Randia.} LXXV. RUBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 115 
rowly elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate, flowers 1-2 subterminal, corolla 6 in. 
hairy. 
Matacca, Prnana, and Sincaporr, Wallich, Griffith, &c. 
A shrub, 3-4 ft. high ; branches few, 2-leaved at the top (Griffith). Leaves 10-12 
by 2-3 in., acuminate, coriaceous, glossy above with pubescent midrib, more or less 
hispidly pubescent in the midrib and strong arched nerves beneath, base acute or ob- 
tuse; petiole very short, stout, hispid; stipules long-subulate from a broad triangular 
base. Flowers subsessile, fragrant. Calyx-tuse oblong; lobes 1 in., linear, erect, 
hairy. Corolla white with purple spots in lines on the throat, 4 in. across the short 
reflexed lobes. Anthers very long. Stigma clavate, notched. 
18. €. hygrophyla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. ii. 821; For. FL ii. 44 
(Gardenia); glabrous, shrubby, erect, unarmed, leaves small shortly petioled 
elliptic obovate or lanceolate subacute, flowers solitary subsessile axillary or in 
the forks of the branches, corolla 1 in. glabrous. 
Prov; frequent in swampy forests, Kurz. 
An evergreen shrub, 1-3 ft., often spreading. Leaves 2-3 in., black when dry, 
very variable in breadth, quite glabrous, base acute; petiole 4 in.; stipules connate, 
glabrous or hairy. Calyx-tube short, pubescent; lobes much longer than the tube, 
linear-subulate, ciliate. Corolla rather broadly funnel-shaped; lobes unequal, about 
A in. long. Ovary completely 2-celled. 
47. GARDENIA, Linn. 
Shrubs or trees, armed or not. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-nately whorled ; 
stipules intrapetiolar, often connate. Flowers often very large, terminal or 
axillary, solitary fascicled or rarely cymose, often dimorphic and polygamous.. 
Calyx-tube various; limb tubular or dilated, variously cleft or lobed. Corolla 
very various, lobes 5-12, twisted in bud. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes ; 
anthers sessile or subsessile, linear, included, inserted in the tube. Ovary 1- 
celled; style stout, stigma clavate fusiform or 2-cleft; ovules numerous, 
2-seriate on the 2-6 parietal placentas. Fruit often large, ovoid ellipsoid or 
globose, coriaceous, or fleshy with a woody endocarp polished within which 
sometimes splits along the placental sutures. Seeds very many, imbedded in 
the placenta, compressed ; testa thin; embryo small, in horny albumen.— Drs- 
TRIB. Species about 60, tropical and subtropical. 
G. FLORIDA, L.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 703, &c. ; Wall. Cat. 8268, is often cultivated in 
Indian gardens; it is an unarmed shrub, native of Japan and China, with small ovate 
acute leaves, white very strongly scented axillary flowers 1 in. diam. (often double), 
and an ellipsoid 5-ribbed fruit crowned by subulate ealyx-teeth. The orange pulp of 
the fruit is used as a dye. 
Sucr. I. Eugardenia. Unarmed shrubs. Flowers large, axillary, soli- 
tary. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube long, slender; lobes 4-9. 
* Calyx-limb tubular, à—Y in. ; teeth 5-9, ovate-lanceolate or linear or short. 
l. G. lucida, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 15; FI. Ind. i. 707; glabrous, leaves 
short-petioled elliptic obtuse or subacute shining many-nerved, flowers solitary 
axillary, calyx-teeth elongate, fruit ellipsoid or globose, placentas 2. DC. Prodr. 
iv. 881; W. A. Prodr. 395; Wt. Ic. t. 575; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 120; 
Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. xv. Lo: Brand. For. Fl. 271; Wall. Cat, 8270. 
G. resinifera, Roth Nov. Sp. 150; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 42, 
WESTERN PENINSULA, common from the Conean southwards, Cxrrragonc, Rox- 
burgh, &e. Das, Brandis, 
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