Lou leer a . "| aiFOLIA c K#: . 217 



3. L. angustifolia, Wall.; Braudis 55. Vern. Geang, Jannsar j 

 Pilrn, philku, Sutlej. 



A small shrub, with smooth, grey bark, exfoliating in broad flakes, 

 Wood white, very close-grained. Structure similar to that of L. qnin- 

 quelocularis, but pores much .smaller. 



Himalaya from the Indus to Sikkim, 6,000 to 10,000 feet, Fruits eaten. 

 Wright, 60 UN. per cubic foot. 



11)8. 



H 2843. Mahasu, Simla, 8,500 feet GO 



H 2875. Nagkunda, Simla, 8,000 feet . . . .... 



4. L. alpigena, Linn. ; Braudis 256. 



A shrub. Bark grey brown, peeling off in irregular papery flakes, 

 Wood moderately hard, structure similar to that of L. quinqnelocularis. 



North -West Himalaya from Kashmir to Kumaun, 8,000 to 10,000 feet. 



H 2912. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet. 

 H 3016. Hattu, Simla, 10,000 feet. 



5. LEYCESTERJA, Wall. 



1. L. formosa, Wall.; Brandis 256 ; Gamble 46. Vern. Malkarr, 

 saunjla, nalkaru, Jcamaliya, Kumaun ; Tunguk, Lepcha. 



An erect shrub with hollow, generally herbaceous, stems. Bark 

 grey, shining. Wood resembling in structure that QiLonicera, but with 

 slightly broader medullary rays. 



Throughout the Himalaya from the Sutlej to Bhutan, from 5,000 to 10,000 feet. 

 H 2849. Mahasu, Simla, 8,000 feet. 



6. PENTAPYXIS, Hook. t. 



Contains 2 species. P. glaucopJiylla. Hook, f., is a shrub of the Sikkiui Himalaya, 

 from 5,000 to 9,000 feet. 



1. P. stipulata, Hook, f ; Gamble 45. Lonicera stipulata, Hook. f. 

 and Th. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 165. Vern. Berikuru, Nep. 



A large shrub, with greyish brown bark. Wood white, soft. Pores 

 extremely small. Medullary rays fine and very fine. No annual rings. 



Sikkim Himalaya, from 6,000 to 10,000 feet, ver} r common on hill-sides cleared of 

 forest, around Darjeeling. 



E 2866. Kangbul, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet. 



ORDER LVI. RUBIACE^E. 



A large and very important forest Order containing many trees which are valuable 

 for their timber, besides plants which have valuable properties, chiefly as medicines 

 and d}'es. It contains 44 Genera, divided into 13 Tribes, viz., 



Tribe I. Naucleese ..... Sarcocephalus, Anthocephalus, 



Cephalanthus, Adina, S(e- 

 phegyne, Nauclea and 



U near i. 



