362 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE FLORA OF FIJI. 
latis oblongis subacutis basi deltoideis, floribus axillaribus breviter pedun- 
culatis, fructu globoso, calycis segmentis 3 rigidulis lanceolatis basi solum 
connatis. 
A shrub, about 5 feet high, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 
terete branchlets. Stipules forming a ring not more than yy in, 
long; petiole under 4 in. long; blade oblong, obtusely cuspidate, 
2-4 in. long, 1-13 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in 
texture, with main veins distinct from midrib to margin 4-3 in. 
apart. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leayes on ascending 
peduncles under 3 in. long. Fruit quite globose, rigid in texture, 
under an inch in diameter, crowned by three lanceolate rigid 
brown calyx-segments, which are about 4 in. long and free nearly 
to the base. 
Hab. Common on poor land in the district of Bua, Vanua Levu, 
Horne, 1094. Allied to G. taitensis, DC., which is also a Fiji 
species, 
GARDENIA GorrtEI (Horne, ‘A Year in Fiji, p. 262). 
Arborea, inermis, glabra, stipulis maguis connatis persistentibus, foliis 
magnis petiolatis oblongis basi deltoideis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, 
fructu magno duro globoso costato calycis limbi segmentis 5 magnis 
rigidulis lanceolatis basi solum connatis coronato. 
A tree 30-40 feet high, with stout branchlets, glabrous in all its 
parts. Stipules united in a persistent brown ring, 4-3 in. long 
above the node. Petiole 4-2 in. long; lamina about half a foot 
long, 23-3 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, 
green on both surfaces, with main veins distinct to the edge, 3- 
à in. apart. Flowers solitary in ihe axils of the leaves on 
peduncles an inch long. Corolla not seen. Fruit woody in 
texture, globose, 14-14 in. long and broad, with 5 raised vertical 
ribs, crowned by the persistent calyx-limb, which consists of five 
lanceolate brown segments as long as the ovary and connate only 
at the very base, 
Hab. Near Rukurupu Wai-ni-mala, Viti Levu, Horne 999! 
GanpENIA Hin (Horne, ‘A Year in Fiji, p. 262). 
Arborea, inermis, glabra, ramulis teretibus gracilibus, stipulis parvis, foliis 
petiolatis obovato-oblongis cuspidatis basi deltoideis, floribus axillaribus 
solitariis pedunculatis, calycis limbo segmentis 3 lanceolatis basi in urceo- 
lum connatis, corollze tubo subcylindrico segmentis 5 oblanceolato-oblongis 
quam tubus duplo longioribus. 
A small tree, 15-20 feet high, with slender terete branchlets, 
glabrous in all its parts. Stipules forming a very short persistent 
