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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Lonicera 

 angustUolia, 



Jinjru, 'philku. 

 Caprifoliaceje. 

 F. B. I. iii. 13. 

 Himalaj^a, 

 6-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, bark smooth, grey, peeling in long papery flakes ; 

 leaves 1-2| by J-| in., shortly stalked, lanceolate, 

 lower surface pale ; flowers |-| i^- lo^^g' ^^^^ P^i^ ^^ 

 a single stalk in the axil of a leaf, bracts linear or leafy, I 

 in., spreading, bracteoles united, enclosing the fruit, corolla 

 tubular, not 2-lipped, white tinged with pink, velvety, 

 scented ; berries two, joining to form one, | in. diam., 

 round, red, edible. 



Lonicera spinosa, 



Capeifoliace.e. 

 F. B. I. iii. 13. 

 Himalava, 

 11-16,050 ft. 



small, branchlets bluish-green, often leafless and 

 spinous ; leaA-es | in. by ^-^ in., blunt, narrow, oblong ; 

 margins recurved, stalk short ; flowers almost sessile, 

 bracts -i in., linear, bracteoles quadrate, united, corolla 

 tube ^-^ by -^-| in., smooth, not 2-lipped ; berries i by ^ 

 in., not joined, crowned by the calyx. 



Lonicera parvifolia, 



Caprifoliaceje. 

 F. B. I. iii. 13. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Simla. Jaku, Hattu, 

 Chor (Collett). 



small, branches often prostrate ; leaves ^-^ in., shortly 

 stalked, blunt, lower surface pale ; flowers ^-| in. long, 

 each pair on one stalk in the axil of a leaf, bracts narrow, 

 long, bracteoles united, corolla not 2-hpped, tubular, 

 white tinged with pink ; berries 2, joined into one, red. 



round, I in. diam. 



Lonicera obovata, 



Caprifoliace^. 

 F. B. I. ih. 14. 

 Himalava, 

 8-13,000 ft. 



small ; leaves A 



by ^-| in., obovate, blunt, nearly 

 sessile ; flowers very small, tubular, funnel-shaped, not 

 2-lipped, shght spur, yellowish-white, often in fours, 

 2 on one stalk ; berries united, 2 calyx scars on top. 



roundish, l in. diam. 



Lonicera 

 quinquelocularis, 

 Himalayan 

 Honeysuckle, 



Bakru, phut. 

 Caprifoliace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 14. 

 Himalava. 

 4-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). , 

 Baluchistan (Lace), 



large, bark grey with vertical furrows exfohatiug 

 in long strips, branchlets velvety; leaves H-2 by f-l| 

 in., ovate, smooth above, woolly beneath ; "flowers i-f 

 in. long, 2-lipped, white turning yellow, in pairs "or 

 clustered in threes or fours in the axil of a leaf, bracts 

 linear, short, bracteoles united below into a cup : borriej 

 distinct, I in. long, ovoid, white. 



