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obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, ad 12"5 cm. louga, 6 cm. lata, sub- 

 coriacea, utrinque molliter pubescentia, uervis lateralibiis utrinque 

 8-9 supra conspicuis subtus prom.inulis ; petioli ad 8 mm. longi ; 

 stipulae deciduae, 3 mm. longae, 3*5 mm. latae. Cymae pseudo- 

 axillares, pluriflorae, densius breviter hirsutae, pedunculo communi 

 circa 0'5 cm. longo, pedicellis fere 1'5 cm, longis, bracteis deciduis. 

 Receptaculum campanulatum, fere 4 mm. altum. Calyx ad 3 mm. 

 altus, dentatiis. Corollac albae tubi piirpureo-picti (ex Witt) pars 

 basi aequalis 7 mm. longa, 4 mm. diametro, pars superior campanu- 

 lata, ad 3'5 cm. longa, apice 4 cm. diametro, lobi oblongi, obtusi, 

 2*5 cm. longi, 1*7 cm. lati. Antherac lineares, 1*4 cm. longae. — 

 Craib, KewlBull. 1911, p. 392. 

 Lower Siani, Korat, in dry deciduous jungle, 60 m., Witt. 



Gardenia erythroclada, Kurz — F.B.I., iii. p. 119 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 40 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. %Q. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 647. 

 Distr. Burma. 



Gardenia obtusifolia, Roxh. — F.B.I., iii. p. 116 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 42. ? G. sp., Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 66. 



Cliiengmai, deciduous jungle, foot of Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., 

 Keri\ 543. 



Distr. Burma. 



Gardenia sessiliflora, Wall. — F.B.I., iii. p. 118 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 40. 



Cliiengmai, mixed jungle, foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 587. 

 Distr. Pegu. 



Gardenia sootepensis, Hutchinson, affinis G. coronariae. Ham., 

 sed foliis subtus molliter tomentellis difFert. 



Arbor ; ramuli teretes, apice foliacei, internodiis vix 1 cm. longis, 

 cortice parce tomentello demum glabro. Folia obovata vel obovato- 

 elliptica, breviter acuminata, acumine obtuso vel subobtuso, basi 

 obtusa vel subacuta, 9-1 1 cm, longa, 3-5 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, 

 supra viscida, puberula, subtus plerumque molliter tonientella, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 15-20 leviter obli([uis subtus valde 

 promiuentibus, venis subtus paullo conspicuis ; petiolus ad 1 cm. 

 longus, viscidus, puberulus ; stipulae in tubum connatae, 1 cm. 

 longae, truncatae, submembranaceae, ciliatae, denuun leviter indu- 

 ratac et deciduae. Flores ad ramulorum apices solitarii ; pedicelli 

 1-1*5 cm. longi, robusti, viscidi, puberuli. Receptaculum subcjlin- 

 draceum, 5 mm. longum, puberulum. Calyx tubulosus, superne 

 unilateraliter fissus, 1*3- 1*5 cm. longus, extra viscidus, parce 

 pubescens, intra adpresse pilosus. Corolla alba, demum flava (ex 

 Kerr) ; tubus cylindraceus, 5-5'5 cm. longus, medio 3-4 mm. 

 diametro, extra minute pulierulus, intra glaber; lobi 5, late obovati, 

 circiter 4 cm. longi et 3 cm. lati, venosi, glabri. Anther ae supra 

 medium affixae, 1*5 cm. bmgae, circiter 2 mm. exsertae vel inclusae. 

 Stylus 6 cm. longus, sulcatus, inferne parce subadpresse pubescens, 

 stigmate clavato. Ovarii placentae 2. Fructus oblongo-ellipsoideus, 

 4 cm. longus, vix 3 cm. diametro, parce lenticellatus ; pericarpium 

 durum, lignosum, 2 mm. crassimi, Semina oo, foveolata. — Hutchin- 

 son apud Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 392. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, mixed jungle, 750 m., Kerr, 1794. 



