft-wooded small shrubs or 
half-shrubs: deciduous. Twigs 
rather slender, round: pith mod- 
erate, excavated. Buds _ solitary, 
slightly stalked, oblong, with 1 or 
2 pairs of exposed scales, the 
outer attenuate. Leaf-scars oppo- 
site, minute, crescent-shaped, 
much raised so as to equal the 
bud, with a connecting cross-line: 
bundle-traces 3, indistinct: _ sti- 
pule-scars lacking. 
Though tender, Leycesteria is a 
very attractive little plant when 
in fruit. 
Winter-characters of Leyceste- 
ria formosa are pictured by 
Schneider, f. 202. 
Glabrate and slightly glaucous. 
L. formosa. 
Winter-character references to Lonicera:—L. alpigena. 
Bosemann, 42; Schneider, f. 204; Willkomm, 11, 48, f. 85; 
Zuccarini, 23, pl. 13. L. caerulea. Bosemann, 42; Fant, 43, 
f. 45; Schneider, f. 203; Shirasawa, 273; Willkomm, 3, 48, f. 
84; Zuccarini, 24, pl. 13. L. Caprifolium. Bosemann, 41; 
Schneider, f. 204; Ward, 1:163, f. 79; Willkomm, 11, 48, f. 86. 
L. gracilipes. Shirasawa, 273, pl. 11. L. Morrowii. Shira- 
sawa, 272, pl. 11. L. nigra. Bosemann, 42; Schneider, f. 203; 
Willkomm, 47, f. 83. L. Periclymenum. Bosemann, 41; Fant, 
43,. f. 44; Schneider, f. 204; Ward, 1:163, f. 78; Willkomm, 
11. JL. tatarica. Bosemann, 42; Schneider, f. 203. L. Xylos- 
teum. Bosemann, 42; Fant, 43; Schneider, f. 204; Willkomm, 
ai 47, TL S2. 
