254 XLIII. CORNACE^l. [Cornus. 



peduncles 1-2 in. long. Drupes united in a yellowish strawberry-like fleshy 

 head, 1-2 in. diam., each drupe with a hard, 1 -seeded stone. 



Himalaya 3500-8000 ft., from the Bias to Bhutan, Kasia hills. Fl. April-Oct. 

 Wood close-grained, very hard. Fruit sweetish, mingled with a little bitter, 

 eaten and made into preserves. 



A remarkable genus of this order is Aucuba, Thunb., with evergreen, glab- 

 rous, shining serrate leaves, and dioicous flowers. A.japonica, Thunb., is now 

 one of the most common hardy evergreen shrubs in England and western 

 Europe. A. himalaica, Hf. & Th.; Hook. f. 111. Himal. PI. t. 12, from the 

 outer ranges of Sikkim, is closely allied to it. 



Order XLIV. CAPRIFOLIACE^J. 



Shrubs or small trees, rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, simple entire 

 ternately cut or pinnate, usually exstipulate. Calyx-tube adnate to ovary, 

 limb 3-5-toothed or lobed. Corolla gamopetalous, regular or irregular, 

 lobes 5, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4-10, inserted on the corolla-tube, 

 equal or unequal, anthers versatile. Ovary 1-6-celled, ovules solitary or 

 numerous. Fruit a berry or drupe, rarely capsular, 1- or many-seeded. 

 Albumen copious, fleshy, embryo generally minute. Gen. PL ii. 1 ; Royle 

 111. 235 j Wight 111. ii. 69. 



Corolla tubular or campanulate ; ovary cells with 1 or many 

 ovules ; style filiform. 

 Stamens 5 ; calyx 5-dentate ; ovary 2-3-celled . . . 1. Lonicera. 

 Stamens 5; calyx 5-lobed, lobes linear ; ovary 5-celled . 2. Letcesteria. 

 Stamens 4 ; calyx 5-lobed, lobes linear, elongate; ovary 3-celled. 



Fruit 1 -seeded 3. Abelia. 



Corolla rotate or short-tubular. One ovule in each cell ; style 

 short, or stigma sessile. 



Leaves simple 4. Viburnum. 



Leaves pinnate 5. Sambucus. 



1. LONICERA, Linn. 



Erect, prostrate or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers 

 in peduncled cymes or heads, often connate in pairs by the ovaries, and 

 subtended by connate bracteoles. Calyx-tube ovoid or subglobose ; teeth 

 5, often unequal. Corolla tubular, funnel or bell-shaped, limb oblique 

 or 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Disc tumid. Ovary 2-3-celled, style 

 filiform, stigma capitate ; ovules many in the inner angle of each cell. 

 Berry fleshy, 2-3-celled, cells few-seeded. Seeds ovoid or oblong, testa 

 crustaceous. 



To this genus belongs the Woodbine or Honeysuckle of Europe, L. Periclyme- 

 num, Linn.; Hook. Stud. Fl. 175. From India 28 species, nearly all Himalayan, 

 are enumerated in Hooker and Thomson's Preecursores ad Floram Indicam, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 165. Of these it must suffice here to mention 7 species 

 which are characteristic of the forest vegetation in the outer and middle ranges 

 of the N.W. Himalaya. 



Corolla 5-lobed, not bilabiate ; bracteoles large, generally 

 connate, and enclosing the ovaries. 

 A large shrub, unarmed ; leaves lanceolate . . . 1. L. angustifolia. 



