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gena, Martinico, St. Lucia, &c. in woods. Musse’nda spinosa, 
Lin. mant. p. 45. Jacq. amer. t. 49. Gardenia armata, Swartz, 
fl. ind. oce. p. 524. Gardénia tetracantha, Lam. dict. 2. p. 
609. Leaves glabrous or downy, cuneated at the base. Tube 
of corolla an inch long. Flowers pure white, sweet-scented. 
Berry oval, corticate, 2-celled, crowned by the calyx. Seeds 
numerous, enveloped in pulp. It differs from R. tetracdntha in 
the flowers being one half smaller. 
Armed Randia. Clt. 1813. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 
19 R. re‘rox (D. C. l. c.) thorns decussate, spreading, acute ; 
leaves ovate, or oval, glabrous above and pubescent beneath ; 
stipulas pellucid ; flowers disposed in cymose fascicles; tube of 
calyx turbinate, but the limb is acute and 5-cleft beyond the 
middle ; segments of corolla almost orbicular. k. S. Native 
of Brazil, at Rio Padre. Gardénia férox, Cham. et Schlecht. 
in Linnea. 4. p. 198. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 
Fierce Randia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
20 R. carita ra (D.C. 1. c.) thorns stiff, short, 4 at the top 
of each branchlet; leaves ovate, acute, hairy on both surfaces 
as well as on the branchlets; flowers sessile, 6-8 in a capitate 
fascicle at the tops of the branchlets; limb of calyx tubular, 
with stiff, subulate teeth ; tube of corolla 3 times longer than 
the segments, villous on the outside. h.G. Native of Mexico. 
Flowers white, sweet-scented. 
Capitate-flowered Randia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
21 R. rerraca’nrua (D. C. l. c.) branches opposite, hori- 
zontal, bearing each 4 thorns at the apex; leaves lanceolate, 
acuminated, tomentose; flowers sessile, 4 at the top of each 
branch ; limb of calyx tubular, terminating in 5 subulate teeth ; 
tube of corolla long, villous. h.S. Native of Mexico, about 
Acapulco and Regiomonti. Musse’nda tetracdntha, Cav. icon, 
5. p. 20. t. 435. Gardénia armata, Bartl. but not of Swartz. 
Corolla pale yellow. Berry size of a pigeon’s egg, not crowned 
by the calyx. 
Four-spined Randia. FI. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 5 to 10 ft. 
22 R. propi’naua ; branches slightly downy, armed with 4 
spines at the apex, placed crosswise; leaves ovate, cordate, 
undulated, acuminated, downy, petiolate; flowers in terminal 
fascicles. h. S. Native country unknown. Gardénia pro- 
pinqua, Lindl. bot. reg. t. 975. Thorns straight, infra-axillary. 
Leaves clustered at the ends of the branches, rather longer than 
the flowers. Corolla with a long cylindrical tube, and a 5- 
parted, spreading limb, with cordate, ovate, acute, flat segments, 
which are rather longer than the tube. Anthers semi-exserted, 
Flowers Jarge, white. 
Allied Randia. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
23 R. Humeorpria'na (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, 
glabrous, furnished each with 2 spines at the apex ; leaves ellip- 
tic, short-acuminated, pubescent, membranous ; flowers 3-5 to- 
gether, terminal, pedunculate; corollas pubescent. k. S. 
Native on the shores of the Pacific near Guayaquil. Mussz’nda 
pubéscens, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 410. Gar- 
dénia Humboldtiaina, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 243. Mus- 
se’nda Humboldtiana, Steud. nom. Gardénia pubéscens, Bartl. 
in herb. Hanke, but not of Roth. Flowers white, sweet- 
scented. Allied to R. armàta. Fruit unknown. 
Humboldt’s Randia. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 
24 R. nitipa (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets rather angular, furnished 
with 2 spines at the apex; leaves ovate-elliptic, acute, gla- 
brous, shining; flowers terminal, twin, or by threes or fours, 
sessile; corollas glabrous. h. S. Native of New Granada, 
near Turbaco. Mussæ'nda nítida, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. 3. p. 410. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Fruit unknown. 
