100 LXX. RUBIACEA (HIERN). [ Gardenia. 
Flowers 6—11-merous. 
Calyx-lobes arising from the apex of the tube. 
Placentas4-6 . . . . +. «~~ 1. G. Thunbergia (var.). 
Calyx-lobes apparently arising below the 
apex of the tube. Placentas 6-11 . . 2. G. Jovis-tonantis. 
Flowers 5-merous . tow ew ww ee 8 OGL resinifiua. 
Fruit fusiform. 
Flowers 6-7-merous. 
Calyx-lobes arising from the apex of the 
tube 2. we ee ee ee ee be G. aassimilis. 
Calyx-lobes arising outside just below the 
truncate margin of the tube. . . . . 5. G. nétida. 
Flowers pentamerous . . . . . . 6. G.Vogelit. 
Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate. 
Flowers subsessile. Calyx and corolla hairy 
inside their tubes. 
Corolla shortly hairy on both sides. Pla- 
centa solitary . . . 2... es 
Corolla glabrous outside. Placentas2. . 
Flowers pedunculate. Calyx and corolla gla- 
brous on both sides. 
Leaves oval, 13-4 in. long; lateral veins 
about 4-5 pairs. . . . . . es. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong, 3-8 in. long; lateral 
veins about 8-10 pairs . . . . 10. G. konguensis. 
. G. Mangaye. 
. G. Anne (var.). 
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9. G. Abbeokute. 
Branches tawny-puberulous. . . . . . . . . IL. G.urcelliformis. 
Flowers corymbose or clustered. 
Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, fimbriate-ciliate . . . 12. G. fernandensis. 
Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous . . . 13. G.? zanguebarica. 
1. @. Thunbergia, Linn. f.! ex Thunb. Diss. Garden. (resp. P. 
Djupedius) pp. 11 et 17. n. 3 (16 Dec. 1780); varr. A shrub or tree, 
very low or ranging up to 15 ft. or even a large tree, glabrous 
puberulous or hispidulous. Branches ternate or 2 or 4 together, stout, 
crooked, pale or cinereous, leafy, not or rarely spinous, but sometimes 
abbreviated in the form of blunt spines. Leaves oval or obovate, 
ranging up to 6 by 3 in. but usually smaller, opposite ternate or 4 
together, obtuse or subacuminate, more or less wedge-shaped towa 
the acute or subauriculate sessile subsessile or shortly petiolate base, 
veins more or less pellucid, lateral veins rather close, slender, parallel ; 
stipules shortly sheathing. Flowers terminal, solitary, sessile or sub- 
sessile, girt at the base by the uppermost stipules, ranging up to 9 oF 
6 in. long, usually shorter, 6-10-merous, fragrant. Calyx ranging UP 
to 1} in. long, tubular, more or less dilated upwards, terete or costate, 
hairy at least inside ; equally or unequally toothed or lobed or truncate 
and entire, or slit deeply down one side so as to become spathaceous; 
lobes narrow or subfoliaceous, obtuse, green. Corolla salver-shaped ; 
limb white, turning cream-coloured or yellow; tube narrow a0 
cylindrical below, funnel-shaped above ; mouth hairy ; lobes obovate 
oval or oblong, ranging up to 14 in. long, obtuse, contorted dextrorsely 
(as seen from inside) in bud. Anthers partly exserted or included, 
glabrous. Stigma exserted, 2—6-lobed, exserted. Fruit ellipsoidal 
egg-shaped globose or conical, 1-4 by 1-3 in ; pericarp woody, cras® 
