Caprifoliaceae 



837 



long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate with an obtuse 

 tip, few-toothed, more or less pilose on both sides, short-petio- 

 late; flowers (1 or) 2, sessile, short-pedunculate, bracteate and 

 bracteolate at base; calyx-lobes 5, persistent, oblanceolate or 



oblong; corolla pale yellow, 2-3 cm. long. May. Sunny 



thickets in mountains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common 

 and variable. 



Var. sanguinea Makino. A. sanguinea Makino; A. curvi- 



ftora Nakai; A. sanguinea var. piirpiirascens Honda Beni- 



B.\NA-NO-TsuKUBANE-UTSUGi. Plant slendcr; corolla reddish, 

 1.5-2 cm. long. Honshu. 



Var. stenophylla Honda. A. spathulata var. macrophylla 



Honda & var. ionostachya Honda Ugo-tsukubane-utsugi. 



Usually larger in all parts; branchlets and leaves spreading- 

 pilose. Honshu (Japan Sea side of n. distr.). 



3. Abelia tetrasepala (Koidz.) Hara & Kurosawa. A. 

 spathulata var. tetrasepala Koidz.; A. spathulata var. sub- 



tetrasepala Makino O-tsukubane-utsugi, Me-tsukubane- 



UTsuci. Resembles No. 2, but the petioles and underside of 



leaves spreading-pilose especially on midvcin; calyx pilose, the 



segments 4; corollas large, 3-4 cm. long, with slender tube. 



Honshu (Iwashiro and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



4. Abelia integrifolia Koidz. A. shikoliiana Makino; 

 Zabella shikpkjana (Makino) Makino; Z. integrijolia (Koidz.) 

 Makino. Iwa-tsukubane-utsugi. Much-branched decidu- 

 ous shrub; branches with 6 longitudinal fissures, the nodes 

 much thickened, young branchlets red-brown, glabrous or with 

 recurved coarse hairs; leaves chartaceous, obovate, or obovate- 

 oblong, sometimes ovate-ellipdc, 2-5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. 

 wide, acute at both ends, entire or with few incisions, coarsely 

 pilose on both sides especially on margin and on nerves be- 

 neath, short-pedolate; flowers 1 or 2, short-pedunculate, bracte- 

 ate and bracteolate at base; calyx-lobes oblanceolate; corolla 

 whitish, hypocrateriform, about 2 cm. long, the tube as long 

 as or shorter than the calyx-lobes, the lobes spreading, 3-4 mm. 

 long; fruit flattened, about 1.5 cm. long, lustrous.- May- 

 June. Mountains; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu; rather rare. 



4. LINNAEA Gronov. ex L. Rinne-so Zoku 



Subshrubs with slender creeping branches; leaves evergreen, small, opposite, nearly orbicular, short-petiolate, few-toothed; 

 stipules absent; peduncles terminal on erect short branchlets, naked, with 2 pedicelled flowers at apex, the bracts and bracteoles 

 small; flowers pale rose-colored; calyx-tube ovoid, the limb deciduous, 5-sected; corolla campanulate-infundibuliform, the lobes 

 5, nearly equal, imbricate in bud; stamens 4; ovary 3-locular, only 1 locule maturing; style slender; ovules many, pendulous; 



fruit subglobose, coriaceous, 1-seeded; seeds oblong, with fleshy endosperm, the embryo cylindric. A single widely 



distributed species in cooler regions of the N. Hemisphere. 



1. Linnaea borealis L. Rinne-s6. Branches about 1 

 mm. thick, brownish, puberulent when young; leaves ovate- 

 orbicular to obovate-orbicular, 7-15 mm. long, and as wide, 

 rounded at apex, few-toothed, usually short appressed-pilose 

 and the nerves impressed above; peduncles 5-10 cm. long, 

 short glandular-pilose; flowers nodding, the pedicels 6-15 mm. 



long; calyx-segments lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long; corolla 8-10 

 mm. long, the bracteoles broadly ovate, as long as the ovary 



and surrounding it. June-July. Damp coniferous woods 



in mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. and n. distr.); rather 



rare. Cooler regions of the N. Hemisphere inclusive of the 



Kuriles and Sakhalin. 



5. TRIOSTEimi L. 



TsuKi-NUKi-so Zoku 



Erect herbs; leaves opposite, sessile, often perfoliate; flowers usually axillary, sometimes in a terminal spike, yellow, white or 

 purple, with 2 bracteoles at base; calyx-tube ovoid, the lobes 5, persistent; corolla tubular-campanulate, gibbous, the lobes ob- 

 lique, unequal, imbricate in bud; stamens 5; ovary 3- to 5-locular; style elongate; ovules solitary in each locule; berry coriaceous 

 or fleshy, 2(-5)-locular, 2- or 3-seeded. Few species, in the Himalayas, e. Asia, and N. America. 



Leaves pinnatifid into 5 acuminate lobes, scarcely perfoliate at base; flowers in a tc 

 Leaves entire or with an obtuse sinus on each side, perfoliate at base; flowc 



1. Triosteum pinnatifidutn Maxim. T. murayamae 



Ohwi HozAKi-TsuKi-NUKi-s6. Densely pubescent herb 



with long spreading hairs throughout, and with short glandu- 

 lar hairs on upper part; stems erect, about 30 cm. long; leaves 

 in few pairs, obovate-rhombic, 7-12 cm. long, nearly as wide, 

 abrupdy narrowed to broadly cuneate at base, scarcely perfoli- 

 ate, pinnatifid, the lobes long-acuminate; spikes erect, solitary, 

 2-5 cm. long including the peduncle; flowers sessile; calyx- 

 limb minute, 5-dentate; corolla tubular, obliquely spreading, 

 about 10 mm. long, pale green, the lobes short, brownish in- 

 side; drupe nearly globose, about 8 mm. across, white when 

 ripe, juicy and somewhat sweet, the pyrenes 3, ovate, biconvex. 

 May. Honshu (Kai Prov.) ; very rare. China. 



inal pedunculate spike, about 10 mm. long. 



1. T. pinnalifidiim 

 2 in axils of upper leaves, about 2.5 cm. long. 



2. T. siniiatum 



2. Triosteum sinuatum Maxim. Tsuki-nuki-s6. Per- 

 ennial glandular-pubescent herb; stems 60-80 cm. long, terete, 

 green; leaves ovate or elliptic, 10-15 cm. long, 6-8 cm. wide, 

 acute, narrowed below and usually perfoliate, spreading, entire 

 or with an obtuse sinus on each side; flowers 1 or 2 in axils of 

 upper leaves, sessile, erect; calyx-lobes lanceolate or narrowly 

 oblong, obtuse, erect, 6-10 mm. long; corolla about 2.5 cm. 

 long, yellow-green with purple-brown striations inside, soft- 

 pubescent; fruit ovoid-globose, obtusely 3-angled, about 1 cm. 

 long and as wide, pubescent, crowned with the persistent calyx- 

 lobes. May-June. Honshu (Shinano Prov.). China to 



Amur. 