Shining-leaved Randia. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 
25 R. rrirLo`ra (Hamilt. in D. Don, fi. nep. p- 138.) thorns 
opposite, subulate, adnate to the branches above the petioles ; 
RUBIACEÆ. XXXVII. Ranpra. 
petioles and branchlets hairy; stipulas ovate, cuspidate ; leaves 
ovate; peduncles axillary, 3-flowered; calyx campanulate: 
having the lobes ovate at the base, and linear-subulate at the 
apex. h. G. Native of Nipaul, at Hethaura. Peduncles 
solitary, very short, usually 3, sometimes 4-flowered. Flowers 
usually 6-cleft and hexandrous. Anthers semi-exserted. 
Three-flonered Randia. Shrub. 
26 R. norRwa (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 248.) branches 
reclinate; branchlets decussate ; thorns opposite, horn-formed; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous; racemes trichotomous, almost 
terminal. h. G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. Oxý- 
ceros horrida, Lour. coch. p. 151. Spines large, acute. Flowers 
white. Berry black. 
Horrid Randia. Shrub 8 feet. 
27 R. Sınr’ysıs (Roem. et Schultes, 1. c.) thorns short, oppo- 
site, rather recurved ; leaves lanceolate (Lour.): superior ones 
ovate, nerved, glabrous ; corymbs small, terminal, few-flowered ; 
limb of calyx tubular, 5-lobed ; tube of corolla long, glabrous : 
having the throat hardly inflated ; anthers linear, exserted, 
about equal in length to the lobes, which are spreading. h.G, 
Native of China, about Canton. Oxyceros Sinénsis, Lour. 
coch. p. 151. Randia Chinénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 768. 
longifléra, Lam. ill. 156. f. 3.? Flowers white, salver-shaped, 
with a very long tube. Berry small, roundish, 2-celled, many- 
seeded. 
China Randia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 5 feet. 
28 R. Arrica'na; shrub spinose; fruit woody, oblong, or 
roundish. h. S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers small, 
greenish yellow. 
African Randia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
Secr. II. Evcrinza (from ev, eu, well, and koa, klino, to 
bend; the segments of the corolla are well bent over each other 
before expansion). D.C. prod. 4. p. 388. Unarmed shrubs. 
Tube of corolla usually dilated and obconical at the throat. 
Perhaps a proper genus. as 
29 R. macura'ra (D.C. prod. 4. p. 388.) shrubby, unarmed; 
branchlets rather downy; leaves oval, smooth, glandular in the 
axils of the nerves beneath, not pilose ; flowers terminal, a 
tary from the axils on the ultimate leaves; tube of corolla 
very long, dilated at the apex. Q. S. Native of Guinea. 
Rothmannia longifldra, Salisb par. t. 65. Limb of calyx rather 
villous, 5-toothed. Corolla 5 inches long, white, spotted sige 
purple at the throat ; segments ovate, spreading. Ovarium 2- 
celled. b 
Spotted-flowered Randia. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1696. Shru 
5 to 6 feet. d 
30 R. speciosa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 388.) shrubby, ey 
glabrous ; leaves elliptic-oblong, shining above ; flowers | or 
the tops of the branchlets, solitary in the axils of the ultima 
leaves ; tube of corolla very long, clothed with adpressed ee 
on the outside : the segments acuminated. h. S. Native is 
Cayenne, where it was collected by Patris. Tube of a 
9 inches long, hardly dilated at the apex. Genitals nes 
Berry ovate. Tube of calyx cylindrical, semi-quinquefid ; 10 
subulate, erect. 
Elegant Randia. Shrub. s 
31 R. Mussa’npa (D. C. l. c.) shrubby, unarmed ; ane 
ovate or lanceolate, acute, downy on the veins ne ee 
flowers solitary, sessile, terminating the branchlets ; tube of ca he 
semi-quinquefid : the lobes subulate ; corolla villous on the pene! 
side, with a long tube, and acuminated segments. R » S. arah 
of Carthagena in woods (Jacquin. ); on the banks of the river aed 
dalena, near Honda (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p- 408.); 
Dutch Guiana (Meyer, esseq. p. 128.) ; Mexico, Demeri 
French Guiana, and probably of Tobago. Muss nda formosa, 
