Triosteum.'] LXXIV. CAPRIFOLIACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 9 



both s\irfaces. Spike hardly 1 in. ; peduncle scarce in. Calyx-teeth ^ in. Corolla- 

 tube in. long, green without purple within. Drupe ^ in., ovoid or ellipsoid trigo- 

 nous, hairy towards the apex. H. f. & T. have been misled by DC. into supposing 

 that Wallich described T. hirsutum from Chittagong as a different species from T. 

 himalayanum. The origin of the error appears to have been that DC. read Wallich's 

 ms. locality " Gossain Than " as the Sanskrit spelling of Chittagong. DC. further 

 misprints the fruit as 5-seeded, whereas Wallich states (rightly) 3-seeded. 



5. ABELIA, Br. 



Shrubs, branchlets slender. Leaves opposite, sometimes ternate, petioled, 

 entire or toothed ; stipules 0. Floivers axillary and terminal, in small tricho- 

 tomous cymes or solitary, 2-4-bracteolate, white or rose. Calyx-tube narrow, 

 striate; teeth 5, long, narrow, persistent. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, 

 nearly regular ; lobes 5, short, round. Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla-tube, 

 subdidynamous. Ovary 3-celled ; style filiform, stigma capitate subexserted ; 

 ovules in 2 cells several, in the 3rd solitary. Fruit coriaceous, narrowly oblong, 

 surmounted by the long calyx-teeth, cells 3, 2 empty, the 3rd 1-seeded. Seed 

 subcylindric, testa membranous, albumen fleshy ; embryo short, cylindric. 

 DISTRIB. Species 5, from Kashmir to China and Japan ; and 1 Mexican (per- 

 haps a distinct genus). 



LA. triflora, Br. in Wall PI As. Ear. 14, t. 15; leaves lanceolate 

 entire, cymes 3-8-flowered, bracts lanceolate shining glabrous reticulate. Wall. 

 Cat. 815; DC. Prodr. iv. 339; Wight III. ii. 72, t. 121 0.; H. f. 8f T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 174 ; Lindl. $ Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 91 ; Brandis For. Fl. 

 257. 



Temperate Himalaya from KASHMIR to KUMAON, alt. 5-10,000 ft., frequent. v 

 An erect shrub, 3-6 ft. Leaves 1\ by |-l in., acute, broadest near the cuneate or 

 subobtuse base, reticulate-nerved beneath, pilose especially on the margin or glabrous ; 

 petiole - ^ in. Cymes sessile, i.e. bracts at their base 1 in. leaflike, but interme- 

 diate between the leaves and bracts. Calyx-teeth \-% in., linear, striate, ciliate. 

 Corolla-tube - ^ in., glabrous or pilose without; lobes i~ in., spreading. Fruit 

 |-| in., linear, narrowed upwards, glabrous or pilose. 



VA.?t.parvifolia ; leaves much smaller f in. sometimes lobed or subpinnatifid, 

 -corolla smaller pubescent within and without. Jhelum Valley and Wuzaristan, 

 Stewart. 



6. X.ONXCERA, Linn. 



Shrubs, erect or scandeut ; buds scaly. Leaves opposite, petioled, sessile 

 or connate, entire or in L. heterophylla sinuately-lobed. Floiuers (in the Indian 

 species) in peduncled pairs, often connate by their ovaries, bracteate and usually 

 2-bracteolate ; peduncles axillary, solitary, or in subterminal panicles heads or 

 clusters subtended by floral leaves. Calyx-tube ovoid ; limb short, 5-toothed, 

 deciduous or persistent. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped or campanulate, tube 

 short or long, gibbous or equal at the base, limb subequally 5-lobed or 2- 

 lipped ; lobes short or long. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla-tube. Ovary 

 5-3-celled ; style slender, stigma capitate ; ovules several in each cell in double 

 rows on axile placentas. Berry 2-3-celled or sub-1 -celled. Seeds few in each 

 cell, ovoid or oblong, albumen fleshy ; embryo terete. DISTKIB. Species 80, in 

 temperate and subalpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere. 



SUBGEN I. Caprifolium, DC. Scandent. Pairs of jloivers, or some of 



