10 LXXIV. CAPRIFOLIACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Lonicera. 



them, capitate or panicled. Bracts linear or small. Corolla 2-lipped. Berry 

 crowned with the calyx-teeth. 



In the simple lateral peduncles the bracts are ^indistinguishable from floral 

 leaves : in the paniculate inflorescence of L.japonica the bracts are small linear. 



1. L. Xieschenaultii, Wall, in Roxb. Fl Ind. ed. Carey $ Watt. ii, 

 178 ; Cat. 471 ; leaves ovate or oblong, beneath and calyx grey tomentose, 

 corolla long closely pubescent. DC. Prodr. iv. 334; Wight III. ii. t. 120 

 and 121 B. ; W. $ A. Prodr. 389 ; H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 173, not 

 ofMiq. L. mollis, Wight III. ii. 71 ; Wall. Cat. 6301. 



DECCAN MTS., alt. 5-8000 ft. ; Wight, &c. 



Branchlets tomentose. Leaves l-2by 1-1 f in., acute or rounded, base cordate 

 or obtuse, above glabrous or puberulous on the impressed nerves ; petiole in. Flowers 

 in shortened panicles ; floral leaves -1 in., petioled, ovate ; bracts linear, - in. ; 

 bracteoles ovate, minute. Calyx-teeth in., linear. Corolla-tube 1-1| in., hairy 

 within. Style glabrous or nearly so. Earely the pairs of flowers are solitary, when 

 the elongate floral leaves which are close beneath the flower have been described a& 

 bracts. 



2. X,. glabrata, Wall in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Watt. ii. 176; 

 Cat. 474 ; leaves cordate-oblong acute coriaceous glabrous or nearly so rarely 

 villous beneath, bracts i-f in. lanceolate, calyx glabrous or nearly so, corolla 

 glabrous. DC. Prodr. Iv. 334 ; H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 172, excl. 

 syn. L. ovata, If am. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; from NIPAL to BHOTAN ; Wallich, &c. 



Branchlets glabrous, or closely pubescent. Leaves 3 by 1 in. ; nerves glabrous 

 or pilose or villous beneath ; petiole \-\ in. Flower-spikes short, often panicled ; 

 floral leaves gradually reduced, sometimes minutely pilose above, the uppermost 

 lanceolate, sessile ; bracteoles ovate, minute. Calyx-tube somewhat glaucous, rarely 

 slightly hairy ; teeth ^ in, lanceolate. Corolla-tube ^ in., rarely with a few scat- 

 tered hairs without, hairy within. Style glabrous, or with scattered hairs. 

 Griffith's specimens from East Bhotan have the leaves very villous beneath. 



3. Xi. macrantha, DC. Prodr. iv. 333; leaves cordate-oblong acute 

 coriaceous villous beneath, floral usually greatly reduced, calyx-teeth hairy in 

 fruit, corolla-lobes hirsute in bud white fading to yellow. Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 144 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 269 ; Maxim, in Butt. Acad. Petersb. 

 Mel. Biol. x. 58. L. japonica, Wall. Cat. 473, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ 

 Wall. ii. 174 : H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 171, not of Linn. Caprifo- 

 folium macranthum and japonicum, Don Prodr. 140. 



Temperate Himalaya from NIPAL to BHOTAN, alt. 6-10,000 ft., frequent. KHASIA 

 MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Leaves 2 by 1 in., glabrescent or pilose on the surface above. Peduncles in sub- 

 terminal panicles ; upper floral leaves usually linear-lanceolate. Bracts |- in.,, 

 linear; bracteoles very small. Calyx-tube glaucous, glabrous. Corolla-tube f-lj in. 

 L.japonica, L., which is very closely allied, differs in the less coriaceous leaves, usually 

 petioled ovate or spathulate floral leaves, more or less hairy calyx-tube, and less hir- 

 sute unexpanded pink or reddish corolla. 



4. I., acuminata, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 472 ; 

 leaves oblong cordate acute, bracts - in. linear, calyx-tube glabrous, corolla- 

 tube hairy lobes pubescent or glabrous, style densely fulvous hairy. Wall. Cat. 

 472 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 334. L. Loureirii, H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 172, 

 not of DC. 



