360 LX. CAPRIFOLIACE^ [Lonicera 



Branchlets hairy, 1. oblong or obovate-oblong, more or less hairy on both sides, Wade 

 £-2, petiole slender J-J in. Peduncles single, axillary, J-l in. Corolla hairy, purple, 

 funnel-shaped. Berries more or less confluent, black. 23. L. tomentella, Hook. f. & 

 Thorns. Sikkim 8-12,000 ft. Attains 10 ft., pubescent, 1. gradually narrowed from a 

 broad base J-1A in. long, pet. short. Peduncles under £ in. PI. white, bracts foliaceous, 

 lanceolate. Berries black, more or less confluent. 



F. Rigid, prostrate or straggling shrubs, 1. as a rule less than i in. long. 

 Corolla 5-lobed. 



24. L. parvifolia, Edgew. Kuram valley, Himalaya 8-14,000 ft., Kashmir to Sikkim, 

 A prostrate shrub, 1. elliptic-oblong, pale beneath, J-J in., petiole short. Fl. white, 

 peduncles shorter than fl., bracts lanceolate longer than calyx, coroJla-tube cylindric, 

 style included. Berries orange-red, not confluent. L. Myrtillus, Hook, f . & Thorns, 

 is supposed to differ by narrower bracts. 25. L. obovata, Eoyle. Kuram valley. 

 Himalaya 8-14,000 ft. Kashmir to Sikkim, extending into the inner arid districts. 

 A glabrous straggling or prostrate shrub, up to 6 ft. high, 1. J-£ in. obovate. PL 

 pale-yellow, peduncle shorter than fl., bracts linear, ciliate, longer than calyx, corolla- 

 tube wider upwards, style exserted. Berries confluent, dark blueish-purple. 26. 

 L. rupicola, Hook. f. & Thorns. Districts of Tibet adjoining Kumaon and Sikkim 

 12-14,000 ft., branchlets pubescent, rigid, nearly spinescent, 1. linear or oblong J-J in. 

 tomentose beneath. Fl. nearly sessile, bracts linear-obovate J in. long, tomentose 

 beneath, berries not confluent, crowned by the long linear calyx-teeth. 27. L. spinosa, 

 Jacquemont. Inner arid N.W. Himalaya and adjoining tracts of Tibet 11-15,000 ft. 

 A small glabrous, rigid shrub, branchlets often leafless and spinescent. L. small 

 narrow-obloDg, peduncles short, style exserted, berries not confluent. 



2. LEYCESTERIA, Wall.; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. 1G. 

 Includes Pentapyxis, Hook. f. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 17. 



Shrubs, branches herbaceeous. L. distichous, sometimes stipulate. Fl. 

 pentamerous, more or less zygomorphic, in axillary spikes. Calyx-lobes per- 

 sistent, often unequal, corolla funnel-shaped, stamens 5, inserted on the throat 

 of the corolla. Ovary 5-8-celled, style slender, stigma capitate, ovules oo, 

 biseriate in each cell. Berry many-seeded, seeds minute, testa crustaceous, 

 shining. Species 3. 



A. Leaves glabrous, as a rule no stipules, but petioles connate at the base. 



1. L. formosa, Wall. PI. As. Par. 1. 120 ; Wight, 111. t, 121. D. Himalaya in shady 

 forests 5-10,000 ft. from the Sutlej eastwards. Stem and branches hollow, young 

 shoots pubescent. 1. ovate-lanceolate, margin undulate, blade 3-5, pet. J-J in. long. 

 Spikes axillary, consisting of bracteate whorls, corolla i-1 in. long, red or white with 

 a purple tinge, bracts sessile, large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, greenish purple. Berry 

 dark-purple, glandular-hairy. 2. L. glaucophylla, C. B. Clarke. Sikkim 5-6,000 ft., 

 not common. Bhutan. Yunnan. Branches slender, hollow, 1. lanceolate, sinuate- 

 dentate. Fl. in pairs on lax axillary spikes, bracts shorter than ovary. 



B. Leaves densely tomentose beneath with broad interpetiolar stipules. 



3. L. stipulata, Fritsch (Pentapyxis stipulata, Hook. f.). Sikkim 6-10,000 ft., common 

 round Darjeeling. A large straggling shrub, densely grey tomentose. L. sinuate- 

 toothed 4-8 in. long, pet. short, stipules round, J-f in. diam. Fl: in short axillary 

 bracteate spikes, corolla white, hairy outside, § in. long. Berry hairy J in. long. 



3. ABELIA, Bob. Brown; Fl. Brit, Ind. iii. 9. ' 

 Included under Linncea, Gronov. in Engler u. Prantl. iv. 4, 166. 



(Species 11, 3 in Mexico, the others in Asia.) 



A. triflora, R. Brown ; Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 15. A large shrub, 1. ovate- 

 lanceolate, pale beneath, hairy all over or along the edge and midrib, blade 

 1-3, pet. £-J in. Fl. white, tinged with pink, scented, in 3-fld. shortly 

 pedunculate cymes, supported by linear-lanceolate bracts, massed in ter- 

 minal bracteate heads. Calyx hairy, 5-ribbed, lobes linear long-ciliate, 



