Lonicera.] lxxiv. capeifoliacej!. (0. B. Clarke.) 11 



Temperate Himalaya from Nipai,, WaUich, to Sikkim, alt. 7-11,000 ft. ; J. D. ff. 

 &c. 



Branchlets hairy. Leaves 4 by 1 J-lJ in., with scattered hairs on both surfaces, or 

 glabrescent; petiole i in., hairy. Inflorescence in terminal many-flowered heads, and 

 also often axillary 2-flowered peduncles ; floral leaves gradually reduced, the uppermost 

 lineaivlanceolate, braoteiform ; bracteoles i in., subquadrate, ciliate. Calyx-teeth ^a^ 

 brate or ciliate in fruit. Corolla-tube ^ in., funnel-shaped. — L. Lomreirii, from Java ? 

 differs in the glabrous corolla-tube and style. 



6. Ii, ovata, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 6300 ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong; ob- 

 tuse membranous nearly glabrous, bracts jV^a '"^- ovate-lanceolate, calyx-tube 

 glabrous, corolla-tube 4 in. very slender glsibrous, style hairy. Lonicera sp., 

 Cfrif. Jmim. SO. 



Assam ; Hamilton, Masters. — Distkib. Birma. 



A slenderer plant, with much smaller flowers than in L. glahrata. Branchlets 

 pubescent. Leaves 1 1 by f-l in., base rounded or subcordate, minutely pilose on both 

 surfaces or glabrescent; petiole ^-\ in. Upper peduncles in terminal panicle; brac- 

 teoles minute, ovate. Flowers white, fading to yellow. Calyx-teeth glabrous or 

 cUiolate. 



STTBOBif. II. Xylosteum, DO. Erect. Peduncles not panicled. Calyx- 

 limh deciduous (ini. asperifolia; L. rupicola and others, subpersistent). 



* Bracts large, ovate ; hracteoleg m- minute. 



6. Xi. bispida, Prdl. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 338 ; glabrous or hairy, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, peduncles |-1 in., bracts obovate-elliptic boat-shaped hardly 

 connate. Ledeh. Fl. Ross. ii. 389, Ic. t. -212 ; H.f.Sf T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ii. 165. L. bracteata, Moyle III. 237, t. 53. 



Temperate and alpine Himalaya, alt. 9-13,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Kumaon, 

 frequent. Suckim, alt. 13-15,000 ft., J. D. H. — Distrib. Central Asia, Siberia. 



Branchlets hispid-pilose or glabrescent. Leaves 1^ by J in., subobtuse, base 

 rounded, hairy on both surfaces or glabrescent ; petiole f in. Bracts ^-f in., hispid 

 ciliate or glabrescent. Corolla-tube ^ by J in., often hairy ; lobes J-^ in., rounded, 

 pink. Style glabrous or with scattered hairs. BrupesTnove: than j by J in., ellipsoid, 

 confluent or entirely separate. Cf. Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersi. Mel. Biol. x. 73. — 

 Exceedingly variable as to hairiness ; the branchlets, leaves and bracts are some- 

 times absolutely glabrous, and the leaves subscabrid beneath. 



7. Xi. g^Iauca« S.f. ^ T. in Jowm. Limn. Soc. ii. 166, not of Meerb. ; 

 leaves small oblong obtuse glabrous hispidly ciliolate, peduncle hardly any, 

 bracts ^-^ in. ovate flat, calyx-limb deciduous. 



Temperate N.W. Himalaya and Western Tibet, 12-16,000 ft. ; Nubra, Zanskar 

 and Piti, Thomson ; Tilail in Kashmir, C. B. C. ; Gurwhal and Kumaon,' Strach. ^ 

 Winterb. 



A glaucous, densely-branched, wiry undershrub, glabrous except as to the margins 

 of the leaves. Leaves f by ^ in., obtuse, base hardly rounded ; petiole jj in. Bracts 

 glaucous, hispidly ciliate on the margins, usually free, or when the fruits coalesce 

 sometimes much connate. Calyx glabrous, or nearly so. Corolla-tube ^-^ by -1^ in., 

 glabrous; lobes ^ in., elliptic, yellow, ffiyfe glabrous. Berry \ hj ^ in., ellipsoid, 

 pairs sometimes confluent into a spherical fruit. (Both confluent and non-confluent 

 berries occur on one branch.) 



8. Xi. asperifolia, H.f. 8r T, in Journ, Linn. Soc. ii. 166 ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong subcordate, margin crisped and hispid, peduncle 0-^ in., bracts ovate 



