68. RUBIACE.5; : OAEDENIE.E. 383 



Amoy ( Fortune A 96 1); Formosa: Kelung (Oldham, 221!); 

 Hppeh : Ichang, cult. (A. Henry !) ; Szechuen - : Chungching 

 (Bourne I); Kwan gtung (Fordl) ; Hongkong (Wright ! Cham- 

 pion I UrquhartX); Luchu Abchipelago (BeecheyX). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan and Bonin Islands. 



We find it impossible to sort the herbarium specimens into 

 the various species proposed by different authors, and we are 

 only following Lindley (Bot. Eeg. 1846, sub t. 43) in uniting 

 G. radicans with G. florida. Maxiinowicz alludes to the in- 

 sufficient characters to distinguish them, and Franchet suggests 

 that they should be united. 



[Gardenia amoena, Sims (Bot. Mag. t. 1904 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 382 ; Bot. Reg. t. 735), is unlike anything we have seen from 

 China, and may be a Bandia. G. scandens, Thunb., syn. G. 

 jasminoides (ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 383), and G. volubilis, Lour. 

 (PL Cochinch. p. 148), are doubtful plants.] 



[Genipa flava, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 149; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 379), is also an obscure plant.] 



1. Diplospora frnticosa, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Frutex 4-pedalis, floribus albis (A. Henry), ramis gracilibua 

 junioribus pubescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, papyracea, 

 ovato-oblonga, 3-5 poll, longa, obtuse acuminata, primum utrin- 

 que strigillosa, demum fere glabrescentia, venis lateralibus pri- 

 mariis utrinque circiter 8 subtus elevatis ; stipulae latse, connatae, 

 apiculatae. Flores fasciculati, brevissime pedicellati, 3-4 lineas 

 diametro ; calycis pubescenti limbus cupulatus, obscure dentatus ; 

 corolla intus extroque glabra, tubo brevi, lobis latis rotundatis ; 

 stamina exserta ; ovarii loculi 2-3-ovulati. Fructus ignotus. 



Szechtjek : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry !). 

 Herb. Kew. 



This strongly resembles D. pubescens, Hook, f., a native of 

 Tenasserim, but the stipules are very different and the corolla 

 is quite glabrous. 



2. Diplospora viridiflora, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 477 ; Benth. in 

 Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 195, et Fl. Hongh. p. 157 ; Seem. 

 Bot. Voy. « Herald; p. 382. 



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