Lxx. Runr.vcEyE. 001 



truncate, with minute distant trianpjular teeth not more than j'^ in. lon;^. 

 Corolla white ; tuhe J in. h)ng ; lobes f^ by ,\ in., oblong, subacute, 

 glabrous. Stigma very large, fusifonn. Herry |^ in. in diam., pisiform, 

 the caly.x-limb not persistent in fruit, but soon falling and leaving a 

 conspicuous scar. Seeds rugose. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 3.'Jl ; Talb. 

 Trees, Uomb. ed. 2, p. 189 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 1 1 (1898) 

 p. 645. (JriJJWna speclosa, Bedd. Icon. PI. lud. Or. t. ;*>7. — Flowers ; 

 Jan. -Mar. 



Ko.nkan: Mathcran, Uaodiunv ; near Simpson's lake, C«o/ic! ; Cliowk plateau, //. 3/. 

 BirdwiMcl. S. M. Countky : Castlerock, Ktiinfkar\ Kanaka: common in the forests 

 near the Tinai and Gairsoppa Gh.Us, Talbot; Divimana, Woodrow; Mendele (N. 

 Kanara), Ritchie, 177- .' — Distimb. India (VV. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



17. GARDENIA, Linn. 



Shrubs rarely trees, armed or not. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-nately 

 whorled ; stipules intrapetiular, often connate. Flowers often large, 

 terminal or axillary, solitary, fascicled, or rarely cymose, sometimes di- 

 morphic and polygamous. Calyx-tube ovoid or obcoiiic ; limb tubular 

 or dilated, variously cleft or lobed. Corolla various ; lobes 5-12, twisted 

 in bud. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, inserted in the throat oE 

 the corolla; anthers sessile or subsessile, linear, included. Ovary 1- 

 celled ; ovules numerous, 2-seriate, on 2-G parietal placentas ; st3'le 

 thick ; stigma large, club-shaped or fusiform, usually 2-tid. Fruit often 

 large, ovoid, ellipsoid or globose, coriaceous or fleshy and irregularly 

 bursting, or with a hard bony endocarp which sometimes splits along 

 the placental sutures. Seeds many, imbedded in the placentas, com- 

 pressed ; testa thin ; embryo small, in horny albumen. — Disteib. Tro- 

 pical and subtropical parts of the Old World ; species GO. 



Small trees. 



Armed; flowers dimorphic ; placentas 5-6 1. G. turgida, 



[var. montana. 

 Unarmed ; flowers not dimorphic. 



Leaves petioled ; calyx-teeth long, subulate, erect ; pla- 

 centas 2 2. G. lucida. 



Leaves sessile ; calyx-teeth long, recurved ; placentas 4-5 . 3. G. iatifolia. 

 A shrub unarmed; leaves sessile; calyx-teeth minute; pla- 

 centas 4-5 4. G. gummifcra. 



1. Gardenia turgida, Roxh. HoH. Beng. (1814) p. 15, var. 

 montana, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 3 (1880) p. 118. A small deciduous 

 tree reaching 25 ft. high ; bark smooth, thick, soft, that on the young 

 branches yellowish ; branches numerous, thick and stout, usually armed 

 with strong straight sometimes leaf-bearing thorns. Leaves 2-3| by 

 lh-2\ in., oblong or semiorbicular, obtuse, glabrous above, velvety- 

 tomeutose beneatli, base much tapered into an obscure petiole ; nerves 

 inconspicuous ; stipules triangular, cuspidate, caducous. Flowers from 

 the young leafless shoots, dimor|)liic, the uiales in fascicles, the females 

 solitary. Male tlowees : Calyx i in. long, turbinate, pubescent, the 

 mouth wide, truncate; teeth minute. Corolla |-1 in. long, glabrous; 

 lobes g-i in. long, oblong, obtuse. Female floweks: Calyx g-| in. 

 long, flask-shaped, the mouth dilated ; teeth foliaceous, | in. long, 

 narrowly linear, obtuse. Corolla as in the male. Fruit 1-3 in. in diam., 

 ovoid or subglobose, often bluntly pointed but not beaked, smooth ; 



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