144 CAPRiFOLiACE.f:. [Lonicera. 



and haiiy, especially on the under side, wdtli reticulate veins. Flower-pairs 

 on very short pedicels, either axiUary or in terminal heads. Bracts short, 

 bracteoles veiy small. Ovary glabrous. CoroUa pubescent and haiiy, yellow- 

 ish ; the slender tube 1 to l^ in. long; the limb ^ in. long, two-lipped.— 

 L.japonica, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 583; Bot Eeg. t. 70; Hook. til. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 173 ; not of Thunb. L. Jdrtiflom, Champ, in Kew Joum. Bot. 

 iv. 166. 



The most common Honeysuckle in the island, Champion and others, and common also in 

 northern India. Although generally passing under the name of L. japonica, it is doubtful 

 whether it is a Japanese plant at all. It is not in Zuccarini's enumeration. The original 

 L.japonica of Thunberg is the L.Jlexuosa of our gardens, -mih shorter reddish flowers. 



3. L. reticulata. Champ, in Keic Joum. Bot. iv. 167. A climber, with 

 the branches thickly clothed ^dth a short soft velvety tomentum. Leaves 

 ovate or oblong, obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, on petioles of 4 to 6 lines, rather 

 thick, glabrous and shining above, and Avi-inkled with a network of im- 

 pressed veins, covered underneath with a white or yellowish close dense tomen- 

 tum. Flower-pairs 6 or 8 together in little corymbs on axdlary peduncles 

 nearly as long as the leaves, the outer bracts often leafy and 4 to 6 lines long, 

 the others small and linear, the bracteoles about half the length of the ovary, 

 aU tomentose. Corolla doA\aiy or tomentose, the tube 8 or 9 lines long, the 2- 

 lipped limb rather shorter. 



On the summits of the hills, in grass or amongst rocks, Champion. Not received fi-om 

 elsewhere. 



4. L. multifloray Champ, in Kew Joum. Bot. iv. 167. A climber, vai\\ 

 pubescent branches. Leaves stalked, ovate or oval, obtuse, about 1^ in. long, 

 slightly pubescent and neither shining nor wilnkled above, softly pubescent 

 underneath. Flower-paii's nearly sessile, 6 or 8 together in heads or short 

 cymes on axiUaiy or terminal peduncles. Outer bracts leafy, 2 to 4 lines 

 long, inner ones and bracteoles veiy small. CoroUa-tube slightly pubescent, 

 8 or 9 lines long, the 2-lipped limb rather shorter. 



From Mr. Cay's garden at Victoria, and according to him indigenous in the island, Cham- 

 pion. I have seen no other specimens. This comes nearest to the L. chinensis, DC, or L. 

 japonica, Thunb., known in our gardens as L. jiexuosa, and of which we have several speci- 

 mens from the Chinese continent. It is possible indeed that the L. muUijlora, may prove 

 to be a variety of it, but in that plant, besides some differences in the foliage, the pedimcles 

 are in the wild, as well as in cultivated specimens, constantly short and simple, bearing only 

 one pair of flowers. 



Order LVIII. RUBIACEiE. 



Calyx-teeth adnate ; the limb entire, with as many teeth, lobes, or divisions 

 as lobes of the corolla. CoroUa inserted roimd an epigMious disk, regular, 

 with 4, 5, or more lobes, either imbricate (usually convolute) or valvate in the 

 bud. Stamens as many as lobes of the corolla, alternating vni\\ them and in- 

 serted in the tube. Ovary infeilor, 2- or more celled, vni\i 1 or more ovules 

 in each cell, rarely 1 -celled with panetal placentas. Styles simple, with a 

 simple tenninal stigma, or ydih as many stigmatic lobes as cells to the ovaiy. 

 Fruit vaiying. Seeds with a horny albumen; embiyo usually small, with 

 flat cotyledons. — Trees, slu-ubs, herbs, or rarely climbers. Leaves opposite, 



