10 Lxxiv. CAPEIFOLIACEJ). (C. B. Clarke.) \Lonieera.. 



them, capitate or panicled. BracU linear or small. Corolla 2-lipped. Berry 

 crowned with the calyx-teeth. 



In the simple lateral peduncles the bracts are undistinguishable from floral 

 leaves : in the paniculate inflorescence of L. japonica the bracts are small linear. 



1. Xi. XieschenauItU, WaU. in Soxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Weill, ii, 

 178 ; Cat. 471 ; leaves ovate or oblong, heneath and calyx grey toruentose, 

 coroUa long closely pubescent. DC. Prodr. iv. 334; Wight III. ii. t. 120 

 and 121 B. ; W. it ^. Prodr. 389 ; S. f. ^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 173, not 

 ofMiq. L. mollis, Wight lU. ii. 71 ; Wall. Cat. 6301. 



Deccan Mts., alt. 5-8000 ft. ; Wight, &c. 



Branchlets tomentose. Leaves 1^-2^ iDy 1-1| in., acute or rounded, base cordate 

 or obtuse, above glabrous or puberulous on the impressed nerves ; petiole J in. Flowers 

 in shortened panicles ; floral leaves ^-1 in., petioled, ovate ; bracts linear, J-J in. ; 

 bracteoles ovate, minute. Calyx-teeth i jq.^ linear. Corolla-tube l-l\ in., hairy 

 within. Style glabrous or nearly so. — Rarely the pairs of flowers are solitary, when 

 the elongate floral leaves which are close beneath the flower have been described as 

 bracts. 



2. Ii. grlabrata, Wall, in Moxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 176; 

 Cat. 474 ; leaves cordate-oblong acute coriaceous glabrous or nearly so rarely 

 villous beneath, bracts ~~ in. lanceolate, calyx glabrous or nearly so, corolla 

 glabrous. DC. Prodr. iv. 334; S.f. Sf T. in Jow-n. Linn. Soc. ii. 172, excl. 

 syn. L. ovata, Sam. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; from Nipal to Bhotan ; Wallwh, &c. 



Branchlets glabrous, or closely pubescent. Leaves 3 by 1^ in. ; nerves glabrous 

 or pilose or villous beneath ; petiole \-\ in. Flomer-sfikes short, often panicled ; 

 floral leaves gradually reduced, sometimes minutely pilose above, the uppermost 

 lanceolate, sessile ; bracteoles ovate, minute. Calyx-tube somewhat glaucous, rarely 

 slightly hairy ; teeth ^ in, lanceolate. Corolla-tube ^ in., rarely with a, few scat- 

 tered hairs without, hairy within. Style glabrous, or with scattered hairs. — 

 Griflith's specimens from East Bhotan have the leaves very villous beneath. 



3. Zi, macrantha, DC. Prodr. iv. 333 ; leaves cordate-oblong acute 

 coriaceous villous beneath, floral usually greatly reduced, calyx-teeth hairy in 

 fruit, corolla-lobes hirsute in bud white fading to yellow. Benth. Fl. Hongh. 

 144 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 269 ; Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. 

 Mel. Biol. X. 58. L. japonica. Wall. Cat. 473, and in Moxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey fy 

 Wall. ii. 174 ; H. f. ^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 171, not of Linn. Oaprifo- 

 foliiun macranthum and japonicum, Don Prodr. 140. 



Temperate Himalaya from NiPAt to Bhotan, alt. 6-10,000 ft., frequent. Khasia 

 Mts;, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Leaves 2J by 1 in., glabrescent or pilose on the surface above. Peduncles in sub- 

 terminal panicles ; upper floral leaves usually linear-lanceolate. Bracts ^-^ in., 

 linear ; bracteoles very small. Calyx-tube glaucous, glabrous. CoroUa-tube f-lf in.— 

 L. japonica, L., which is very closely allied, differs in the less coriaceous leaves, usually 

 petioled ovate or spathulate floral leaves, more or less hairy calyx-tube, and less hir- 

 sute unexpanded pink or reddish corolla. 



4. Ii. acuminata, Wall, in Moxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 472 - 

 leaves oblong cordate acute, bracts ^-i in. linear, calyx-tube glabrous, c'oroUa- 

 tube hairy lobes pubescent or glabrous, style densely fulvous hairy. Wall. Cat. 

 472 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 334. L. Loureirii, S.f. ^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 172! 

 not of DC. ' 



