RUBIACE®. XXXVII. Ranpra. XXXVIII. Cuareurerta. XXXIX. Hemsta. 
Jacq. amer. p. 70. t. 48. Gardénia maritima, Vahl, herb. 
Gardénia Musse’nda, Thunb. diss. no. 5. Perhaps 2 or 3 
allied species are here confused. The branches are glabrous in 
Jacquin’s and De Candolle’s specimens, but hairy in those of 
Kunth and Thunberg. Corolla with an incurved or straight 
tube, villous and green on the outside (ex Jacq.), but the seg- 
ments are white within. Berry corticate, ovate, crowned by the 
calyx, 2-celled. Stigmas 2, acute, revolute. 
Mussenda-like Randia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 5 to 6 feet? 
82 R. Ruizia‘na (D.C. prod. 4. p. 388.) shrubby, unarmed ; 
leaves lanceolate, acute, on short petioles, glabrous above, rather 
hairy on the veins underneath ; flowers terminal, solitary, sessile ; 
calyx hairy, with subulate, erect segments ; corolla hairy on the 
outside, with a very long tube, an obconical villous throat, and 
spreading acute segments. h. S. Native of Peru, on the 
Andes, in groves at Pozuzo. Gardénia longiflora, Ruiz et Pav. 
fl. per. 2. t. 219. but not of Ait. Branches very long, when 
young rather tetragonal. Berry cylindrical, large, yellowish, 
striated longitudinally by 10 brown nerves, 2-celled, containing 
ur edible pulp. Flowers white. Stigmas 2, thick, re- 
exed. 
Ruiz’s Randia. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
33 R. macra’nrua (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby, unarmed ; leaves 
oval-oblong, acuminated, rather ciliated ; flowers sessile, almost 
terminal, 5-parted; lobes of calyx subulate, spreading ; corolla 
with a long tube, which is dilated at the apex, and revolute 
segments. h.S. Native of Sierra Leone. Randia longiflora, 
Salisb. par. t. 93. but not of Lam. Gardénia longiflora, Ait. 
hort. kew, ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 368. but not. fl. per. Gardénia 
macrantha, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 235. Flowers 6-7 
inches long, cream-coloured, fragrant. Stigmas 2, thick, obtuse, 
flat inside and convex outside. Ovarium 2-celled. According 
to Salisbury, this with others he proposes to separate into a 
distinct genus to be called Euclinia. 
Long-flowered Randia. Fl. July, Sept. 
5 to 6 feet. 
34 R. rowcísryra (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby, unarmed ; leaves 
oval, villous above, but villously tomentose beneath, as well as 
the petioles ; stipulas ovate, glabrous, scarious, deciduous ; 
owers almost terminal, disposed in corymbose fascicles ; lobes 
of calyx parted to the base of the limb, erect, lanceolate, cili- 
ated, „h. S. Native of Guinea, on the Gambia at Albreda, 
where it was collected by Leprieur and Perrottet. Flowers black, 
4 the dried state, but probably white when recent, 14 inch 
ong. Style much exserted; stigma thick, bipartite. Fruit 
nearly globose, about an inch in diameter. Seeds compressed, 
Separated by gluten and partitions. 
Long-styled Randia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
35 R. Mapacascarir’ysis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 389.) shrubby, 
unarmed ; leaves ovate, acute, on short petioles, glabrous, cori- 
aceous; flowers axillary, sessile, bibracteate at the base; limb 
of calyx 5-lobed, obtuse ; corolla velvety outside from tomen- 
tum, with a terete tube, and 5 oblong obtuse lobes ; genitals 
inclosed, _k.S. Native of Madagascar. Gardénia Mada- 
pascaricnsis, Lam. dict. 2. p- 608. Flowers about 3 inches 
ong.(ex Lam.) Tube of corolla 15 lines long. (ex D.C.) 
Madagascar Randia. Shrub 5 to 18 feet. 
