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flowered cymes (central^ flower sessile), crowded in head-like 
clusters at the end of branches. Calyx hairy ; tube oblong, 5- 
ribbed ; lobes long, linear, fringed, persistent. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, pubescent ; tube slender, nearly cylindric ; lobes equal, 
spreading. Stamens 4, at the mouth of the corolla-tube. Ovary 
3-celled ; 2 cells containing several abortive ovules, the third one 
perfect ovule ; style long. Fruit dry, narrowly oblong, crowned 
with the elongated calyx-lobes, 1 -seeded. 
Naldera, Shali, on limestone ; May, June. — W. Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. 
3. LONICERA. In honour of Adam Lonicer, a German botanist 
of the sixteenth century. — N. temperate regions, rare in the tropics. 
Erect shrubs ; branches prostrate in L. parvifolia. Reaves 
entire. Flowers almost regular or irregular, in pairs, each pair 
borne on a single axillary stalk or sessile in a leaf-axil ; rarely in 
sessile, axillary clusters of 3 or 4 flowers. Bracts 2, linear, spread- 
ing, in L. hispida boat-shaped and erect. Bracteoles 2, small, 
ovate, sometimes wanting. Calyx-tube ovoid ; limb short, toothed, 
persistent, teeth often unequal. Corolla tubular and 5-toothed or 
2-lipped and the tube very short, upper lip erect, 4-toothed, lower 
reflexed, entire. Stamens 5. Ovaries sometimes united in pairs, 
2- or 3-celled ; style long, slender, stigma capitate ; ovules several 
in each cell. Berries small, distinct or sometimes united in pairs, 
2- or 3-celled, crowned with the small calyx-limb ; seeds 1 or 
very few. 
The common Honeysuckle of Britain, L. Periclymenum, belongs to this 
genus, but the Fly Honeysuckle, L. Xylosteum, often planted in shrubberies, 
is more nearly allied to the species here described. 
Corolla almost regular, tubular, 5-toothed. 
Bracts broad, boat-shaped, erect, half concealing 
the flowers ....... 
Bracts narrow, flat, spreading. 
Flowers purple. Berry black 
Flowers white or pink. Berry red. 
Leaves 1-2^ in. long ..... 
Leaves in. long ..... 
Corolla irregular, 2-lipped, tube short. 
Each pair of flowers (rarely 3 or 4) sessile in a 
leaf-axil ....... 
Each pair of flowers borne on a single axillary 
stalk. 
Corolla glabrous. Ovaries united. Berry 
black . . . . 
Corolla hairy. Ovaries free. Berries red 
1. L. hispida. 
2. L. purpurascens. 
3. L. angustifolia. 
4. L. parvifolia. 
5. L. quinquelocularis. 
6. L. orientalis. 
7. L. alpigpna. 
1. Lonicera hispida, Pall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 11. An erect shrub. 
Leaves roughly hairy, nearly sessile, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 
1-4 in., acute. Flowers £ in. long, each pair borne on a single 
axillary stalk. Bracts large, hairy, broadly boat-shaped, erect, 
overlapping, half concealing the flowers. Bracteoles none. 
