Lonicera.] XLIV. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 255 



A small bush, spinescent ; corolla- tube long slender 

 A small bush, corolla-tube broad- campanulate 



Corolla bilabiate, bracteoles large, more or less connate. 

 Pubescent ; leaves petiolate, flowers nearly sessile 

 Glandular hairy; leaves nearly sessile, white beneath 

 flowers pedunculate . . . . 



Corolla bilabiate, bracteoles small, free. 

 Glabrous ; main lateral nerves 8-12 pair 

 Glandular hairy; main lateral nerves 6-8 pair 



2. L. spinosa. 



3. L. Myrtillus. 



4. L. quinquelocularis. 



5. L. hypoleuca. 



6. L. orientalis. 



7. L. alpigena. 



1. L. angustifolia, Wall. Vern. Geang, Jaonsar; Pilru, Sutlej. 



A shrub 6-12 ft. high, with slender branches ; bark grey, peeling off in 

 long fibrous shreds. Glabrous, or youngest parts pilose ; leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, pale beneath. Flowers in pairs, on slender axillary 

 peduncles, J-l in. long; bracteoles connate, cup-shaped, enclosing the 

 ovaries. Bracts 2, linear or foliaceous. Corolla J in. long or less, regular, 

 white or pale rose coloured, scented. Berry red, the size of a pea, with 

 1-6 seeds. 



Not uncommon in the Himalaya, from near the Indus to Sikkim. In the 

 North-West Himalaya at 6000-10,000 ft. Dippi, and other forests in Kunawar, 

 Deoban range, Jaonsar Bawar. Fl. May, June ; fruit sweet, eaten. Hardy in 

 England. 



2. L. spinosa, Jacquemont. Syn. Xylosteum spinosum, Decaisne, in 

 Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 86. L. linearis, Hb. Eoyle. 



A small rigid shrub, wholly glabrous, with stiff divaricate, spinescent 

 branchlets and small, linear-oblong coriaceous leaves. Flowers f in. long, 

 on short peduncles, tube long, slender; limb broad, spreading; ar'ners 

 and style exserted. 



Inner arid Himalaya and Tibet, 11,000-15,000 ft. Fl. July. 



3. L. Myrtillus, Hf. & Th. 1. c. 168. 



A small shrub with prostrate branches. Leaves J-J in. long, elliptic- 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, glaucous beneath. Flowers white subsessile, 

 corolla short, broad-campanulate, J in. long ; anthers and styles included. 



Himalaya from the Indus to Sikkim, 9000-12,000 ft. Fl. June-Sept. Nearly 

 allied are L. parvifolia, Edgew., and L. purpurascens, H. f. & Th. {Xylosteum 

 purp., Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 87). 



4. L. quinquelocularis, Hardwicke ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 537. Syn. L. 

 diver sifolia, Wall. Eoxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 169; Bot. Eeg. xxx. 

 1844, t. 33. Himalayan Honeysuckle. Vern. Jarlangei, adei, trans-Indus; 

 Phut, Jhelam ; Tita bateri, pahhur, Kashmir ; Bdkliru, Chenab ; Khum, 

 sai, Eavi ; Dendru, Bias ; Kliunti, zbang, razbam, bijgai, Sutlej ; Bet 

 kukri, bhat kukra, cheraya, kurmali, Kamaon. 



A large erect shrub, pubescent or soft-tomentose. Leaves 1-2 in. long, 

 ovate or elliptic, acute, on short petioles. Flowers nearly sessile, in axil- 

 lary clusters of 2-4 ; ovaries free. Bracts linear, ciliate ; bracteoles broad- 

 ovate, ciliate, obtuse, connate at the base. Calyx-limb cup-shaped, 5-cleft, 



