358 LX. CAPRIFOLIAOEJil [Loniccra 



B. Corolla rotate or broadly canixmiiiilate. One ovule in each cell, btyle sliort or 

 stigma sessile. 



Leaves simple . 4. Vibuhnum. 



Leaves pinnate . . 5. Samisucus. 



1. LONICERA, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 9. 



Erect; prostrate or climbing shrnbs, 1. entire, bark as a rule peeling off in 

 long tliin sbreds or in papery flakes. Fl. pentameronSj sessile, in pairs, these 

 on axillary peduncles, or forming terminal corymbs or panicles. Each 

 pair of fl. subtended by pairs of bracts and bracteoles, ovaries often con- 

 fluent. Corolla tubular, funnel- or bell-skaped, often gibbous at base, oblique, 

 or two-lipped. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3-celled, style filiform, stigma capitate, 

 ovules many in the inner angle of each cell. Berry fleshy, few-seeded. Species 

 over 100, temperate regions of the Ivforthern Hemisphere. 



A. Climbers, corolla bilabiate, and (excepting L, ovata) more than 1 in. long, 

 ovaries free, 



(a) Corolla glabrous outside. 



1. L. Hildebrandiana, Coll. eb Hem&l. in Journ. Linn. Soo. xxviii. 64, 1. 11. Shan hills, 

 Upper Burma 8-5,000 ft. Yunnan. Entirely glabrous, 1. elliptic or ovate, blade 4, 

 pet. 4~| in., sec. n. arching, 3-5 pair, PI. up to 7 in., lower lip 1-2 in. long, pale yellow 

 on opening, changing into reddish-orange*. Fr, 1 in. long. 2. L. Braceana, Hemsl. 1. o. 

 64. Khasi hills. Similar to 1, 1. alxoost fleshy, elliptic-lanceolate, sec. n. obscure, 

 blade 4-6, petiole |-1 in. long, fl. up to 4 in., lobes of upper lip short, lower lip l-lj in. 

 long. 



3. L. glabrata, Wall. Himalaya from Nepal eastwards 4-^8,000 ft., branehlets and 

 petioles thinly pubescent, 1. ovate from a rounded or cordate base, glabrous and shining 

 above, hairy along nerves beneath, blade 2-4, petiole J in. long, sec. n. prominent 

 beneath, 3-5 pair. FL often arranged in short panicles, corolla | in. long, nearly white, 

 glabrous without, with deflexed hairs within, lower lip J-| in. 4. L. obscura, Coll. & 

 Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soo. xxviii. 63. Shan hills at 3-4,000 ft.^ Hills between Sitang 

 and Sal ween rivers at 8,000 feet. Foliage like 3. Corolla white, glabrous, very slender, 

 1-2 in., lower lip J in. long. 



Q}) Corolla hairy outside. 



5. L. IiesclienaUltii, Wall. Baba Eudan hills, Mysore. Coorg. Nilgiris. Palnis. 

 Branehlets, petioles, underside of L and inflorescence softly grey-tomentose. L. ovate, 

 base rounded or cordate, blade 2-3, pet. J-J in. long. FL generally in compact corymbs 

 at the ends of branches ; corolla white, slender, 1-lJ in., lower lip | in. long. 



6. Ii. macrantlia, BO. Nepal. Sikkim 4-10,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills, Manipnr. 

 Shan hills Upper JBurma, 4-5,000 ft. China. Branehlets, L and inflorescence densely 

 clothed with long soft hairs. L. from a broad often cordate base, gradually narrowed 

 to a sharp point, upperside more or less rugose, underside and edges with long soft hairs, 

 blade 2-5, pet. J-J in. long. Fl. often massed in short compact terminal panicles, calyx- 

 teeth with long hairs, corolla 1-2 in. lower lip | in. long. L, ja^jonicc^y L., closely 

 allied to 6, has been reported from Myitkyina, Upper Burma: 7. L. acuminata, Wall. 

 Nepal. Sikkim 7-10,000 ft. Branehlets and petioles clothed with long soft hairs, 1. ovate- 

 lanceolate, more or less hairy on both sides, blade 2-4, pet. J-J in. long. FL sometimes 

 in compact terminal heads, as a rule in long pedunculate pairs, supported by long 

 linear bracts, corolla funnel-shaped, J in., lower lip J in. long. . Fl. globose, J in. diam. 

 8. I., ovata, Ham. Assam, Upper Burma. China. A slender climber, ]3ranclalets 

 and 1. slightly hairy. L. ovate, thinly membranous, blade 2-3, pet. i--f in. long. FL 

 yellowish-white, slightly scented, in pairs on slender pubescent peduncles. Corolla 

 4 in. long, the upper lip cut barely to the half into 4 lobes, the lower linear J in. long. 



B, Erect, mostly large shrubs, corolla bilabiate half in. long or less, bracteoles 

 small or 0. 



9. I., alpi^ena, Linn. Kuram valley 10-11,000 ft. N. W. Himalaya 8-12,000 ft. 

 Mountains of Europe. A large shrub, glandular-pubescent, bark peels off in papery 

 flakes, 1. ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. J-J in. long. Peduncles single, 1-2 in. long, 

 bracts linear, bracteoles small. Calyx pubescent, corolla hairy, very gibbous at the 



