Lonicera] LX. CAPRIFOLIACE.E 359 



base, berries separate in the Indian, connate in the European specimens, hence the 

 Indian form often regarded as distinct and called L. Webbiana, Wall. 10. L. hetero- 

 piiylla, Dene. Inner arid X.W. Himalaya. Similar to 9, glabrous, 1. often irregularly 

 sinuate. 



11. L. orientalis, Lam. Euram valley, 12,000 ft. X.W. Himalaya above 6,0im> ft., 

 east as far as Garhwal, Western Asia, China. A large shruh, nearly glabrous, bark 

 peeling off in thin shreds. L. elliptic, blade 1-3, pet. ^-J in. long. Fl. pink, on peduncles 

 j j in., corolla A in. long, nearly glabrous outside, deeply 2-lipped, ovaries connate, 

 bracteoles minute, rounded, sometimes wanting, bracts subulate. Berries black when 

 ripe. 12. L. caerulea, Linn. Baltistan 11,000 ft. (Duthie July 1892). Europe ami 

 Northern Asia. Similar to 11. but hairy. 1. oblong or eUiptic-ohlong, peduncles J in., 

 corolla hairy outside, lobe- nearly equal, bracteoles 0, berries confluent, blueish-black 

 when ripe. 13. L. microphylla, Willd. Kuram valley. Inner arid N.W. Himalaya 

 9-14,000 ft. Western Tibet and Western Siberia. Nearly glabrous, 1. grey i-J in. 

 long. Fl. whitish-yellow, corolla bilabiate, bracteoles 0, berries partially confluent, 

 bright red. 



C. Erect, mostly large shrubs, corolla bilabiate, \ in. long or less, bracte >les 

 connate. 



11. L. hypoleuca, Dene. Baluchistan, Juniper tracts. Arid tracts of the inner X.W. 

 Himalaya 8-10,000 ft. Branchlets hairy, 1. nearly sessile, broad-ovate, or nearly 

 orbicular, obtuse, white- or grey-tomentose beneath. i-\\ in. long. Fl. orange-red, 

 .'. in. long, in pairs, on peduncles \-\ in. long. Glandular hairs on calyx and fruit. 

 15. L. decipiens, Hook. f. & Thorns. Sikkim 10-12,000 ft. A shrub 8-12 ft., branchlets 

 minutely hairy. 1. membranous, ovate-lanceolate, blade 2— 5, pet. ,\ in. Fl. red-purple. 

 J, in., on axillary peduncles, £-.', in. long. 



br. L. quinquelocularis, Hardw.; Collett, Simla Flora 225 fig. 69. Vern. Ghirazah, 

 Bal.j Bakhrti, i benab; Sbang, Kunawar; Taknoi, Jauhs. Baluchistan. Kuram 

 valley. X.W. Himalaya 3-9,000 ft. Bhutan. China. A large deciduous shrub 

 nr small tree, softlj pubescent, bark grey, peeling off in long fibrous strips, 1. ovate, 

 blade 1-8, pet. J-£ in. long. Fl. while, yellow afterward-, in axillary nearly sessile 

 clusters "I 2-4, bracts linear, hairy, bracteoles ovate, obtuse, connate al base, corolla 

 \-\ in. long, hairy outside. Berries free J in. diam. 



1). Erect shrubs, corolla 5-lobcd 1 in. long or less, bracts large, ovate, 

 bracteoles small or i K 



IT. L. hispida,. Pall. (£. bracteata, Boyle [II. t. 58. [nner dry Himalayan districts 

 in 18,000 ft. from Baltistan to Sikkim and East Tibet. Siberia. China. L. thinly 



membrai s, hairy or glabrous, ovate-oblong, base rounded or cordate, blade 1-:! in. 



long, pet. very short, Fl. in pairs, buds and fruit enveloped in large bracts, pedunoles 

 l in., corolla broadly funnel-shaped I in. long, Er. red J In. long, coofluenl or entirely 

 separate, is. l. asperifolia, Hook. E. & Thorns. Inner arid N.W. Himalaya and 

 adjoining districts of Tibet, Baltistan to Kumoon [1-14,000 ft. Alow much branched 



shrub, branchlets mm less hispid. D. ovate, blade 5 I 1 ., petiole h- J in. long. Fl. 



| i in. long, in pairs on short peduncles. IV. separate, crowned by the persistent 

 calyx-limb. 19. L. glauca, Hook, f . & Thorns. Kuram vallej above 12,000 ft. Lahaul. 



[nner arid Himalaya 12 [6, ' ft. Lahaul Kumi A -mall shrub growing in 



fissures of rocks. L. eiliptic-obloi a. ion-, il. lemon-yellow, \ in. long. 



E. Erect, mostly Large shrubs. I. , ; 2 in. long, corolla 5-lobed, bracts linear, 

 bracteoles usually connate. 



20. L. ligustrina, Wall.. Wight [o. t. 1025; Bedd. Manual I sv. f. 5. Nepal. Khasi 

 trills, Nilgiris. A shrub or small bushy tree, stem twisted, branchlets and petii 

 pubescent, I. linn, shining, lanceolate, blade I _". In., pet. § in. long, midrib beneath 

 more or less hairy. Fl. nearly sessile, corollo hairj in and out-side, J in. long, gibbous 

 a' base. Berries usually confluent, bracteoles enlarged it fru lucre, 

 enclosing t he ■-' (or 8) "> d ries. 



21. L. angiistifolia. Wall. Vern. Qeany, Chilti, Pirlu, Jaunsar. N.W. Himalaya 

 il 10,000ft. Sikkim in [2,000ft. A shrub, attaining I- ft., bark exfoliates in long 

 paper] flakes, I. lanceolate, pale and neorrj glabrous beneath, blade 1 2, pet. sleuder 

 1 in. or less. Peduncles single, axillary, slender, '. I in. long, calyx teeth lanceolate. 

 Corolla scented, white or pole rose-coloured, ovaries connote enclosed in the campanu- 



l.ne lube, ion I of tb.' connate bracteoles. Berrj red, edible. 22. L. purpurascons, 



Hook. f. ,\, Tb. an-. Km. mi valley. Himalaya 9 [8,000 ft. Kashmir to sikkim. 



