Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



2t? 



tbin ; albumen horny ; embryo mi'nute.- 

 tropical and sub-tropical. 



-DiSTRiB. About 60 species, 



Calyx narrowly campanulate, its lobes long, linear, 

 spreading : — 



Corolla-lobes under '5 in. in length, oblong ; fruifi 



sub-globular, '5 to '75 in, in diam. ... ... 1. G . tentaculata , 



Corolla-lobes 2'25 to 4 in. long; fruit ovate-oblong, 



2"5 in. long ... ... ... ... 2. G. stenopetala. 



Calyx campanulate, boldly 5-keeled; the month expanded, 

 sub-truncate or with 5 large deep keeled lobes ; corolla- 

 tube "5 to 1 in. long; h-uit ribbed ... ... 3. G, carinata. 



Calyx tubular, smooth ; fruit smooth : — 

 Calyx much shorter than the corolla : — 



Calyx '5 in. long, the mouth with 5 triangular 

 acuminate keeled teeth; corolla 1"5 in. long, widely 

 campanulate suddenly contracted into a cylindrical 

 tube "25 in. long, the lobes of the limb deep, oblong, 

 obtuse ... ... ... ... 4. 



Calyx "4 to '65 in. long ; the mouth truncate, 

 sometimes split on one side ; corolla-tube 1*75 to 

 2'5 in. long ,., ... ... ... 5. 



Calyx '75 to 1'5 ' in. long, inflated-tubular, the 

 mouth oblique with a few irregular lobes ; coroUa- 

 tube 2'5 to 3 in. long ... ... ... 6. 



Calyx 3 to 4 in. in length; nearly as long as the 

 tube of the corolla ... ... ... 7. 



G. Godefroyana, 



G. tuhifera. 



G. sjpeciosa, 

 G. Griffithii. 



1. Gardenia tentacdlata, Hook. fil. iu Fl. Bi'. Ind. III. 119. An 

 unai-med shrub or small tree ; young branches tliinner than a goose- 

 quill, sparsely puberulous, dark when dry. Leaves membranous, 

 narrowly oblanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, acuminate or caudate- 

 acuminate, much narrowed to the short petiole ; both surfaces dark- 

 brown when dry, glabrous, the midrib and 14 to 18 pairs of thin 

 spreading nerves sometimes puberulous on the lower ; length 4 to 8 or 

 even 10 in. ; breadth 1'5 to 8 in. ; petiole "25 to "4 in. ; stipules tubular 

 below the 2-lobed mouth, slightly longer than the petioles. Flowers 

 in fascicles of 4 to 6 (sometimes fewer), from the axils of fallen leaves, 

 about '75 in. long, on stalks from '3 to '5 in. long. Calyx '5 in. long, 

 narrowly campanulate, with dilated limb deeply divided into 5 narrow 

 flexuose linear-lanceolate spreading lobes. Corolla slighty exceeding 

 the calyx, tubular, glabrous except a pubescent baud at the base of the 

 interior of the tube ; the mouth with 5 oblong obtuse lobes. Anthers 5, 

 linear, sessile, at the base of the corolla-tube, 6 in. long. Fruit sub- 

 globular, faintly ridged, glabrous, "5 to '75 iu. iu diam., crowned by 

 the tentacle-like calyx-lobes. Seeds compressed, reticulate. 



