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118 LXXV. RUDIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) ! [ Gardenia. 
9. G. Griffithii, Mook. f.; leaves subsessile elliptic-obovate cuspidate, 
nerves beneath puberulous, calyx-limb 3 in. tubular with a trumpet-shaped 
mouth, SÉ little longer, the calyx lobes broad, fruit large globose, peri- 
carp very thick, placentas several. 
Maracca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2821). 
Branches resinous. Leaves 6-8 by 11-3 in., coriaceous, much narrowed at the 
base; nerves 10-14 pair; stipules 4 in. sheathing, Flowers sessile. Calyx-tube very 
coriaceous, terete ; mouth oblique, # in. diam., waved and wrinkled. Corolla-tube 21.4 
in., one quarter or less exserted ; limb 3 in. diam., many- (12-)lobed. Fruit large, 
probably 15 in. diam., with a thick exoearp and woody not very thick endocarp ; pla- 
centas probably 5.—I have seen only a very imperfect fruit. 
Var. Maingayi; mouth of calyx irregularly cut into triangular coriaceous teeth, 
—Malacea, Maingay (Kew Distrib, 841). 
Secr. II. Ceriscus. Shrubs, armed or unarmed. Flowers dimorphie, 
monccious or dicecious. —Calyz-tecth in the 9 large, subfoliaceous; in the A 
usually minute. (See Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xvii. 910.) Corolla small 
(less than 1 in.), cylindric or campanulate. 
10. G. turgida, Job. Hort. Beng. 15; Fl. Ind. i. 711; spines straight 
or 0, leaves elliptic obovate or orbicular obtuse acute or subacute coriaceous 
glabrous pubescent or tomentose beneath, A flowers fascicled 9 solitary, corolla 
salver-shaped, tube subcylindrie, fruit not beaked. DC. Prodr. iv. 382; Wt. 
Jc. t. 579; Brand. For. Fl. 270; Kurz For. Fl ii. 41; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 
Gen. t. 15, f. 6; Wall. Cat. 8269; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xvii. 810. 
G. cuneata, Br. in Wall. Cat. 8263. Q. Donia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 8292, 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA, ascending to 4000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan; Ovpu, 
Benar, Sitner, Peau and the WESTERN PENINSULA.— DISTRIB. Ava, Wallich. 
A small deciduous tree, 25 ft. ; branches rigid, robust; bark pale. Leaves 1-4 in., 
narrowed into a short petiole, pale when dry; stipules triangular, caducous. Calyx 
of d small, d in.; mouth wide, truncate; of 9 i-i in., limb shortly campanulate ; 
teeth oblong or subspathulate, foliaceous. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube slightly 
dilated upwards, 4-3 in. long; limb 1 in. diam. Fruit 1-3 in., ovoid or globose, 
smooth, periearp thiek ; endocarp woody, shining within ; plaeentas 5 or 6. 
Van. montana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 709 (sp.); leaves often orbicular densely tomen- 
tose beneath. G. montana, DC. Prodr. iv. 383 ; W. d A. Prodr. 396; Wt. Ic. t. 577; 
Dalz. 4$ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 120. —Occurs with G. turgida, and is even more common. 
ll. G. campanulata, orb. Hort. Beng. 15; Fl. Ind. i. 710; glabrous, 
spines straight, leaves obovate or elliptic-lanceolate membranous, ¢ flowers fas- 
cicled, 9 solitary sessile, corolla campanulate, fruit not beaked. Wall. Cat. 
8279; DC. Prodr. iv. 383; Wt. Ic. t. 578; Kurz For. FLii. 40. G. longispina, 
Wall. Cat. 8277 D. in part. ? G. Blumeana, DC. Prodr. iv. 383. 
Foot of the Sıxxım Hrwarava, J. D. H.; Assam, SILHET, and CHITTAGONG, 
Roxburgh, Griffith, &c.; Benar, summit of Parus-nath, J. D. H.; Prov, Kurz.— 
Disrer. Java? 
A shrub, 15-20 ft. ; shoots puberulous ; spines j-1jin.oftenleafy. Leaves 14-3 by 
2-1} in., narrowed into the short petiole, midrib slender, nerves faint; stipules triangular, 
caducous. Calyx of d Ä in., urn-shaped, mouth truncate dilated; of ? limb campanu- 
late, teeth oblong or subspathulate, foliaceous. Corolla 4 in, white; lobes short, 
obtuse. Fruit $-li in. ellipsoid or subglobose, obscurely 5-ridged ; pericarp very 
thick, endocarp woody, placentas 5.— Wight has figured the calyx as intermediate 
between the d and 9 form. G. campanulata, Blume (G. Blumeana, DC.), appears from 
the deseription and an imperfect specimen to be this. 
12. G. sessiliflora, Wall. Cat. 8291; spines straight very strong, leaves 
elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate membranous puberulous on both surfaces or beneath, 
