Lonicera.'] LXXIV. CAPRIFOLIACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 11 



Temperate Himalaya from NIPAL, Wallich, to SIKKIM, alt. 7-1 1,000 ft. ; J. D. H. 

 &c. 



Branchlets hairy. Leaves 4 by 1 J-lf in., with scattered hairs on both surfaces, or 

 glabrescent; petiole in., hairy. 'Inflorescence in terminal many-flowered heads, and 

 also often axillary 2-flowered peduncles ; floral leaves gradually reduced, the uppermost 

 linear-lanceolate, bracteiform ; bracteoles ^ in., subquadrate, ciliate. Calyx-teeth gla- 

 brate or ciliate in fruit. Corolla-tube ^ in., funnel-shaped. L. Loureirii, from Java? 

 differs in the glabrous corolla-tube and style. 



6. Zi. ovata, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 6300 ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong ob- 

 tuse membranous nearly glabrous, bracts jVrV in. ovate-lanceolate, calyx-tube 

 glabrous, corolla-tube \ in. very slender glabrous, style hairy. Lonicera sp., 

 Griff. Journ. 90. 



ASSAM; Hamilton, Masters. DISTEIB. Birma. 



A slenderer plant, with much smaller flowers than in L. glabrata. Branchlets 

 pubescent. Leaves 1| by f-1 in., base rounded or subcordate, minutely pilose on both 

 surfaces or glabrescent; petiole ~| in. Upper peduncles in terminal panicle; brac- 

 teoles minute, ovate. Flowers white, fading to yellow. Calyx-teeth glabrous or 

 ciliolate. 



STJBGEN. II. Xylosteum, DO. Erect. Peduncles not panicled. Calyx- 

 limb deciduous (in L. aspenfolia ; L. rupicola and others, subpersistent). 



* Bracts large, ovate ; bracteoles or minute. 



> 6. Xi. hispid a, Pall. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 338 ; glabrous or hairy, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, peduncles | 1 in., bracts obovate-elliptic boat-shaped hardly 

 connate. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 389, Ic. t. 212 ; H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ii. 165. L. bracteata, Royle III. 237, t. 53. 



Temperate and alpine HIMALAYA, alt. 9-13,000 ft.; from KASHMIR to KTTMAON, 

 frequent. SIKKIM, alt. 13-15,000 ft., J. D. H. DISTEIB. Central Asia, Siberia. 



Branchlets hispid-pilose or glabrescent. Leaves 1^ by f in., subobtuse, base 

 rounded, hairy on both surfaces or glabrescent ; petiole f in. Bracts ^-f in., hispid 

 ciliate or glabrescent. Corolla-tube ^ by i in., often hairy ; lobes J ^ in., rounded, 

 pink. Style glabrous or with scattered hairs. Drupes more than ^ by ^ in., ellipsoid, 

 Confluent or entirely separate. Cf. Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. Mel. Biol. x. 73. 

 Exceedingly variable as to hairiness ; the branchlets, leaves and bracts are some- 

 times absolutely glabrous, and the leaves subscabrid beneath. 



7. Xi. g-lauca, H.f. $ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 166, not of Meerb. ; 

 leaves small oblong obtuse glabrous hispidly ciliolate, peduncle hardly any, 

 bracts - in. ovate flat, calyx-limb deciduous. 



Temperate N.W. HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET, 12-16,000 ft. ; Nubra, Zanskar 

 andPiti, Thomson; Tilail in Kashmir, C. B. C. ; G-urwhal and Kumaon, Strach. $ 

 Winterb. 



A glaucous, densely-branched, wiry undershrub, glabrous except as to the margins 

 of the leaves. Leaves by \ in., obtuse, base hardly rounded ; petiole ^ in. Bracts 

 glaucous, hispidly ciliate on the margins, usually free, or when the fruits coalesce 

 sometimes much connate. Calyx glabrous, or nearly so. Corolla-tube ^ | by \ in., 

 glabrous; lobes i in., elliptic^yellow. Sty le glabrous. Berry j by l in., ellipsoid, 

 pairs sometimes confluent into a spherical fruit. (Both confluent and non-confluent 

 berries occur on one branch.) 



8. Xi. asperifolia, H.f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 166 ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong subcordate, margin crisped and hispid, peduncle 0- in., bracts ovate 



