256 XLIV. CAPRIFOLIACE^E. [Lonicera. 



hairy. Corolla yellow, f in. long before opening j limb 2-lipped, npper 

 lip broad, 4-dentate, lower lip linear. Berry sessile, ovoid, \ in. long, 

 crowned with remains of calyx. 



Common North- West Himalaya 2500 - 9000 ft., also Suliman range and 

 Safedkoh trans-Indus. Bhutan. Fl. June, July. Bark grey, peeling off in 

 long shreds. Cattle feed on its leaves and branches. Hardy in England. 

 Closely allied to L. Xylosteum, Linn., of Europe and Siberia, which, however, 

 has smaller flowers in pairs on short axillary peduncles. 



5. L. hypoleuca, Decaisne, Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 89. Yern, Kharmo, Jcodi, 

 Chenab ; Zhiko, rapesho, Sutlej. 



A small shrub, with glandular hairs, particularly on bracteoles and 

 corolla ; leaves nearly sessile, from cordate base oblong or broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, pale-grey beneath ; flowers twin, on short peduncles ; bracts linear- 

 oblong j bracteoles connate, cup -shaped, enclosing the connate ovaries. 



Arid tracts of the inner Himalaya on the upper Jhelam, Chenab, Sutlej, and 

 in Garhwal, at 8000-10,000 ft. Fl. June. 



6. L. orientalis, Lamarck; Hf. & Th. 1. c. 170. Syn. L. Govaniana, 

 Wall. 



A slender glabrous shrub ; leaves membranous, petiolate, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, 2-4 in. long, main lateral nerves 8-12 on each side of midrib, 

 anastomosing by prominent reticulate veins. Flowers twin ; ovaries con- 

 nate, supported by minute rounded bracteoles and subulate arcuate bracts. 

 Calyx-lobes subulate. Corolla J- in. long before opening, deeply bilabiate. 

 The 2 ovaries connate into a pyriform black berry. 



North-West Himalaya from Kashmir to Kamaon, 6000-10,000 ft. Also in 

 Iberia and on the Caucasus. Fl. June. Hardy in England. Closely allied is 

 L. heterophylld, D ne . in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 88. 



7. L. alpigena, Linn. ; H. f. & Th. 1. c. 171. Syn. L. Webbiana, Wall, j 

 oxyphylla, Edgew. 



With glandular hairs ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, 

 with 6-8 pairs of main lateral nerves, reticulate veins not prominent. 

 Peduncles longer than of L. orientalis. Corolla with unequal very gib- 

 bous base. 



North- West Himalaya, Kashmir to Kamaon, 8000-10,000 ft. Also in the 

 Alps of Europe. Fl. June. Hardy in England. 



2. LEYCESTERIA, Wall. 



An erect shrub, with hollow, herbaceous stems ; the flowers sessile, in 

 bracteate whorls. Calyx -limb 5-lobed, lobes linear. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped; stamens 5. Ovary 5-celled, with numerous pendulous ovules. 

 Fruit a fleshy, 5-celled, many-seeded berry. 



1. L. formosa, Wall. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 182 ; Wight 111. 

 t. 121, D. Vern. Nalkarru, saunjla, Kamaon. 



Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, the petioles connate 



