GARDENIA. RUBIACE. 395 
This we have not seen, but if Roxburgh’s description be correct it cannot 
well be united with the following. 
1218. (2) G. latifolia (Ait.:) arboreous, unarmed: leaves opposite or in 
threes, very shortly petioled, oval or obovate, glabrous, with a small hairy 
gland in the axils of the nerves on the under side : flowers terminal, solitary, 
very shortly pedicelled (pedicels scarcely a line long): limb of the calyx . 
campanulate, irregularly divided, hirsute on the inside: corolla hypocrateri- 
form ; tube long, hirsute on the outside ; limb about 9-cleft, the divisions 
obliquely obovate, about half the length of the tube, hirsute towards the one 
margin on the outside: stigma clavate, thick and fleshy, bipartite, segments 
bifid: berry even, nearly globose, crowned with the whole limb of the calyx ; 
nut thin, brittle and bony, with 4 parietal receptacles.— Ait. hort. Kew. s. 
p. 294 ; Willd. sp. 1. p. 1226; Gertn. fr. 3. p. 78. t. 193. f. 3; Wight ! cat. n. 
1272.— Vernac. name Kumbay marum. Southern provinces. 
_ The whole limb of the calyx crowns the fruit, although ultimately by ac- 
cident the segments are broken off, in which respect, and by the hirsute co- 
rolla, it differs from Roxburgh's plant. This is undoubtedly the species fi- 
gured by Geertner, and consequently of the Hortus Kewensis, Geertner’s spe- 
cimens having been obtained from that establishment : we have before us spe- 
cimens from the Madras herbarium, cultivated in the Missionaries’ Garden, 
and named * G. /atifolia, Roxb. ;” these probably accord with the “ Carnatic” 
locality given by Roxburgh. 
1219. (3) G. lucida (Roxb.:) arborescent, unarmed, with resinous buds : 
leaves very shortly petioled, oblong or 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 à to an inch long): limb of the calyx with 
5 long subulate divisions, sprinkled internally with erect short stout bristles : 
corolla hypocrateriform ; tube long, glabrous, striated ; limb 5-partite, divi- 
sions obovate-oblong, as long as or a little shorter than the tube, glabrous : 
stigma entire: berry drupaceous, even, oblong, crowned with the whole limb 
ofthe ealyx ; nut very hard, thick and bony, with 2 parietal receptacles.— 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 707 ; (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 553 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1542 ; 
DC. prod. 4. p. 381; Spr. syst. suppl. p. 85 ; Wight ! cat. n. 1273.—G. resini- 
fera, Roth, nov. sp. p. 150; Spr. syst. 1. p. 768.—Pluk. t. 367. f. 11—— 
Cirears ; Roxburgh. Columala. : 
The tube of the corolla is at least four times as long as the limb of the 
calyx in our specimens, but every other point agrees with Roxburgh's de- 
scription. 
1220. (4) G. gummifera (Linn. :) arborescent, unarmed, with resinous 
buds: sei siiis; oo et elliptic-oblong to ovate-oblong, sia or 
very shortly and bluntly pointed, puberulous and slightly scabrous own 
young, afterwards shining, with simple parallel nerves : flowers — ; 1-9 
together, almost sessile: calyx densely puberulous and slightly sca ES 
limb short, with 5 ovate acuminated divisions : corolla hypocrateriform ; tu 
long, slender, widened at the mouth, sparingly pubescent) Bab Sparno 
segments narrow oblong, more than half the length of the tube, pii 8 - 
brous: stigma clavate, entire, striated : berry drupaceous, ey o PE 
crowned with the whole limb of the calyx; nut with 4 or 5 parieta di : Bo ^ 
cles.— Linn. f. suppl. p. 164 ; DC. prod. 4. p. 981 ; Spr. syst. 1. p. 16: i for : 
Al. Ind. 1. p. 709; (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 556; Roth, nov. sp. P- 149; Wig t! cat. 
n. 1974 — G. arborea, Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. 708 ; (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 555 ; in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 17 ; herb. Madr.! ; DC. 1. e,——Cirears ; Roxburgh. Gingie hills. 
— We have followed Roth in uniting Roxburgh's G. arborea to G. gummifera 
of Linnæus, and we have done so on the authority of his drawing, which is a 
good representation of our plant, and which again is certainly that of Lin- 
