14 LxxiT. CAPEiFOiiiAOE^. (0. B. Clarke.) '[Lonieera. 



16. Xi. obovata, Soi/le mss. : S. f. Sr T. in Jowm. lAnn. Soc. ii. 169 ; 

 glal)rous, leaves small obovate-oblong, peduncle ^-J in., bracts ^-J in. linear 

 ovate or oblong rarely foliaceous, corolla tube widened upwards, style exserted 

 glabrous. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kuiiaon, alt. 8-13,000 ft., frequent. 

 SiKKiM, Lachen, alt. 12-14,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, 6 ft. Leaves ^ by J-J in., subsessile, obtuse, base narrowed. Brac- 

 teoles small or 0, distinct or connate, obsolete or cupshaped in fruit. Calyx-limb 

 very short, undulate, hardly toothed. Corolla-tube y by ^ in., tubular-funnel- 

 shaped, base narrowed prominently gibbous or campanulate and subequal, glabrous 

 ■without, hairy within; teeth J in., round, suberect, yellowish- white. Berries 

 spherical, J in. diam., with 2 calyx-scars, calyx-tubes more or less eoalescent even 

 in the bud. 



tt Corolla pi-ominently 2-Uj^ed. 



a. Sracteoles connate into a cvp. 



17. Ii. qulnquelocularis, Hardwick in As. Res. vi. 351 ; leaves ovate 

 or broad-lanceolate hairy beneath, peduncles hardly any, bracts ^J in. linear, 

 calyx-limb short funnel-shaped teeth triangular ciliate. Wall, in Soxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii. 174 ; H. f. Sf T. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. ii. 169 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 255. L. diveraifolia, Wall. I. c. 178, Cat. 477 ; Sook. Ic. PL t. 807 ; 

 Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 30, t. 33. L. Royleana, Wcdl. Cat. 478. 



Tempbbate Himalaya from Kashmir to Kumaon; alt. 4-12,000 ft., common. 

 Bhotan ; Griffith. 



A shrub, 5-10 ft. ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 1^-2 by f-lj in., acute or 

 obtuse at either end, nearly glabrous above, pubescent pilose or villous beneath; 

 petiole ^ in. Flowers clustered, axillary; bracteoles pubescent, usually scarcely ^ the 

 length of the fruit. Corolla hairy without and within, yeUow ; tube ^ by ^ in. Style 

 hairy, exsert. Berries j by ^ in., ovoid, not connate ; crowned, till ripe often, by the 

 calyx-limb. 



18. Ii. Iiypoleuca, Dene, in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 81, t. 89; leaves ovate 

 obtuse pubescent white beneath, peduncle ^-J in., bracts | in. lanceolate 

 foliaceous, bracteoles hairy as long as the glandular-pubescent calyx-tube. H. 

 f. Sr T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 170 ; Brandis For. Fl. 256. L. elliptica, Rovle 

 III. 2S6. ^ " 



NoETH-WEST Himalaya, alt. 8-10,000 ft., Boyle, Edgeworth. Kunawar, Thomson, 

 Lance. Gurwhal, Strach. S[ Winterb. 



A low shrub ; branchlets pilose. Leaves J by J in., subsessile, obtuse at both 

 ends, upper narrower, passing into the bracts. Calyx-teeth minute, lanceolate. 

 Corolla-tube i by f in., base gibbous ; lobes ^ in. and more, linear-oblong, orange-red ; 

 style hairy below. Berries | by §^ in., ellipsoid, hairy, distinct or nearly so, nearly 

 included by the bracteoles.— H. f. & T. say the ovaries are usually connate, but they 

 appear rarely and imperfectly so. 



19. Xi. decipiens, S. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 170 ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate minutely hairy, peduncles ^ in. pubescent, bracts 

 i in. linear, bracteoles ovate nearly glabrous as long as the glabrate calyx-tube. 

 L. lanceolata. Wall. Cat. 475. Symphoriae sp., Oiiff. Itin. Notes, 191. 



Central and Eastern Himalaya; Nipal; Walliah. Sikkim, Lachen, alt. 10-12 000 

 ft., J. D. H., Elwes Bhotan ; Timboo River, alt. 6500 ft., Griffith. ' ' 



A small shrub ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2 by f in., subsessile, base obtuse, 

 more or less pubescent on the midrib and nerves above, beneath glandular-pubescent 

 with the midrib hairy; petiole i in. Calyx-teeth minute, ovate acute ciliate. 



