Lowicera.^ Lxxir. CAPEiFOLiACEiB. (0. B. Clarke.) 13- 



without ; lobes short, purple. Style sparsely pilose. FruU usually of two confluent 

 drupes, J in. diam., globose, black. Seeds many or few. — Bot/le's specimens have the 

 leaves and flowers more hairy : the number of seeds varies on the same branch. 



12. la. ang^ustifolla, Wall. Cat. 480 ; leaves lanceolate vrbite beneath,, 

 peduncles J-1 in., braetB ^— J in. linear or linear-lanceolate, bracteoles connate 

 often half as long as the fruit, calyx-limb distinctly 6-toothed. DC. Prodr. iv. 

 337 ; Joum. Hort. Soo. Lond. iii. 238, with a Jig. ; H. f. Sf T. in Jom-n. Liim. 

 Soe. ii. 167 ; Brandis For. Fl. 265. 



Temperate Himalaya ; from Kashmir and Kumaon, alt. 6-12,000 ft., frec[uent, to 

 Sikxim; Lachen, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, 6-12 ft. ; branchlets glabrescent. Leaves IJ by J in. (nearly ^ in. broad 

 in Sikkim sp.), narrowed at both ends, beneath pubescent or glabrous ; petiole ^ in. 

 Bracts linear or foliaceous. Corolla-tube J by ^ in., glabrous or pubescent, sabequal ; 

 lobes hardly i in., white or rose. Style short, glabrous. Pruit usually of two con- 

 fluent drupes, J in. diam., globose ; calyx-limb often subpersistent. Seeds few. 



13. Xi. rupicola, B. f. §• T. in Joum. Lmn. Soe. ii. 168 ; leaves oblong' 

 tomentose beneath, peduncles hardly any, bracteoles small quadrate distinct 

 obsolete in the fruit, calyx-teeth ^ in. narrow-lanceolate pubescent. 



Eastern Tibet (North of Sikkim), alt. 16-17,000 ft., J. D. H. Eimkim, Western 

 Tibet (North of Kumaon), alt. 13,600 ft., Strach. ^ Winterb. 



A rigid shrub, 2-4 ft. ; branchlets pubescent, becoming leafless and subspinescent. 

 Leaves f by i in., subobtuse at both ends, nearly glabrous above ; petiole i in. Bracts 

 \ in., linear-obovate, often subfoliaceous, tomentose beneath. Corolla-lube J by ^ in., 

 pubescent ; lobes j in. broad-oblong, spreading. Style short, glabrous. Berries l-| in.,. 

 ellipsoid, not confluent in pairs, crowned by the long calyx-teeth. 



14. Ii. spinosa, Jacguem. ms. ; S. f. Sr T. in Joum. Linn. Sac. ii. 168 ; 

 glabrous, leaves small narrow-oblong, peduncles hardly any, bracteoles quadrate 

 connate inconspicuous in fruit, calyx-teeth — in. narrow-oblong obtuse. Xylos- 

 teum spinosum. Dene, in Jaeq. Voy. Bat. 78, t. 86. 



Alpine Himalaya, alt. 11-16,000 ft. ; from Kashmir to Tibet north of Sikkim. 

 — DisTRiB. Kashgar. 



A rigid shrub, 2-4 ft. ; branchlets glaucous, often leafless and spinescent. Leaves 

 3 by ^^ in., obtuse, margins recurved, base narrowed ; petiole hardly any. Flowers 

 subfasciculate ; bracts ^| in., linear-oblong. Corolla-tube \-^ by ^-|- in., glabrous, 

 subequal; lobes ^ in., elliptic. Style glabrous, exserted. Berries^ by ;J in., ellip- 

 soid, not confluent in pau-s, crowned by the subpersistent calyx-limb. 



15. la. parvifolla, Edgw. in Wall. Cat 9058, and in Trans. Linn. Soe^ 

 XX. 60 ; leaves small oblong or obovate glabrous, peduncles |-^ in., bracts ^-| in. 

 oblong or ovate foliaceous, corolla-tube not widened upwards, style included. 

 S.f. ^ T. in Joum. Linn. Soe. ii. 168. L. depressa, Boyle III. 226. 



Alpine Himalaya; Kumaon; BlinJcworth ; Pindari, alt. 12,000 ft., Strachey ^- 

 Winterbottom. Sikkim; alt. 12-14,000 ft, Lachen and Lama Kangra, J. B. H. 



A small, rigid, nearly glabrous, shrub ; branches often prostrate. Leaves ^ by ^-^ 

 in., obtuse, base cuneate rarely obtuse ; petiole i in. Bracteoles connate, often nearly 

 as long as the ovary, inconspicuous in fruit. Calyx glabrous ; teeth minute, trian- 

 gular. Corolla-tube J by ■!■ in., exactly cylindric, equal, glabrous without, hairy 

 within ; teeth ^ in., round, pink-purple. Style short, glabrous. Berries i by i in., 

 ellipsoid, not confluent in pairs ; seeds few. 



Vae. MyrtUlus, H. f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soe. ii. 168 (sp.); bracts linear- 

 oblong or sublinear. Brandis For. Fl. 25.5. — Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-12,000 ft.. 

 Sikkim; alt. 11-14,000 ft., Lachen, J. B. H. 



