'Triostmm.'] Lxxiv. CAPEiiOLiACEiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 9 



both surfeces. S^ike hardly 1 in. ; peduncle scarce J in. Galt/x-teeth ^ in. Corolla- 

 tube J in. long, green without purple within. Drupe J in., ovoid or ellipsoid trigo- 

 nous, hairy towards the apex. — H. f. & T. have been misled by DC. into supposing 

 that WaUich described T. hirsutum from Chittagong as a different species from T. 

 himalayanum. The origin of the error appears to have been that DO. read Wallich's 

 ms. locality " Gossain Than " as the Sanskrit spelling of Chittagong. DC. further 

 misprints the fruit as 6-seeded, whereas WaUich states (rightly) S-seeded. 



5. ABEX.XA, Br. 



Shrubs, branchlets slender. Leaves opposite, sometimes ternate, petioled, 

 entire or toothed ; stipules 0. Flowers axillary and terminal, in small tricho- 

 tomous cymes or solitary, 2-4-bracteolate, vyhite or rose. Calyx-tube narrow, 

 striate ; teeth 5, long, narrow, persistent. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, 

 nearly regular ; lobes 6, stort, round. Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla-tube, 

 subdidynamous. Ovary 3-celled ; style filiform, stigma capitate subexserted ; 

 ■ovules in 2 cells several, in the 3rd solitary. Fruit coriaceous, narrowly oblong, 

 surmounted by the long calyx-teeth, cells 3, 2 empty, the 3rd 1-seeded. Seed 

 subcylindric, testa membranous, alhumen fleshy; embryo short, cylindric. — 

 DiSTRiB. Species 5, from Kashmir to China and Japan ; and 1 Mexican (.per- 

 haps a distinct genus). 



1. A. triflora, Br. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. 14, t. 15; leaves lanceolate 

 •entire, cymes 3-8-flowered, bracts lanceolate shining glabrous reticulate. Wall. 

 Cat. 815; DC. Prodr. iv. 339; Wight III. ii. 72, t. 121 0. ; H. f. % T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii, 174 ; Lindl. §• Paxt. Fl. Oard. t. 91 ; Brandis For. Fl. 

 257. 



Temperate Himalaya from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5-10,000 ft., frequent. 



An erect shrub, 3-6 ft. Leaves 2\ by |-1 in., acute, broadest near the cuneate or 

 eubobtuse base, reticulate-nerved beneath, pilose especially on the margin or glabrous ; 

 petiole ^-J in. Cyoms sessile, i.e. bracts at their base 1 in. leaflike, but interme- 

 diate between the leaves and bracts. Calyx-teeth \-^ in., linear, striate, ciliate. 

 Corolla-ttihe j-j in., glabrous or pilose without ; lobes J-^ in., spreading. Fruit 

 i— } in., linear, narrowed upwards, glabrous or pilose. 



VAS.parvifolia; leaves much smaller J in. sometimes lobed or subpinnatifid, 

 corolla smaller pubescent within and without. — Jhelum Valley and Wuzaristan, 

 ■Stewart. 



6. X.ONXCERA, Linn. 



Shrubs, erect or scandent ; buds scaly. Leaves opposite, petioled, sessile 

 •or connate, entire or in L. hetsrophylla sinuately-lobed. Flowers (in the Indian 

 species) in peduncled pairs, often connate by their ovaries, bracteate and usually 

 2-bracteolate ; peduncles axillary, solitary, or in subterminal panicles heads or 

 clusters subtended by floral leaves. Cdyx-tvhe ovoid ; limb short, 5-toothed, 

 deciduous or persistent. Cordla tubular, funnel-shaped or campanulate, tube 

 .short or long, gibbous or equal at the base, limb subequally 5-lobed or 2- 

 lipped ; lobes short or long. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla-tube. Ovary 

 2-3-celled ; style slender, stigma capitate ; ovules several in each cell in double 

 rows on axile placentas. Berry 2-3-eeIled or sub-1 -celled. Seeds few in each 

 cell, ovoid or oblong, albumen fleshy ; embryo terete. — Disteib. Species 80, in 

 temperate and subalpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere. 



StJBaEN I. Caprifolium, DC. Scandent. Pairs oi Jlowers, oi some of 



