94 LXX, RUBIACEH (HIERN). [| Randia. 
Pallid. Corolla shortly and appressedly hairy 
outside. . 2... . ee C8 RR pallens. 
Flowers in subterminal corymbose peduncles of about 
2 in.long. Calyx-lobes rounded, erect, imbricated. 6. R. gambica. 
Flowers elongated, 2-10 in. long or more (§ Evcrinta). 
Calyx-limb regular, not spathaceous. 
Flowers pentamerous. 
Calyx-limb with short teeth, not foliaceous. 
Flowers 2-2} in. long. Leaves oblique subauricu- 
lateatthe base . . . .. .. . . . 7 R? caudata. 
Flowers 5-9 in. long. Leaves narrowed at the 
base 2. 2. ww ee ee ee ee. 8. RR. maculuta. 
Calyx-limb with subfoliaceous linear or spathulate 
lobes. 2 2. we eee ee ee ee 9 BR macrantha. 
Calyx-limb with subulate-prolonged, not foliaceous 
lobes. 
Leaves oblanceolate, 9-11 in. long. Fruit egg- 
shaped or fusiform, 33-6 in.long. . . . 10. R. macrocarpa. 
Leaves obovate or oval, 44-9 in. long. Fruit 
globose 14-13 in. diam. . . oe. ee LL RB. malleifera. 
Flowers heptamerous or octomerous. . . . . . . 12. BR. octomera. 
Calyx limb spathaceous. . . . 2... 1... . . 13. BR. Munse. 
1. R. dumetorum, Lam. Ill. p. 227, t. 156, f. 4. A stiff spinous 
shrub. . Branches elongated, often with abbreviated leafy lateral shoots, 
axillary, glavrescent, either glaucescent pale or brown; spines opposite or 
alternate, }-1 in. Leaves oval oblong or obovate, rounded at the apex, 
usually wedge-shaped at the base, glabrate or hispid with short slender 
hairs especially on the veins beneath, 1-3 by 3-24 in.; lateral veims 
4-6 on each side of the midrib, sometimes almost obsolete; petiole 
ranging up to #in.; stipules deltoid, din. long or shorter. Flower pen- 
tamerous (occasionally tetramerous), }-3 in. long, fragrant, white or 
orange-yellow or greenish yellow, solitary or few together, quasi- 
axillary or on the short lateral shoots, on slender peduncles or pedicels 
4—? in. long. Calyx glabrous or hairy; tube campanulate; lobes 
foliaceous, broadly ovate or oval or oblong or occasionally reduced or 
suppressed. Corolla appressedly hairy outside; tube rather longer 
than the calyx-lobes, with a ring of hairs near the top, silky or 
appressedly hairy outside; limb ample, reflexed. Anthers exserted. 
Fruit globose or egg-shaped, 4-14 in. Jong, usually crowned by the 
calyx; pericarp more or less crass, firm, glabrate or somewhat 
hairy.—Gardenia dumetorum, Retz. Obs. ii. p. 14 (1781) ; Schweinf. 
Beitr. Fl. Aithiop. p. 135, t. 3, B.; @. dumosa, Salisb. Prod. Sturp- 
Hort. Chap. Allert. p. 65 (1796). 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Sennaar, Kotschy! Madi, Speke and 
Grant! Djur-land, Schweinfurth ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Lupata, Kirk! right bank of Luabo, Kirk! opposite Senna, 
Kirk! Kongone mouth of the Zambesi, Kirk / 
Occurs commonly in most parts of India, and extends to Ceylon, Hong Kong and 
the Malay Archipelago. ; 
R. Kraussii, Harv. Thes. t. 33, from Natal, appears to belong to this very variable 
species. 
The fruit is said to act as a fish-poison. 
