12 LXXIV. CAPRIFOLIACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Lomcera. 



flat, "berry crowned by the funnel-shaped calyx-limb. Xylosteum asperrimum, 

 Dene, in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 77, t. 85. 



WESTERN TIBET, Falconer-, ZANSKAR, alt. 13,000 ft., TJtomsoh. KASHMIR to the 

 KARAXORUM, alt. 12,000 ft., C. B. C. Kimkim (Tibet), alt. 13,500 ft., Strach. $ 

 Winterb. 



A shrub, 2-4 ft. ; branchlets sparsely hispid. Leaves l\ by f in., subacute or 

 obtuse, shining and glabrous above ; petiole -|- in. Bracts 5 in., and ovaries free. 

 Calyx-tube glabrous; limb ciliate or glabrous. Corolla-tube \ fby in., glabrous or 

 slightly hairy; lobes \ in. or more. Style glabrous. Drupe 3 by in., or more, 

 oblong. 



** Bracts linear or narrow-oblong (broad in L. parvifolia) ; bracteoles often 

 connate or prominent. 



t Corolla not distinctly two-lipped, often gibbous at the base, and limb 

 unequal. 



9. Ii. lig ustrina, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 179 ; 

 Cat. 479 ; branchlets pubescent, leaves lanceolate obtusely acuminate margin and 

 midrib beneath ciliate or glabrescent, peduncle hardly any, bracteoles connate. 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 334 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 389 ; Wight Ic. t. 1025 ; H. f. % T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 166 ; Bedel. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. 16,^. 5. L. Wightiana, 



Wall. Cat. under 152t), in Herb. Linn. Soc. 



? NIPAL; Wallich. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000-6000 ft., H.f. $ T. Mts. of the SOUTH 

 DECCAN, alt. 6-7000 ft., frequent. 



A shrub, 5-15 ft. Leaves If by ^ in., base narrowed or scarcely rounded, firm, 

 shining ; petiole ~ in. Bracts ^ in., glabrous ; bracteoles at first small, in fruit some- 

 times ^ by 5- in., forming a boat-shaped involucel half-enclosing the fruit. Calyx- 

 limb tubular; margin irregular. Corolla-tube by ^-^ in., narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 base very gibbous, slightly pubescent ; lobes | in., obtuse, yellowish-white (Wallich). 

 Style patently hairy. Drupes usually confluent into a single small spherical fruit, 

 ovaries free or half-coalescent in bud. Wallich's Nipal habitat must be considered 

 doubtful till confirmed, owing to the mixture of specimens on one sheet. 



10. Xi. tomentella, H. f. Sf T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 167 ; branchlets 

 pubescent, leaves oblong villous or pubescent beneath, peduncles 0- in., brac- 

 teoles short connate. 



Temperate HIMALAYA ; SIKKIM, Lachen and Lachoong, alt. 8-12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, 10-12 ft. Leaves 1J by -f in., obtuse at both ends; petiole \ in., 

 tomentose. Bracts \-^ in., narrowly oblong, foliaceous ; bracteoles ^-^ in. long in 

 fruit. Calyx glabrous. Corolla-tube i by ^ in., subequal, pilose without and within ; 

 lobes hardly ^ in., little spreading, white. Style glabrous. Berry \ by | in., black, 

 often coalescent in pairs into one spherical fruit. Seeds numerous, small. 



11. Ii. purpurascens, H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 169; leaves 

 oblong or obovate-oblong hairy at least beneath, peduncles -1 in., bracteoles 

 small quadrate subobsolete in the fruit, calyx-limb patelliform truncate glabrous. 

 L. sericea, R&yle III. 236 ; H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 167. Xylosteum 

 purpurascens, Dene, in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 79, t. 87. 



Subalpihe Himalaya; KASHMIR, alt. 9-12,000 ft.; Pir Pinjal, Jacquemont, 

 'C. B. C; Goolmurg, Stewart. KUNAWUR; alt. 12-13,000 ft., Munro. SIKKIM, 

 Yeumtong, alt. 11,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, 8 ft. ; branchlets pilose, ultimately glabrous. Leaves 1 by in., obtuse, 

 base narrowed or obtuse, above softly pilose or glabrescent, beneath villous or hairy 

 on the nerves only; petiole in. Bracts - in., linear or lanceolate-linear; brac- 

 teoles distinct or connate. Corolla-tube 5 by i in., base gibbous, hairy within and 



