Plants of the Punjab. 



57 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Lonicera microphylla, small, branchlets smooth ; leaves |-f by i-|m., almost 



Caprifoliace^. sessile, blunt, velvety beneath ; flowers whitish-yellow, 



F. B. I. iii. 15. 2-lipped, corolla tube i by ^ in., pouch-like, swelling 



Kashmir, at the base, bracts |-| in., linear, bracteoles none ; berries 



11-14,000 ft. I in., oblong with rounded ends united at the lower 



portion. 



Lon'cera orientalis, 



Caprifoliace^. 

 F. B. I. ih. 15. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-11,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



Lonicera 

 heterophylla, 



Caprifoliace^, 

 F.B.I, iii. 15. 

 Himalaya, 12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



large, bark peeling in long strips, branches hori- 

 zontal, flattened ; leaves 2-4 by 11-21 in., ovate, velvety 

 and dotted beneath ; flowers | in. long, pink, each pair 

 on a single stalk in the axil of a leaf, 2-lipped, corolla 

 tube ^ in., pouch-like, swelling at the base, bracts linear, 

 bracteoles small, rounded or large or none ; berries 

 diam., united in pairs, black, round. 



I m. 



branches smooth, rigid, ascending ; leaves 2| in. by 

 ^-1 in., narrow, oblong, smooth ; flowers like the last 

 species ; berries -5- by i in., not united. 



Lonicera alpigena, 



Caprifoliace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 15. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 



bark grey brown, peeling in flakes, branchlets 

 velvety ; leaves 3-4 by 1-2 in., oblong, long -pointed, smooth 

 above, velvety beneath ; flowers f in. long, each pair on 

 a single stalk in the axil of a leaf, bracts linear, long, bracte- 

 oles very small, corolla 2-lipped, hairy, yellow turning 

 to red, pouch-like below ; berries ^ in. diam., ununited, 

 red, round. 



Leycesteria formosa, 



Caprifoliace^. 

 F.B.I, iii. 16. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 



small, herb-like, smooth, bark grey, stem and 

 branches hollow ; leaves 2-5 by 1-3 in., ovate, sometimes 

 toothed, long-pointed, stalks united at the base ; flowers 

 1 in. long, white tinged with purple, in spikes, arranged 

 in circles, bracts leaf-like, tinged with purple, bracteoles 

 like the bracts but smaller, corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 stamens 6 ; berry J in. diam., hairy, dark purple, round, 

 crowned by the calyx, seeds minute, many. 



Eupatorium Reevesii, medium size, grey, velvety, stems much branched ; 



Composite. leaves 3 by | in., shortly stalked, ovate, toothed, upper 



F. B. I. iii. 243. • smaller and sometimes alternate ; flowers pale purple, in 

 Himalaya, 2-6,000 ft. heads arranged in large spreading branching racemes, 

 Valleys below Simla bracts round the heads, heads ^ in. long ; flowers all tubular, 

 (Oollett). lobes 5, short, inner blunt, with a ring of fine rigid rough 



^^^^^ hairs (pappus) at the "base, seeds (aohenes) ^ in., angled, 



crowned by the fine hairs. 



