424 , ■ nun MA, ITS I'EOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



XXX Armed ivith ojipoiiie {rarely ternary) sharp spines. 

 + Uraiichlets more or less rusty or tawny puheseent. 



P. (Caxthium) PAKviroLiA, Roxb. Chittagong and Southern Pogu. 



C. senndens, Bl. 



Leaves pubescent on both sides, or hispid above. Drupes the size of a pea. 



P. (CAXTmUll) HORKIDA, El. Tavoj". 



Leaves glabrous, or the mid-rib beneath slightly pubescent. Drupes the size of 

 a small cherry. 



+ + All parts perfectly ylairous. 



P. (Canthium) angustifolia, Eosb. Chittagong Hills. 



C. ZescJienauUii, W. A. 



Leaves glossy, caudate-acuminate. Plowers clustered. 



P. PAKVirLOEA, Bth. et H. f. ('?). 



Leaves more or less blunt, glaucescent beneath. Flowers in pcduncled cymes. 



I have found another small-leaved glabrous unarmed shrub in the swamp-forests 

 of Pegu apparently belonging to this genus, but unfortunately without tiower or 

 fruit. In habit it somewhat resembles F. piirrifora, Bth. and H. f. — Gardenia parri- 

 folia, "Wall. Cat. 8256 from Tavoy, of the habit of DamnacantJtus, is sterile and, 

 therefore, indeterminable (Kurz). 



A A Corolla imlricate. Ocule suspended from the summit of the cell. 

 GuETTAEDA, Linnaus. 

 Stigma simple, thick. Dnipc globose, rather large, the putamcn many-celled. 

 G. si'EciosA, L. Coast of Tenasscrim and the Andamans. Trice and Track. 



PoLYTHEAGiioN, Dcsfontninc. 



Stiffmas as many as ovary-cells. Berry 5-10-celled, the seeds pyrene-likc. 

 Anomalous genus, ['fimonius, Eumph.) 



P. (Helospoea) FLA'iiiscEXS, Jack. var. ji Tropical forests of South Andaman. 



Kamorta and Car Is^icobar. 



var. p macrocarpum. Leaves larger and of thinner texture ; drupes the size 

 of a small clierry. Seeds oblong, about 2 lines long. 



var. /i may be distiact, but the species of Poli/phraymon belonging to the 

 immediate affiuity of P.favescens are difficult to understand (Kurz). 



Grows to 30 feet in Kamorta, Init is dwarfed to a shrub on the grass plains of the 

 same island. "What authors (except ili<|uel) take to be cells are in reality the ovules, 

 which are attached usually in two rows to the inner angles of the 4-7 cells of which 

 the ovary consists. The seeds have a crustacean testa. The berries of the Xicobar 

 trees are larger and usually 6-celled, and many pertain to a distinct species (Kurz). 



HANDIER. 

 Orary 1-celled, with parietal placentas or more usually 2- or more-celled, tcith 

 numerous ocules in each cell. 



A Corolla imbricate or twisted. 



X Orary 1-celhd, wi/h 4 or o 2}aristal placentas (Gardeniea). 



Gaedenia, Zinnaus. 



Flowers often conspicuous. Sfiyma entire, sulcatc-twisted. Berry usually large, 

 many-seeded, the seeds imbedded in pulp. 



Sub-genus Eu-Gardenia. 



Unarmed. Stipules more or less connate into a sort of sheath. Flowers showy, 

 salver-shaped, the tube long. Calyx various. 



