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



16. Zi. obovata, Royle mss. : H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 169 ; 

 glabrous, leaves small obovate-oblong, peduncle %-\ in., bracts - in. linear 

 ovate or oblong rarely foliaceous, corolla tube widened upwards, style exserted 

 glabrous. 



Temperate Himalaya, from KASHMIR to KUMAON, alt. 8-13,000 ft., frequent. 

 SIXXIM, Lachen, alt. 12-14,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, 6 ft. Leaves ^ by -5 in., subsessile, obtuse, base narrowed. Brac- 

 teoles small or 0, distinct or connate, obsolete or cupshaped in fruit. Calyx-limb 

 very short, undulate, hardly toothed. Corolla-tube % by in., tubular-funnel- 

 shaped, base narrowed prominently gibbous or campanulate and subequal, glabrous 

 without, hairy within; teeth % in., round, suberect, yellowish- white. Berries 

 spherical, in. diam., with 2 calyx-scars, calyx-tubes more or less coalescent even 

 in the bud. 



tt Corolla prominently 2-lipped. 

 a. Bracteoles connate into a cup. 



17. Xi. quinquelocularis, Hardwick in As. lies. vi. 351 ; leaves ovate 

 or broad-lanceolate hairy beneath, peduncles hardly any, bracts - in. linear, 

 calyx-limb short funnel-shaped teeth triangular ciliate. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 174; H. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 169; Brandts 

 For. Fl. 255. L. diversifolia, Wall. 1. c. 178, Cat. 477 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 807 ; 

 Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 30, t. 33. L. Royleana, Wall. Cat. 478. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA from Kashmir to Kumaon; alt. 4-12,000 ft., common. 

 BHOTAN; Griffith. 



A shrub, 5-10 ft.; branchlets pubescent. Leaves l-2 by f-lj in., acute or 

 obtuse at either end, nearly glabrous above, pubescent pilose or villous beneath; 

 petiole in. Flowers clustered, axillary ; braeteoles pubescent, usually scarcely ^ the 

 length of the fruit. Corolla hairy without and within, yellow ; tube | by \ in. Style 

 hairy, exsert. Berries by in., ovoid, not connate ; crowned, till ripe often, by the 

 calyx-limb. 



18. Xi. hypoleuca, Dene, in Jacq. Toy. Bot. 81, t. 89; leaves ovate 

 obtuse pubescent white beneath, peduncle - in., bracts in. lanceolate 

 foliaceous, bracteoles hairy as long as the glandular-pubescent calyx-tube. H. 

 f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 170 ; Brandis For. FL 256. L. elliptica, Royle 

 III. 236. 



NORTH-WEST HIMALAYA, alt. 8-10,000 ft., Royle, Edgeworth. Kunawar, Thomson^ 

 Lance. G-urwhal, Strach. fy Winterb. 



A low shrub ; branchlets pilose. Leaves f by in., subsessile, obtuse at both 

 ends, upper narrower, passing into the bracts. Calyx-teeth minute, lanceolate. 

 Corolla-tube ^ by -^ in., base gibbous ; lobes in. and more, linear-oblong, orange-red ; 

 style hairy below. Berries i by in., ellipsoid, hairy, distinct or nearly so, nearly 

 included by the bracteoles. H. f. & T. say the ovaries are usually connate, but they 

 appear rarely and imperfectly so. 



19. Zi. decipiens, H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 170; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate minutely hairy, peduncles - in. pubescent, bracts 



E 1 in. linear, bracteoles ovate nearly glabrous as long as the glabrate calyx-tube, 

 lanceolata, Wall. Cat. 475. Symphorise sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 191. 



Central and Eastern Himalaya; Nipal; Wallich. SIKKIM, Lachen, alt. 10-12,000 

 ft., J. D H., Elwes BHOTAN ; Timboo Kiver, alt. 6500 ft., Griffith. 



A small shrub ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2 by f in., subsessile, base obtuse, 

 more or less pubescent on the midrib and nerves above, beneath glandular-pubescent 

 with the midrib hairy; petiole ^ in. Calyx-teeth minute, ovate acute ciliate. 



