144 capiufoliace.e. [Lonicera. 



and hairy, especially on the under side, with reticulate veins. Flower-pairs 

 on very short pedicels, either axillary or in terminal heads. Bracts short, 

 bracteoles very small. Ovary glabrous. Corolla pubescent and hairy, yellow- 

 ish ; the slender tube 1 to lj in. long; the limb \ in. long, two-lipped. — 

 L. japonica, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 583; Bot Reg. t. 70; Hook. fil. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 172 ; not of Thunb. L. hirtijlora, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. 

 iv. 166. 



The most common Honeysuckle in the island, Champion and others, and common also in 

 northern India. Although generally passing under the name of L. japonica, it. is douhtful 

 whether it is a Japanese plant at all. It is not in Zuccarini's enumeration. The original 

 L. japonica of Thunherg is the L.flexuosa of our gardens, with shorter reddish flowers. 



3. L. reticulata, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 167. A climber, with 

 the branches thickly clothed with a short soft velvety tomentum. Leaves 

 ovate or oblong, obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, on petioles of 4 to 6 lines, rather 

 thick, glabrous and shining above,, and wrinkled with a network of im- 

 pressed veins, covered underneath with a white or yellowish close dense tomen- 

 tum. Flower-pairs 6 or 8 together in little corymbs on axillary peduncles 

 nearly as long as the leaves, the outer bracts often leafy and 4 to 6 lines long, 

 the others small and linear, the bracteoles about half the length of the ovary, 

 all tomentose. Corolla downy or tomentose, the tube 8 or 9 lines long, the 2- 

 lipped limb rather shorter. 



On the summits of the hills, in grass or amongst rocks, Champion. Not received from 

 elsewhere. 



4. L. multiflora, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 167. A climber, with 

 pubescent branches. Leaves stalked, ovate or oval, obtuse, about 1|- in. long, 

 slightly pubescent and neither shining nor wrinkled above, softly pubescent 

 underneath. Flower-pairs nearly sessile, 6 or 8 together in heads or short 

 cymes on axillary or terminal peduncles. Outer bracts leafy, 2 to 4 lines 

 long, inner ones and bracteoles very small. Corolla-tube slightly pubescent, 

 8 or 9 lines long, the 2 -lipped limb rather shorter. 



From Mr. Cay's garden at Victoria, and according to him indigenous in the island, Cham- 

 pion. I have seen no other specimens. This comes nearest to the L. chinensis, DC, or L. 

 japonica, Thunb., known in our gardens as L. flexuosa, and of which we have several speci- 

 mens from the Chinese continent. It is possible indeed that the L. multiflora, may prove 

 to be a variety of it, but in that plant, besides some differences in the foliage, the peduncles 

 are in the wild, as well as in cultivated specimens, constantly short and simple, bearing only 

 one pair of flowers. 



Order LYIII. RUBIACE^J. 



Calyx-teeth adnate ; the limb entire, with as many teeth, lobes, or divisions 

 as lobes of the corolla. Corolla inserted round an epigynous disk, regular, 

 with 4, 5, or more lobes, either imbricate (usually convolute) or valvate in the 

 bud. Stamens as many as lobes of the corolla, alternating with them and in- 

 serted in the tube. Ovary inferior, 2- or more celled, with 1 or more ovules 

 in each cell, rarely 1 -celled with parietal placentas. Styles simple, with a 

 simple terminal stigma, or with as many stigmatic lobes as cells to the ovary. 

 Fruit varying. Seeds with a horny albumen; embryo usually small, with 

 flat cotyledons. — Trees, shrubs, herbs, or rarely climbers. Leaves opposite, 



