Fa^^ra^a.] Loganiacece. 171 



A small tree, bark rough, worted and vertically cracked, 

 greyish-brown, 1. large, very nearly sessile, 5-10 in., oval- 

 obovate, much tapering to base, rounded at apex, glabrous, 

 entire, undulate, rather thick, dark green and shining above, 

 paler beneath, lat. veins very few, prominent beneath, petiole 

 very short, thick, dilated and stem-clasping at base ; fl. very 

 large, on thick short ped., cymes glabrous ; cal. thick and 

 fleshy, glabrous, segm. broadly oblong-oval, very obtuse, with 

 membranous margins ; cor. rather fleshy, tube 3|-4| in., 

 slightly funnel-shaped, glabrous, lobes less than half as long 

 as tube, oval, obtuse, recurved ; stam. inserted about -3- down 

 tube, slightly exserted, ov. oblong, style slightly exceeding 

 stam.; fruit i|-2 in., broadly ovoid, bluntly apiculate, smooth 

 and shining, pale glaucous greenish-white, pericarp thick ; 

 seeds very numerous, ovoid, finely worted, dark brown. 



Low country up to 2000 ft., principally in the moist region, rather 

 common. Fl. May-June; cream-coloured, the tube pale greenish-yellow. 



Also in S. India. 



A beautiful plant both in flower and foliage. Collected by Koenig 

 {Gardenia heteroclita) here first. 



2. r. obovata, Wall, in Roxb. FL B. Ind. ed. Carey &^ Wall. ii. 33 

 (1824). 



Thw. Enum. 200. C. P. 757. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 83. Wight, Ic. t. 1316 {F. coromandeliana) and t. 1317 

 {F. inalabarica). 



A shrub, often semi-scandent, branches more slender than 

 in F. zeylanica, bark pale yellowish-grey, with very conspicuous 

 leaf-scars ; 1. as in the last, but usually rather shorter ; fl. 

 smaller; cor.-tube i^-il^ in., distinctly funnel-shaped, lobes 

 broadly oval, more than half as long as tube ; stam. inserted 

 about half way down cor.-tube; fruit i|-if in., oblong-ovoid, 

 acute. 



Var. /?, Gardner!, Clarke in Fl. B. Ind. I. c. F. Gardneri, Thw. 1. c. 

 C. P. 1826. 



More scandent, 1. larger, obtuse or slightly subcordate at 

 base; fl. rather larger; ov. usually 2-celled. 



Lower montane zone and down to 2000 ft., rather common. Var. /3^ 

 Hantane. Fl. May and June, October ; yellowish-cream-coloured, sweet- 

 scented. 



Also in India, Burma, and Malaya. 



Usually semi-parasitic on large trees when young, but afterwards in- 

 dependent or semi-scandent. The leaves sometimes attain 16 or 18 in. in 

 length. 



