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1 to 1'25 in. long, campanulate. boldly 6-keeled, tapering to the pedicel, 

 the mouth expanded sub-truncate or with 5 large deep-keeled lobes. 

 Corolla salver-shaped ; the tube "5 to 1 in. long, adpressed-puberulous, 

 ridged; limb 1'25 to 2 in. across, with 6 to 9 broad lobes. Stigma 

 broadly clavate. Fruit ellipsoid, 5- to 8-ribbed, 1-5 to 1'75 in. long 

 including the large persistent calyx. Wall. Cat. 8271; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. III. 117. DC. Prod. IV. 380; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 229. 



Perak: Scortechini 2301. Penang: Wallich, 0. Gurtis 525. 

 Malacca: Maingay 1486, (K.D.) 837; Ridley 953, 906. Hervey. 

 Pkovince Wellesey : Ridley 6974. Singapore : H. J. Murton. 



4. Gardenia Godefroyana, 0. Kunfcze in Eevis. Gen. PI. I. 283. 

 Young branches half as thick as a goose-quill, rusfcy-puberulous, bear- 

 ing at the nodes the persistent bases of the stipules. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, dark-coloured when dry, both surfaces glabrous except 

 for a few hairs near the edge and on the midrib, narrowly elliptic, the 

 apex abruptly sub-acute, gradually narrowed to the base ; main-nerves 

 8 to 10 pairs, indistinct on both surfaces; length 1*75 to 2*25 in.; 

 breadth '65 to 1 in, ; petiole "15 in. ; stipules conjoined into a wide 

 tube longer than the petioles, obliquely cut on one side, the apex acute 

 rusty-pubescenfc externally. Flowers solitary or in pairs, 2 in. long. 

 Calyx '5 in. long, inf undibuliform ; the mouth wide and with 5 short 

 triangular keeled acuminate teeth with ciliate edges. Corolla about 

 1*5 in. long, widely campanulate, abruptly contracted into a cylindric 

 tube '25 in. long, the limb 1*75 in. wide, divided into 5 deep oblong 

 blunt spreading lobes. Fruit ellipsoid, crowned by the thick calyx-scar 

 about an inch long and more than half an inch in diameter. Seeds 

 numerous, compressed, surrounded by pulp. 



Penang: Ridley 1316. — Distrib. Saigon, Pierre; Cambodia, 

 Kuntze ; Cochin-China, Godefroy-Leboeuf. 



5. Gardenia tdbifeka, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & 

 Wall. II. 562. An unarmed shrub or tree, young branches nearly as 

 thick as a goose-quill, the bark very pale, glabrous, shining. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate, the apex broad and shortly cuspidate, 

 the base much narrowed ; both surfaces pale olivaceous-brown, shining, 

 usually glabrous, but sometimes the nerves and midrib beneath 

 puberulous or scurfy; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, sub-horizontal, thin 

 but distinct especially below; length 3 to 6 in. ; breadth 1*5 to 2 in.; 

 petiole "2 to '4 in., nari'owly winged in its upper part; stipules tubular, 

 sub-scarious, truncate, obscurely toothed, sometimes persistent, 2 in. 

 long. Flowers solitary, axillary or terminal, glabi'ous, sub-sessile, 

 3 to 4 in. long. Calyx tubular, tapering slightly to the base, truncate, 

 sometimes split at one side, smooth or ribbed, from "4 to '35 in. long. 



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