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Caprifoliaceae. 



Leycesteria. 

 (Family Caprifoliaceae).' 



Soft-wooded small shrubs or 

 half-shrubs: deciduous. Twigs 

 rather slender, round: pith mod- 

 erate, excavated. Buds solitary, 

 slightly stalked, oblong, with 1 or 

 2 pairs of exposed scales, the 

 outer attenuate. Leaf-scars oppo- 

 site, minute, crescent-shaped, 

 much raised so as to equal the 

 bud, with a connecting cross-line: 

 bundle-traces 3, indistinct: sti- 

 pule-scars lacking. 



Though tender, Leycesteria is a 

 very attractive little plant when 

 in fruit. 



Winter-characters of Leyceste- 

 ria formosa are pictured by 

 Schneider, f. 202. 

 Glabrate and slightly glaucous. 



L. formosa. 



Winter-character references to Lonicera: L. alpigena. 

 Bosemann, 42; Schneider, f. 204; Willkomm, 11, 48, f. 85; 

 Zuccarini, 23, pi. 13. L. caerulea. Bosemann, 42; Fant, 43, 

 f. 45; Schneider, f. 203; Shirasawa, 273; Willkomm, 3, 48, f. 

 84; Zuccarini, 24, pi. 13. L. Caprifolium. Bosemann, 41; 

 Schneider, f. 204; Ward, 1:163, f. 79; Willkomm, 11, 48, f. 86. 

 L. gracilipes. Shirasawa, 273, pi. 11. L. Morrowii. Shira- 

 sawa, 272, pi. 11. L. nigra. Bosemann, 42; Schneider, f. 203; 

 Willkomm, 47, f. 83. L. Periclymenum. Bosemann, 41; Fant, 

 43, f. 44; Schneider, f. 204; Ward, 1:163, f. 78; Willkomm, 

 11. L. tatarica. Bosemann, 42; Schneider, f. 203. L. Xylos- 

 teum. Bosemann, 42; Fant, 43; Schneider, f. 204; Willkomm, 

 11, 47, f. 82. 



