12 Lxxiv. CAPEiFOLiACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Lowieera. 



flat, berry crowned by the funnel-shaped calyx-limb. Xylosteum asperrimum, 

 Bene, in Jacq. Voij. Bot. 77, t. 85. 



Westeen Tibet, Falconer; Zanskab, alt. 13,000 ft., Tliomson. Kashmir to the 

 Kakaicobum, alt. 12,000 ft., C. B. C. Eimkim (Tibet), alt. 13,500 ft., Strach. ^ 

 Winterb. 



A shrub, 2-4 ft. ; branehlets sparsely hispid. Leaves IJ by f in., subacute or 

 obtuse, shining and glabrous above ; petiole ^J in. Bracts J in., and ovaries free. 

 Calyx-tvhe g^s,\>T0VL&; limb ciliate or glabrous. Corolla-tube J {by ^ in., glabrous or 

 slightly hairy; lobes ^ in. or more. Style glabrous. Drupe ^hy 5 in., or more, 

 oblong. 



** Bracts linear or narrow-oblong (broad in L. parvifolia) ; hracteoles often 

 •connate or prominent. 



+ Corolla not distinctly two-lipped, often, gibbous at the base, and limb 

 iMiequal. 



9. Ii. lig'ustrina, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 179 ; 

 •Cat. 479 ; branehlets pubescent, leaves lanceolate obtusely acuminate margin and 

 midrib beneath ciliate or glabrescent, peduncle hardly any, hracteoles connate. 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 334 ; W. 8f A. JProdr. 389 ; Wight Ic. t. 1026 ; S. f. 8f T. in 

 ■Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 166 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. And. Gen. t. 16, fig. 5. L. Wightiana, 



WaM. Cat. undei- 1520, in Herb. lAnn. Soc. 



? NiPAL ; Wallich. Khasia Mts., alt. 4000-6000 ft., H. f. ^ T. Mts. of the South 

 Deccan, alt. 6-7000 ft., frequent. 



A shrub, 5-15 ft. Leaves If by J in., base narrowed or scarcely rounded, firm, 

 shining; petiole i in. J?raefo ^ in., glabrous; hracteoles at first small, in fruit some- 

 times ^ by ^ in., forming a boat-shaped involucel half-enclosing the truit. Cdlyx- 

 iimb tubular ; margin irregular. CoroUa-tnbe \ by ^-^ in., narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 base very gibbous, slightly pubescent; lobes i in., obtuse, yellowish-white CWallich). 

 Style patently hairy. Drupes usually confiuent into a single smaU spherical fruit, 

 ovaries free or half-coalescent in bud. — Wallich's Nipal habitat must be considered 

 doubtful till confirmed, owing to the mixture of specimens on one sheet. 



10. Xi. tomentella, H. f. §• T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 167 ; branehlets 

 pubescent, leaves oblong villous or pubescent beneath, peduncles 0-^ in., hrac- 

 teoles short connate. 



Temperate Himalaya ; Sikkim, Lachen and Lachoong, alt. 8-12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, 10-12 ft. Leaves 1^ by J-| in., obtuse at both ends; petiole -j in., 

 tomentose. Bracts \-\ in., narrowly oblong, foliaoeous ; hracteoles 55-^ in. long in 

 fruit. Calyx glabrous. Corolla-ttibe i by J in., subequal, pilose without and within ; 

 lobes hardly \ in., little spreading, white. Style glabrous. Berry :i by | in., black, 

 ■often coalescent in pairs into one spherical fruit. Seeds numerous, small. 



11. Xi. purpurascens, B. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 169; leaves 

 •oblong or obovate-oblong hairy at least beneath, peduncles |-1 in., hracteoles 

 small quadrate subobsolete in the fruit, calyx-limb pateUiform truncate glabrous. 

 Xi. sericea, Bmjle III. 236 ; H. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 167. Xylosteum 

 purpurascens. Dene, in Jaeq. f^oy. Bot. 79, t. 87. 



Subalpine Himalaya; Kashmir, alt. 9-12,000 ft.; Pir Pinjal, Jacqiteinont 

 ■C. B. C; Goolmurg, Stewart. Khnawur; alt. 12-13,000 ft., Munro Sikkim' 

 Yeumtong, alt. 11,000 ft., J. D. H. ' ' 



A shrub, 8 ft. ; branehlets pilose, ultimately glabrous. Leaves 1 by i in., obtuse 

 base narrowed or obtuse, above softly pilose or glabrescent, beneath villous or hairy 

 on the nerves only ; petiole i in. Bracts ^ in., linear or lanceolate-linear ; hrac- 

 teoles distinct or connate. CoroUa-tiibe i by ^ in., base gibbous, hairy within and 



