360 LX. CAPEIFOLIACEiE [Lonicera 



Branolileth liairy, 1. oblong or obovate-obloiig, more or le^s liairy on both sides, blade 

 |~2, petiole blender {-J in. Peduncleb single, axillary, J-1 in. Corolla liairy, purple, 

 iunnel-shaped. Berries more or less confluent, black. 23. L. tomentella, Hook. f. & 

 Thorns. Sikkim 8-12,000 ft Attains 10 ft., pubescent, 1. gradually nairowed from a 

 broad base l-l\ m. long, pet. slioi t. Peduncles under i in. M. white, bracts foliaceous, 

 lanceolate. Berries black, moie or lebs confluent. 



F. Rigid, prostrate or straggling shrubSj 1. as a rule less than y in. long. 

 Corolla 5-lobed. 



24. L. parvlfolia, Edgew. Kuiam valley, Himalaya 8-14,000 ft., Kashmii to Sikkim, 

 A piohtiate shrub, 1. elliiatic-oblong, pale beneath, l-] m., petiole short. Fl. -white, 

 peduncles shorter than fl , bracts lanceolate longer than calyx, corolla-tube cylindric| 

 style included. Beiries oi^ange-ied, not confluent. L. Mj/rti(lus, Hook. f. & Thorns! 

 is supposed to ditfei by narrower biaots. 25. L. obovata, Eoyle. Kuram valley. 

 Hnnalaya 8-14,000 ft. Kashmir to Sikkim, extending into the inner arid districts. 

 A glabrous straggling or prostrate shiub, up to 6 ft. high, 1. l-] in. obovate. Fl. 

 pale-fellow, peduncle shortei than fl., bracts linear, ciliate, longer than cal^'-x, corolla- 

 tube ^\ider upwards, style oxbertecl. Berries confluent, daik blueish-purple. 26. 

 L. rupicola, Hook. f. & Thorns. Districts of Tibet adjoining Kumaon and Sikkim 

 12-14,000 it., branchlets pubescent, iigicl, nearly spmescent, 1. linear oi oblong i~l in. 

 tomentose beneath. Fl. nearly sessile, bracts linear-obovate I in. loii^, tomentose 

 beneath, berries not confluent, croAMied by the long linear calyx-teeth. 27. L. spmosa, 

 Jacquemont. Inner arid N.W. Hnnalaya and adjoining tracts of Tibet 11-15,000 ft. 

 A small glabrous, ligid shrub, branchlets often leafless and spmescent. L. small 

 narrow-oblong, peduncles short, st^ le exseited, berries not confluent. 



2. LEYCESTERIA, Wall. ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 16. 

 Includes Pentapyxls^ Hook. f. ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 17. 



ShrubSy brandies herbaceeous. L. distichous, sometimes stipulate. FL 

 pentamerons, more or less zygomorpbiCj in axillary spikes. Calyx-lobes per- 

 sistent, often unequal, corolla funnel-shaped, stamens 5, inserted on the throat 

 of the corolla. Ovazy 5-8-celled, style slender, stigma capitate, ovules oo, 

 biseriate in each cell. Bei-ry manj'^-seeded, seeds minute, testa crustaceous, 

 shining. Species 3. 



A. Leaves glabrous, as a rule no stipules, but petioles connate at the base. 



1. L. formosa, Wall. PL As. Bar. 1. 120 ; Wight, 111 t. 121. D. Pllmalaya in shady 

 forests 5-10,000 ft. from the Sutlej eastwards. Stem and branches hollow, young 

 shoots pubescent. 1. ovate-lanceolate, margin undulate, blade 3-5, pet. J-^ in. long. 

 Spikes axillary, consisting of bracteate whorls, corolla J-1 in. long, red or white with 

 a purple tinge, bracts sessile, large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, greenish purple. Berry 

 dark-purple, glandular-hairy. 2. L. glaucopliylla, G. B. Clarke. Sikkim 5-6,000 ft., 

 not common. Bhutan. Yunnan. Branches slender, hollow, 1. lanceolate, sinuate- 

 dentate, PL in pairs on las axillary spikes, bracts shorter than ovary. 



B. Leaves densely tomentose beneath with broad interpetiolar stipules. 



3. L. stipulata, Tritsch {Fe'ntapyxis stlj^ulata, Hook, f ). Sikkim 6-10,000 ft., common 

 round Darjeeling. A lax'ge straggling shrub, densely grey tomentose. L. sinuate- 

 toothed 4r8 in. long, pet. short, stipules round, J~| in. diam. FL in short axillary 

 bracteate spikes, corolla white, hauy outside, | in. long. Berry hairy i in. long. 



3. ABELIA, Eob. Brown; M. Brit. Ind. iii 9. 

 Included under Limma^ Gronov. in Engler n. Prantl. iy. 4, 166. 



(Species 11, 3 in Mexico, the others in Asia.) 



A. triflora, R. Brown ; Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 15. A large shrub, 1. ovate- 

 lanceolate, pale beneath, hairy all over or along the edge and midrib, blade 

 1~B, pet. |"| in. PL white, tinged with pink, scented, in 3-M, shortly 

 peduxicnlate cymes, supported by linear-lanceolate bracts, massed in ter- 

 minal bracteate heads. Calyx hairy, 5-ribbed, lobes linear long-ciliate, 



