MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE FLORA OF FIJI. 361 
persistent, 2 inches long. Petiole stout, under an inch long; 
blade obovate-oblong, reaching a foot in length by half as broad, 
obtuse, narrowed gradually from the middle to a slightly rounded 
base, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces, with ascending parallel veins distinct from the midrib 
to margin, about $ in. apart. Flowers 3-4 in axillary racemes 
with a common peduncle 2-3 in. long, and short ascending 
pedicels, large, white, and very fragrant, according to Mr. Horne's 
note; but his specimens show only the immature fruit, which isa 
cylindrical coriaceous capsule, 9-10 inches long, 1 in. in diameter, 
crowned by the large patelleform calyx-limb. 
Hab. Banks of the Tamavua river, near Suva, Viti Levu, 
Horne 690! Dr. Macgregor, after whom this is named, is the 
chief medical officer of Fiji. 
GARDENIA Gorpont (Baker). 
Arborea, inermis, glabra, stipulis magnis connatis persistentibus, foliis 
distincte petiolatis oblongis acutis magnis basi deltoideis, floribus octomeris, 
fructu magno duro subgloboso costato, calycis segmentis brevibus basi 
connatis coronato. 
Garcinia Arthurgordoni, Horne, ‘A Year in Fiji, p. 262 (no- 
men solum). 
A tree 20-25 feet high, glabrous in all its parts, with free 
smooth branchlets. Stipules forming a persistent ring 3 in. long 
tightly wrapped round the stem above the base of the pair of 
petioles. Petiole nearly an inch long; blade 6-8 in. long, 23- 
3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to the base and apex, subco- 
riaceous, green on both surfaces, the conspicuous main veins 
ascending and parallel from midrib to margin, about 3 inch apart. 
“ Flowers white, 34 in. in diam., with an 8-lobed corolla and 8 
stamens. Fruit hard, brown, subglobose, 14 in. long and broad, 
with 5 distinct raised vertical ribs, crowned by the short calyx- 
segments, which are connate for 1-j in., and filled with very 
numerous small discoid oblong-orbicular seeds with a pitted dull 
brown testa. 
Hab. Island of Rabi, at 400 feet above sea-level, Horne 499! 
In Mr. Horne’s printed catalogue, which was arranged alpha- 
betically, the name was accidentally changed from Gardenia to 
Garcinia. 
Garpenta Grievet (Horne, ‘A Year in Fiji, p. 262). 
Fruticosa inermis glabra, stipulis parvis connatis, folis breviter petio- 
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