o7r,. Gardenia LuciDA (Roxb. W. and A.) arbores^ 

 cent unarmed, with resinous buds : leaves very shortly 

 petroled, oblong, oval or obovate, obtuse or with a 

 short blunt point, glabrous, hard, shining, with simple 

 parallel nerves and connecting prominent veins : flowers 

 somewhat terminal, solitary, rather shortly pedicelled 

 (pedicels from £ to an inch long) ■ limb of the calyx 

 with o long subulate divisions, sprinkled internally with 

 erect short stout bristles : corolla hypocrateriform ; tube 

 long, glabrous, striated ; limb 5-partite, divisions obo- 

 vate-oblong, as long as or a little shorter than the tube, 

 glabrous : stigma entire : berry drupaceous, even, ob- 

 long crowned with the whole limb of the calyx ; nut very 

 hard thick and bony, with 2 parietal receptacles.— W. 

 and A. Prod. I. p. 895. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 dissected flower- -3 a sta- 

 men detached-4 a fruit full grown- 5 the same cut 



transversely. 



a (Linn. G. arborea Roxb., 



57b. Gardenia 3ummi__„. v ^ „. aiuv „ cn 



arborescent, unarmed, with resinous buds : leaves sessile 

 rrom narrow elliptic-oblong to ovate-oblong, obtuse or 

 very shortly and bluntly pointed, puberubus and slightly 

 scabrous when young, afterwards shining, with simple 

 parallel nerves : flowers terminal, 1-3 together, almost 

 sessile : calyx densely puberulous and sli^htiy sc&brous • 

 limb short, with 5 ovate acuminated divisions : corolla 

 hypocrateriform ; tube long, slender, widened at the 

 mouth, sparingly pubescent; lvit, 5-partite, segments 

 narrow oblong, more than half the length of the tube al- 

 most glabrous : stigma clavate, entire, striated : berry 

 drupaceous, even, oblong crowned with the whole limb 

 of the calyx; nut with 4 or 5 parietal receptacles — W 

 and A. Prod. I. p. 395. 



1 A leaf bearing branch 



.. , ~ 2 a flowering branch— 3 



dissected flower— 4 a berry cut transversely. 



577. Gardenia Montana (Roxb.) arboreous with 

 short rigid spines : leaves oblong, obtuse, nearly sessile 

 with the margins revolute; upper side glab ous and 

 shining, under a little pubescent : flowers 3-6 together 

 fascicled, springing from the young leafless shootsfshort' 

 ly pedieelled: calyx with about 5 teeth: corolla 5-7- 

 cleft, glabrous in the throat : anthers included : stigma 

 bifid : berry drupaceous, roundish ; nut hard and bonv 

 with 4-0 parietal receptacles.- W. and A. Prod. I. p. 396! 



1 Flowering branch— 2 dissected flower— 3 a fruit 

 cut transversely. 



578. Gardenia campanulata (Roxb.) shrubby the 

 ramuli short, spinous towards the apex : leaves lanceo- 

 late smooth acuminated at both ends : flowers fascicled, 

 short pedicelled, axillary and sub-terminal: limb of the 

 calyx campanulate acute and shortlv toothed: corolla 

 sub-campanulate5 lobed, berry roundish ovate.— Flow- 

 ers pale yellowish, anthers included, berry one celled 

 with 5 parietal placentas.— DC. 



1 Flowering branch -2 dissected flower— 3 a berry 

 full grown — 1 the same cut transversely. 



579. Gardenia turgtda (Roxb.) arboreous armed, 

 bark thick: leaves obovate attenuated at the base into 

 a petiol, smooth : flowers lateral, sub solitary : calyxliuib 

 tubular, 5 toothed : corolla hypocrateriform ; anthers 

 included.— DC Prod. 



1 



Flowering branch 



-2 ovary, calyx and style— 3 co- 

 rolla detached and split open showing the enclosed sta- 

 mens — 1 a full grown berry— 5 the sa 



versely. 



cut trans- 



580. Randia dumetorum (Lam. Gardenia dumeto- 

 rum Roxb.) spines opposite : leaves oval, somewhat ob- 

 tuse, cuneate at the base, glabrous or when young slight- 

 ly pubescent: flowers solitary, terminal on the youti" 

 shoots, shortly pedicelled : limb of the calyx campanu- 

 late, lobes oblong : corolla hirsute on the outside ; tube 

 rather longer than the segments of the calyx, furnished 

 on the inside near the base with a ring of erect dense 

 hairs : fruit usually globose, rarely oblong, crowned with 

 the limb of the calyx.— W. and A. Prod. I. p. 397. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 dissected flower — 3 ovary cut 



transversely — 1 a berry full grown— 5 cut transversely. 



