Lonicera.'] LXXIV. CAPEIFOLIACE^I. (C. B. Clarke.) 1& 



without ; lobes short, purple. Style sparsely pilose. Fruit usually of two confluent 

 drupes, \ in. diam., globose, black. Seeds many or few. Boyle's specimens have the 

 leaves and flowers more hairy : the number of seeds varies on the same branch. 



12. Xi. ang-ustifolia, Wall. Cat. 480 ; leaves lanceolate white beneath, 

 peduncles -1 in., bracts - in. linear or linear-lanceolate, bracteoles connate 

 often half as long as the fruit, calyx-limb distinctly 5-toothed. DC. Prodr. iv. 

 337 ; Journ. Hort. Soc. Land. iii. 238, ivith a Jig. ; H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ii._167; Brandis For. Fl. 255. 



Temperate Himalaya ; from KASHMIR and KTJMAON, alt. 6-12,000 ft., frequent, to 

 SIKKIM; Lachen, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, 6-12 ft. ; branchlets glabrescent. Leaves \\ by \ in. (nearly in. broad 

 in Sikkim sp.), narrowed at both ends, beneath pubescent or glabrous ; petiole in. 

 Bracts linear or foliaceous. Corolla-tube i by ^ in., glabrous or pubescent, subequal ; 

 lobes hardly | in., white or rose. Style short, glabrous. Fruit usually of two con- 

 fluent drupes, \ in. diam., globose; calyx-limb often subpersistent. Seeds few. 



13. Xi. rupicola, H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 168 ; leaves oblong 

 tomentose beneath, peduncles hardly any, bracteoles small quadrate distinct 

 obsolete in the fruit, calyx-teeth in. narrow-lanceolate pubescent. 



EASTERN TIBET (North of Sikkim), alt. 16-17,000 ft., J. D. 4 Kimkim, WESTERN 

 TIBET (North of Kumaon), alt. 13,500 ft., Strach. Sf Winterb. 



A rigid shrub, 2-4 ft. ; branchlets pubescent, becoming leafless and subspinescent. 

 Leaves by i in., subobtuse at both ends, nearly glabrous above ; petiole ^ in. Bracts 

 % in., linear-obovate, often subfoliaceous, tomentose beneath. Corolla-tube % by -| in., 

 pubescent ; lobes f in. broad-oblong, spreading. Style short, glabrous. Berries ~-\ in., 

 ellipsoid, not confluent in pairs, crowned by the long calyx-teeth. 



14. Xi. spinosa, Jacquem. ms. ; H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 168 ; 

 glabrous, leaves small narrow-oblong, peduncles hardly any, bracteoles quadrate 

 connate inconspicuous in fruit, calyx-teeth ~ i n - narrow-oblong obtuse. Xylos- 

 teum spinosum, Dene, in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 78, t. 86. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 11-16,000 ft. ; from KASHMIR to Tibet north of SIKKIM. 

 DISTRIB. Kashgar. 



A rigid shrub, 2-4 ft. ; branchlets glaucous, often leafless and spinescent. Leaves 

 $ by -|- in., obtuse, margins recurved, base narrowed ; petiole hardly any. Flowers 

 subfasciculate ; bracts -| in., linear-oblong. Corolla-tube ^-^ by -^ in., glabrous, 

 subequal; lobes in., elliptic. Style glabrous, exserted. Berries^ by in., ellip- 

 soid, not confluent in pairs, crowned by the subpersistent calyx-limb. 



15. Xi. parvifolia, Edgw. in Wall. Cat. 9058, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xx. 60 ; leaves small oblong or obovate glabrous, peduncles f- in., bracts ^- in. 

 oblong or ovate foliaceous, corolla-tube not widened upwards, style included. 

 H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 168. L. depressa, Royle Itt. 226. 



Alpine Himalaya; KUMAON; BUnkworth-, Pindari, alt. 12,000 ft., Strachey $ 

 Winterbottom. SIKKIM; alt. 12-14,000 ft., Lachen and Lama Kangra, J. D. H. 

 A small, rigid, nearly glabrous, shrub ; branches often prostrate. Leaves % by -^ 

 in., obtuse, base cuneate rarely obtuse ; petiole ^ in. Bracteoles connate, often nearly 

 as long as the ovary, inconspicuous in fruit. Calyx glabrous ; teeth minute, trian- 

 gular. Corolla-tube % by -^ in., exactly cylindric, equal, glabrous without, hairy 

 within ; teeth ^ in., round, pink-purple. Style short, glabrous. Berries by i in., 

 ellipsoid, not confluent in pairs ; seeds few. 



VAR. Myrtillus, H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 168 (sp.); bracts linear- 

 oblong or sublinear. Brandis For. Fl. 255. Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 

 Sikkim; alt, 11-14,000 ft., Lachen, J. D. H. 



