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a. latifolia, Alton, Hort. Kew., i., p. 294. Eoxb., Cor., ii., p. 18, 

 t. 134 ; Flor. Incl, ii., p. 552. Wight, Ic, t. 759 {G. latifolia^ 

 Gffirtn., Fruct., iii., p. 78, t. 193, is a distinct species). A tree of 

 10 feet in height, unarmed. Leaves ahnost sessile, ovate or obovate, 

 opposite or 3 in a whorl ; in the axils of the veins beneath are 

 hollow glands with hairy margins. Flower terminal, 1-4 together, 

 almost sessile, salver-shaped, 7- to 11 -parted ; limb of calyx short, 

 snbdentate ; these flowers are very large and very fragrant ; when 

 they first open in the morning they are white, gradually growing 

 yellow before night. Berry drupaceous, round, size of a pullet's 

 egg, 1-celled, 5-valved, crowned with a small part only of the tube 

 of the calyx. Xative of the East Indies, on barren, rocky hills, in 

 the Circars and Carnatic. 



G. lucidct, Eoxb., FL Ind., ii., p. 553 ; Hort. Beng., p. 15. D.C., 

 Prod., iv., p., 381. Wight, Ic, t. 575. Syn., G. resinifera, Both., Nov. 

 Sp., p. 150; Kurz., For. FL, ii., p. 42. A small deciduous tree, 

 unarmed, havinc^ resinous buds. Leaves obloncr smooth, shinincr, 

 about 3 to 10 inches long by 2 to 5 inches broad ; stipules large, 

 broadly ovate. Flowers almost terminal, solitary, on short pedicels, 

 large, pure white at first, turning yellow, fragrant ; lobes of calyx 

 5, subulate, three times shorter than the mouth of the corolla. 

 Berry drupaceous, containing a 2-valved shell. Xative of Chitta- 

 gong, and common in many parts of the western peninsula. It also 

 occurs on the island of Luzon. 



G. arhorea, Eoxb., FL Ind.. ii., p. 554. An arboreous, unarmed 

 species. Leaves ovate-oblong. Flowers terminal, almost sessile, 

 usually by threes; corolla with a filiform tube and a 5-parted limb; 

 berry drupaceous, smooth, containing a 4- or 5-valved shell. Xative 

 of the East Indies, among the Circars. The leaves are deciduous 

 during the cold season, and the shrub continues naked till the hot 

 season is pretty far advanced. From the buds and wounds made 

 in the bark, there exudes a beautiful yellow gum-resin, somewhat 

 resembling Elemi. This exudation has also been noticed in G. 

 lucida and G. gummifera. The size, number, fragrance and beauty 

 of the flowers of this species render it very deserving of cultivation. 

 The natives eat the fruit when ripe. 



G. gummifera, Lin. fil. suppL, i., p. 164. Thunberg, Dissertatio 

 ad Gardenia, No. 4, t. 2, f. 3. A shrub of 3 or 4 feet in height ; 