«8I. Randia nutans (DC. Poaoqueria nutans Roxb.) 

 spines opposite, horizontal : young brandies lone, droop* 

 mg pubescent : leaves from cuniform-oblong to round 

 glabrous : flowers short pedicelled, at the extremity of 

 short leafless or few leaved axillary young shoots : calyx 

 with a short rather hairy cylindric tube : corolla silky on 

 the outside; tube scarcely longer than the calyx seg- 

 ments, with a dense circle of white hairs internally near 

 the base : fruit globose, crowned with the whole limb of 

 the calyx.— W. and A . Prod. I. p. 397. 



1 Flowering branch-2 a portion of the same-3 co- 

 rolla split open-4 calyx and pistil— 5 ovary cut trans- 

 verse y-fl a full grown borry-L 7 the same 'cut £u£ 

 versely-8 a dissected seed-9 embryo detached. 



582. Randia longispina (DC. Gardenia longispina 



Koxb ) spines opposite or occasionally alternate hoii- 



zontal: young branches drooping : leaves from obovate 



to oblong, cuneate at the base, glabrous or pubescent on 



the nerves : flowers shortly pedicelled, generally J -3 at 



the extremities of the young short axillary shoots, occa- 



sionally solitary and axillary : limb of the calyx cainpanu- 



ate, lobes ovate,with often a small tooth between them in 



the sinus: corolla silky on the outside; tube rather 



longer than the segments of the calyx, with a dense riua 



of hairs near the base on the inside : fruit drupaceous! 



short ovoid and slightly retuse at the base, crowned 3 



the permanent limb of the calyx—a, cutta ; tube of the 



calyx and ovary glabrous. -W. and A. Prod. 1. p. ;;m 8 



th, ?*> % Spi T in \ he Wild variof y aie short and 

 the tube of the calyx and ovary hairy. 



2 dissected flower— 3 a full 



1 Flowering branch 



grown fruit— 4 the same cut transversely. 



583. Randia 



p u x floribunda (Posoquerfa floribun'a 



Roxb.) spines axillary, rigid: leaves opposite and fasc£ 



cled obovate, cuneate at the base, glabrous: flowers 

 shortly pedicelled, 4-6 on each of the small lateral sea y 

 leafless young shoots: calyx glabrous; tube cylindric 

 segments of the limb somewhat lanceolate, acuminated 

 persistent: corolla silky on the outside tube r her 

 shorter than the segments of the calyx, with a circle of 

 erect hairs about the middle on (he inside: fruit ovate- 



w1:S'A u Pro^r;:^: vith the Umb of the c ^ 



1 Flowering branch-2 dissected flower- 3 ovary cut 

 traiisversely-4 a l>erry_5 cut transversely-* acd 

 disseeted showing the embryo in situ. 



584. STTt.ocoRYNEWEBEBA(A.Rich. Weberacorvm- 

 bosa Roxb.) shrubby, glabrous: leaves lanceobK" 

 long, shining: corymbs trichotomous, terminal: ealyx- 

 hmb5-cleft: tube of the corolla short, about twice the 

 length of the calyx-tube, slightly widened and bearded 

 at the mouth ^segments of the limb recurved, oblonV 

 villous at their base along the middle, about twice 2 fc£ 

 33 he tube: style slightly hairy ; stigma with ? Lng£ 

 tudinal somewhat winged angles : berry 2-celled, whir 

 4-8 seeds in each cell -W. and A. Prod. I. p . 4 0l. 



1 Flowering branch-2 detached flower-3 corolla 

 dissected—* ovary and calyx. corona 



585. PerGUXARIA PALLIDA fW anrf A A„ 1 • 



pallida Roxb.) twining, branche/Ldei' ttof^Z 

 cent : leaves cordate acuminate : cymes short pedunded 

 many flowered : segments of the corolla legulate tube 

 glabrous within, longer than the gynostegium • crown of 

 the stamens exceeding the apiculate stigma— WiehVs 

 Contributions. ° ° il * 



1 Flowering branch-2 dissected flower showing the 

 column and stamenal crown-3 ovary and stignia/tbe 

 crown and filaments removed-4 stamens and crown. 



586. Hoya veridiflora (R. Brown) twining : leaves 

 ovate or cordate, acuminated, membranaceous glabrous 

 corolla glabrous with ovate acute lobes: leaflet, of the 

 stameual crown flattened above, obovate, obtuse, interior 

 angle short, blunt, follicles divaricated, thick obtuse 



rusty coloured—Wight's Contributions. ' Se 



1 Flowering branch-2 a flower partly dissected 

 showing by the removal of 2 coronal lea* , and filaments 

 the pollen masses and ovary -3 detached polfen-4 sta- 

 men with its crown-5 follicles, one opening 



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