MR. C. B. CLARKE OX GARDENIA TITRGIDA. 



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The next subgenus of Gardenia in Benth. & Hk. f. Gen. PI. ii. 

 90, is Ceriscoides, of which the type is given by three species 

 founded by Eoxburgh (Fl. Ind. i. 709-711), viz. G. campanulata, 

 turgida, and montana (figured by AVight, Icon. tt. 577, 578, 579). 



In this 



subgenus 



all the 



branches preserved at Kew 

 are dioicous, some carrying 

 clustered pedicelled male 

 flowers, others solitary ses- 

 sile fruits ; a few branches 

 exhibit solitary sessile female 

 flowers. The flowers and 

 fruits greatly resemble those 



Fig. 1. 



B 



of the 



subgenus 



En- Gar- 



denia, but are much smaller. 

 These three species of Ce- 



■ 



A. Female flower, solitary, sessile. B. Style. 



riscoides are very close together : G. turgida has the corolla-tuhe 

 cylindric, |-| in. long; G. campanulata has the corolla-tube cam- 



panulate, | in. long ; G. Montana hardly diners from G. turgida, 

 except by having the leaves hairy beneath. 



Male and female branches of G. turgida have been communi- 

 cated from the Calcutta Botanic Garden, and seem (from the 



Fig. 2 



Fig. 3. 



Fig. 2. A. Male flowers, clustered, pedicelled. B. Style and ovary from the 



IK ^ 1 



same; 



Fig. 3. Male flower (from a male plant) having one enlarged calyx-segment. 



peculiar bark) as though cut from one shrub ; but it has been 

 doubted at Kew whether they belong to one genus ; for the calyx- 

 teeth in the male flowers are 0, in the females oblong, \ in. Rox- 

 burgh describes the calyx as "slightly 5-toothed" in G. turgida, 

 "somewhat 5-toothed " in G. montana. Wight's Ic. t. 578 (G. 



