Lonicera.] XLIV. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 255 



2. L. 



3. L. Myrtilliis. 



i. L. quimquelocularis. 

 5. L. hypoleuca. 



6. L. orientalis. 



7. L. alpigena. 



A small bush, spiuescent ; corolla- tube long slender 



A small bush, corolla-tube broad-campanulate 

 Corolla bilabiate, bracteoles large, more or less connate. 



Pubescent ; leayes petiolate, flowers nearly sessile 



Glandular hairy; leaves nearly sessile, white beneath, 



flowers pedunculate 



Corolla bilabiate, bracteoles small, free. 



Glabrous ; main lateral nerves 8-12 pair 



Glandular hairy; main lateral nerves 6-8 pair 



1. L. angustifolia, Wall.— Vern. Geang, Jaonsar ; FUru, Sutlej. 



A shrill) 6-12 ft. high, with slender branches ; hark grey, peeling off in 

 long fibrous shreds. Glabrous, or youngest parts pilose ; leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, pale beneath. Flowers in pairs, on slender axillary 

 peduncles, ^-1 in. long; bracteoles connate, cup-shaped, enclosing the 

 ovaries. Bracts 2, linear or foliaceous. Corolla J in. long or less, regular, 

 white or pale rose coloured, scented. Berry red, the size of a pea, with 

 1-6 seeds. 



Not uncommon in. the Himalaya, from near the Indus to Sikkim. In the 

 North-West Himalaya at 6000-10,000 ft. Dippi, and other forests in Kunawar, 

 Deoban range, Jaonsar Bawar. Fl. May, June ; fruit sweet, eaten. Hardy in 

 England. 



2. L. spinosa, Jacquemont. — Syn. Xylosteum spinosum, Decaisne, in 

 Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 86. L. linearis, Hb. Eoyle. 



A small rigid shrub, wholly glabrous, with stiff divaricate, spinescent 

 branchlets and small, linear-oblong coriaceous leaves. Flowers f in. long, 

 on short peduncles, tube long, slender ; Hmb broad, spreading ; amthers 

 and style exserted. 



Inner arid Himalaya and Tibet, 11,000-15,000 ft. Fl. July. 



3. L. Myrtillus, Hf. & Th. 1. c. 168. 



A small shrub with prostrate branches. Leaves J-J in. long, eUiptic- 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, glaucous beneath. Flowers white subsessUe, 

 coroUa short, broad-campanulate, J in. long ; anthers and styles included. 



Himalaya from the Indus to Sikkim, 9000-12,000 ft. Fl. June-Sept. Nearly 

 allied are Z. parvifolia, Edgew., and L. purpurascens, H. i. & Th. {Xylosteum 

 purp., Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 87). 



4. L. quinquelocularis,. Hardwicke ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 537. -^Syn. L. 

 diversi/olia, Wall. Eoxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 169 j Bot. Eeg. xxx. 

 1844, t. 33. Himalayan HoneysucUe. Vern. /a?-Zawgret,aiie», trans-Indus; 

 Phut, Jhelam ; Tita bateri, pdkhur, Kashmir ; Bakhru, Chenab ; Khvm, 

 sdi, Eavi; Dendru, Bias; Kliunti, zbang, razbam, Ujgai, Sutlej; Bet 

 huhri, bhat hukra, cheraya, kurmali,Ka,maoa. 



A large erect shrub, pubescent or soft-tomentose. Leaves 1-2 in. long, 

 ovate or elliptic, acute, on short petioles. Flowers nearly sessile, in axil- 

 lary clusters of 2-4 ; ovaries free. Bracts linear, ciliate ; bracteoles broad- 

 ovate, ciliate, obtuse, connate at the base. Calyx-limb cup-shaped, 5-cleft, 



