Randia. ] LXXV. RUBIACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 109 
pressed ; leaf at the node very small, Flowers subsessile. Calyx } in. long. Corolla 
jin. diam. Berries size of a pea.— The inflorescence is that of Randia densiflora, to 
which genus this might be reduced. 
46. RANDIA, Linn. 
Shrubs or trees, unarmed or spinous. Leaves opposite or with one often ar- 
rested ; stipules short, intra-petiolar, free or connate. Flowers in axillary or 
leaf-opposed cymes on solitary or fascicled or corymbose, rarely terminal, 
- white or yellowish. Calyx-tube various; limb often tubular; lobes short, long 
or leafy.’ Corolla funnel- salver- or bell-shaped, tube long or short, throat 
glabrous or hairy; lobes 5, rarely more, short or long, twisted in bud. Stamens 
5; anthers subsessile, narrow. Disk annular or cushion-shaped. Ovary 2- 
rarely 3-4-celled ; style short or slender, stigma usually fusiform, entire or 2- 
fid; ovules usually numerous, sunk in placentas attached to the septum. Ber- 
ries globose, ellipsoid or ovoid, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds often immersed in 
pulp, angled, testa thin, albumen horny ; cotyledons orbicular.—DIsTRIB. Species 
about 90, all tropical. 
Secr. I. Eurandia. Erect unarmed or spinous shrubs. Flowers small or 
moderate-sized, solitary or few and fascicled. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, 
glabrous or nearly so. Derry small. Albumen uniform. 
1. R. tetrasperma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 709 (Gardenia); branches spines- 
cent, leaves elliptic or obovate glabrous, flowers subsolitary, calyx-tube terete 
hardly produced above the ovary, corolla-tube very short, berry globose 4-seeded. 
Brand. For. Fl. 272. Gardenia densa, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wall. 
ii. 559. G. tetrasperma and densa, DC. Prodr. iv. 381, 383. G. longispina, 
Wall. Cat. 8277 D. partly. G. sp., Wall. Cat. 8276, 8278, 8280, 8286. 
Sarr RAxGE and SuprRoPICAL HiwALAYA, from Kashmir eastwards, ascending to 
4-6000 ft. in Kumaon and to 7000 ft. in Sikkim and Bhotan. Assam. SILHET. 
An erect rigid bush, 6 ft.; branches woody; bark rough. Leaves towards the tips 
of the branchlets, 4—2 in. pale brown when dry, narrowed into the short petiole ; 
stipules small, triangular-subulate. Flowers sessile, greenish-white, fragrant, } in. 
diam. Calyz-tecth subulate. Corolla-tube 1 in.long; lobes oblong. Anthers exserted, 
tip subulate. Stigma spindle-shaped. Berry } in. diam. 
9. R. fasciculata, DC. Prodr. iv. 386; spines axillary, leaves ovate elliptic 
or lanceolate acute glabrous or slightly hairy, flowers fascieled, calyx-tube terete 
produced above the ovary, corolla-tube long slender, berry globose many-seeded. 
Brand. For, F1.273. R. vigida, DC. lc. H. malabarica, Wall. Cat. 8255 A. B. D. 
Gardenia fasciculata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 15. G. rigida and parviflora, Wall. Cat. 
8257 A. B., 8256. Posoqueria fasciculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 717. P. rigida, 
Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 570, Webera fasciculata, Kurz 
For. Fi. ii. 49. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8283. 
Troprcat Haat Asa, from Nipal to Bhotan, ascending to 4000 ft. Karasta Mrs., 
Assam, Hunger and Trnassertm, Wallich, &c. 
A spreading shrub; branches glabrous, hairy or tomentose; bark smoothish. 
Leaves 1-5 by 4-13 in., pale when dry, base rounded or narrowed ; petiole short; 
stipules narrowly lanceolate. Caly«-limb produced after flowering, cylindric, cireum- 
sciss, glabrous or pubescent, teeth linear. Corolla white (yellow in Roxburgh’s 
drawing), fragrant; tube 1-1] in.; limb 3-1} in. diam.; lobes oblong, apiculate. 
Stigma large, fusiform, shortly exserted. Berry purple, size of a pea; cells about 6- 
seeded, 
Secr. II. Ceriscus. Erect unarmed or spinous shrubs. Flowers small or 
moderate-sized, solitary or few and fascieled. Caly.v-lobes broad, obtuse. Corolla 
