22(1 Mora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Corolla thick, many times longer than the calyx ; the tube 1*76 to 2*5 

 in. long, narrowly cylindric, slightly over '1 in. in diam., pubescent 

 at the throat, otherwise glabrous ; the limb 2 to 2'5 in. across, spread-* 

 ing, deeply divided into 6 to 9 obovate or obovate-oblong lobes. 

 Anthers inserted in the throat, half-exserted, linear, -3 in. long. Style 

 thick; stigma exserted, with 2 thick short lobes. Frxiit globose or 

 ovoid-globose, obscurely ridged or smooth, 1 to 1"5 in. in diam,, 

 crowned by the tubular calyx ; endocarp thick, hard ; seeds rather 

 large. Wall. Cat. 8266; DC. Prodr. IV. 381; Hook. f. in Flor. Br. 

 Ind. III. 117; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 230; Schumann m Bot. Tidsskrift 

 Kobn. XXIV. 333; Koord. & Valet. Bijdr. VIII. 99. G. resinifera, 

 Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. II. 191 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1876, II. 134 {non Roth). G. glutinosa, Teysm. & Binnend. in Herb. 

 Lugd. Bat. 



Three forms of this, founded on variations in the calyx, may be 

 recognised as under : — 



Form 1. Calyx obconical, smooth, '4i to '5 in long, truncate. 



Perak: Scortechini 1775; King's Collector 5260, 5581. JoiiOR: 

 Kelsall 4088. Singapore : Wallich. Penang : Maingay (K.D.) 838. 

 Malacca: Maingay (K.D.) 838; Griffith (K.D.) 2816; Distrib. Sumatra, 

 Forbes 3222 ; Borneo, Motley 341 ; Beccari 3250 ; Koh Chang in Siam ; 

 Java, Teysmann. 



Form 2. Calyx-tube ribbed, '4 to "5 in. long. 



Perak : Wray 2522 ; King's Collector 6285. Penang : King's Collector 

 1474; C. Curtis 686. Singapore: Cantley 215; Ridley 2588, also Lobb 

 125. 



Form 3. Calyx tubular, smooth, "5 to "65 in, long, split on one 

 side. 



J OROn: King's Collector llldB. FAUxm: Eidley S7 5, 1388 (?) The 

 Johor specimen is well-marked, the other more doubtful. — Distrib. 

 Borneo, Curtis 111. 



6. Gardenia speciosa. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 117. A 

 glabrous tree 40 to 60 feet high ; young branches much thicker than 

 a goose-quill, pale, marked by the annular scars of the stipules. Leaves 

 coriaceous, obovate- or oblanceolate-elliptic, shortly and abruptly acu- 

 minate, or cuspidate, the base much narrowed ; both surfaces pale 

 olivaceous-brown, glabrous except for some slight pubescence on the 

 midrib and nerves; main-nerves 12 to 14 pairs, slightly curved, 

 depressed on the upper but prominent on the lower surface as is the 

 midrib ; length 4 to 6 in. ; breadth 1*5 to 3 in. ; petiole "5 to 1 in. ; 

 stipules tubular-sheathing, the mouth irregularly toothed. Floicers 

 4 to 6 in. long, coriaceous, solitary or in pairs, axillary, sessile. Calyx 