36 R. GENIPÆFLORA (D.C. 1. c.) shrubby, unarmed ; leaves 
oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends, coriaceous, glabrous, on 
short petioles; stipulas lanceolate; peduncles axillary, very 
oes divided at top into many l-flowered pedicels, which are 
a in a corymb ; limb of calyx tubular, permanent, 5- 
et a little shorter than the corolla. h.S. Native of 
lerra Leone, where it was collected by Smeathmann. Tube of 
samolla cylindrical, hardly longer than its lobes. Anthers long, 
near. Stigmas 2, slender, acute. Berry dry, 2-celled, crowned 
Clt. 1696. Shrub 
503 
by the tubular limb of the calyx ; placentas scarcely exserted. 
Seeds horizontal. 
Genipa-flowered Randia. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 
87 R. Taraneninia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval-oblong, acute 
at the base, obtuse at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous; stipulas 
short, undivided; flowers axillary, solitary, a little shorter than 
the leaves; calyx long and tubular beyond the ovarium, with 
5 short, acute teeth at the apex; corolla with a long terete 
tube, and is as well as the segments clothed with velvety hairs 
on the outside. kh. S. Native of Madagascar, on the east 
coast, where it was collected by Chapelier, and called by him 
Talangninia. Berry dry, ovate, rather acuminated. 
Lalangnin’s Randia. Shrub. 
+ Doubtful species. 
38 R.? prupa‘cea (D. C. 1. c.) berry ovate, drupaceous, con- 
taining a bony putamen. h.S. Native of Java. Posoquéria 
drupacea, Gertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 77. t. 195, f. 1. The rest 
unknown. 
Drupaceous-fruited Randia. Tree or shrub. 
39 R.? poryspe’rma (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 146.) shrub bushy 
and much branched ; leaves oblong, acuminated, smooth; sti- 
pulas subulate; spikes panicled, axillary. kh. S. Native of 
the East Indies, about Chittagong. 
Many-seeded Randia. Shrub ő to 6 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Gardénia, p. 499. 
All the .species being very showy, usually bearing large, white, 
fragrant flowers, are therefore worth cultivating in every collec- 
tion of stove plants. 
XXXVIII. CHAPELIE’RIA (named after M. Chapelier, 
who collected many plants in Madagascar, during his travels in 
that island). A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. vol. 5. p. 252. 
D.C. prod. 4. p. 389. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a 5-parted 
limb, and erect, acute, permanent lobes. Corolla with a slender 
tube and a 5-parted limb: rather oblique, spreading, lanceolate, 
acute segments, and a villous throat. Stamens 5, almost sessile, 
inclosed, inserted in the middle of the tube. Style short, in- 
closed; stigma oblong, bipartite, with the lobes approximate. 
Fruit egg-shaped, fleshy, coriaceous, 2-celled, crowned by the 
large erect limb of the calyx; cells many-seeded. Seeds dis- 
tinct, many-sided, of a golden yellow colour, and clothed with 
adpressed, silky down. Embryo linear, terete, in the center 
of a horny albumen.—A shrub. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, 
elliptic, acute, quite glabrous. Stipulas entire, caducous, inter- 
petiolar. Flowers on short pedicels, crowded in the axils of the 
leaves. Habit almost of an apocyneous plant. 
1 C. Mapacascartz'nsis (A. Rich. 1. c.). 
Madagascar. 
Madagascar Chapelieria. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Gardénia, p. 499. 
h. S. Native of 
XXXIX. HEI’/NSIA (named in memory of the famous phi- 
lologist Heinsius, the translator of Theophrastus’s works). D. 
C. prod. 4. p. 390. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an obovate 
tube and a 5-parted limb; and oblong, foliaceous, permanent 
lobes. Corolla salver-shaped, with a terete tube, which is longer 
than the calycine lobes, very hairy inside in the upper part, and 
5, oval, acute undulated lobes. Anthers 5, linear, acute, sessile 
towards the top of the tube, inclosed and hidden among the 
hairs. Style filiform, shorter than the tube of the corolla; 
stigmas 2, linear. Fruit globose, crowned by the calyx, dry, 
hard, indehiscent, 2-celled; placentas 2, thick, adnate to the 
