6 RUBIACEE (Sond.) (Gardenia. 
Has. Near D’Urban, Natal, Krauss; Gueinzius ; Gerrard, 716. (Herb. D.) 
A glabrous unarmed shrub several feet high, with green spreading branches. 
Leaves 2-4 inches long, ?-14 inch broad, acute or bluntish, penninerved. Stipules 
broad at the base, 3 lines long. Flowers white. Calyx with subulate bracts at the 
base, turbinate, limb campanulate, lobes ciliate. Tube of corolla } inch, lobes 4~5 
lines long. Style exserted, stigma mitreform. Fruit as large as a small cherry. 
4, G. Gerrardiana (Sond. & Harv.) ; leaves shortly petiolate, elliptical- 
lanceolate, acute or subobtuse, glabrous ; stipules short, acute ; flowers 
terminal, solitary; tube of calyx campanulate, with short, acute, ciliate 
teeth; corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindrical, nearly 4 times longer than 
the calyx, lobes obovate, obtuse. 
Has. Near D’Urban, Port Natal, Gerr. § M‘K. 713. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Ultimate branches greyish, very short. Leaves coriaceous, glossy, scarcely paler 
on the lower surface, and obsoletely penninerved, about 2 inches long, 9 lines broad. 
Calyx turbinate, minutely bracteolate at the base, 5 lines long, the broad acute teeth 
1line long. Cor.-tube 1} inch long, lobes 10 lines long, 4-5 lines broad, minutely 
downy on both surfaces. Anthers and stigma subexserted. 
5. G. Neuberia (E. Z.! 2289); glabrous, spinescent ; branches and 
spines opposite, divergent ; leaves opposite or pseudo-fasciculate, sub- 
sessile, obovate, acute, or bluntish, shining above ; stipules very short, 
acute; flowers terminal, solitary, sessile ; tube of calyx campanulate, 
with short, acute, ciliate teeth; corolla salver-shaped, tube clavate, 
twice longer than the calyx, lobes obovate, obtuse; fruit oval. Hyper- 
anthus floridus, E. Mey. 
Has. Woods of the Zuureberge mts. near Enon, and on Grasrugg Uit. F. ¢ Z. 
Drege. Howisonspoort, Zeyh. 2703. Fl. Nov. Fr. Mart. (Herb. Sd.) 
Branches greyish-white, terete, the ultimate very short. Spines from 4-1 inch. 
Leaves numerous on the short branches, tapering into the very short petiole, 1-2 
inches long, }~1 inch broad, a little paler and scarcely penninerved beneath. Calyx 
with 2 very small basal bracts, § lines long, turbinate at base, teeth 1 line long. 
Flowers uncial, the lobes a little shorter than the tube, minutely downy on both 
surfaces. Anthers and stigma subexserted. Fruit as large as a cherry, crowned by 
the cylindrical, 5-toothed calyx. Near G. amena. Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1904. 
6. G. Thunbergia (L. fil. suppl. 162); unarmed, much divided ; 
leaves elliptic, tapering at both ends, petiolate, veined, glabrous ; 
flowers terminal, solitary, sessile; calyx tubular, foliaceous, cleft at 
one side, with leaf-like appendages ; corolla tubular, salver shaped, 
lobes 8, obtuse ; fruit ovate. Thunb. diss. Gardenia, n. 3. Bot. Mag. 
t. 1004. Thunbergia Capensis, Montin. act. Holm. 1773, t. 11. 
Has. Forests of the Krakakamma and Oliphant’s Hoek, Uitenhage. JZ. Z. 2287. 
Zeyh. 2704. Natal, Gerr. § M‘K. 717. Jan-Feb. (Herb. D., Sond.) 
Height of trunk, from 8-10 feet ; diameter from 10-12 inches. Bark smooth, 
greyish white. Wood hard. Leaves 4-6 inches long ; on the flowering branches 
smaller, and often as broad as long. Flowers large, white, fragrant. Tube of calyx 
1 inch, of the corolla 2}-3 inches long ; lobes of corolla 1 inch or more long. An- 
thers and stigma exserted. Fruit 2-24 inches long, smooth, white, very hard, 
almost woody, imperfectly 5-celled, many seeded, 
7. G. Rothmannia (L. fil. suppl. p. 165); unarmed ; branches angu- 
lar, rough; leaves on very short petioles, oblong, acute, glabrous ; 
flowers terminal, solitary, sessile ; calyx cylindrical, ribbed, hairy with- 
in, 5-cleft, its segments filiform, acute ; corolla with an obconical tube, 
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