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red, fragrant, sessile, 5-parted and pentandrous : calyx ribbed, 

 having the segments subulate, terete and erect ; corolla with an 

 abconical tube, a campanulate throat and spreading, acute segments. 

 Berry 2 -celled. 



G. montana, Eoxb., Fl. Ind., ii., p. 55G. An arboreous spiny 

 shrub ; native of the East Indies, among the Circar mountains. 

 Bark white, soft and spongy. Spines opposite, short, acute, stiff. 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse, almost sessile, downy beneath, with revolute 

 edc^es, deciduous in December, 3 inches lono- and 2 inches broad, 

 smooth and shining above. Flowers rising 3 to 5 in a fascicle from 

 the buds, on short pedicels ; rather large, fragrant, wdien first open 

 white, but soon becoming more or less yellow. Limb of calyx 

 usually o-toothed. Corolla 5- to 7-cleft, stamens enclosed. Sectary 

 a moniliform fleshy ring, surrounding the insertion of the style. 

 Berry drupaceous, about the size of a pullet's egg, ash-coloured and 

 yellow mixed. Seeds imbedded in the pulp. 



G. densa, Wallich, in Eoxb., Flor. Ind., ii., p. 559 (very nearly 

 allied to G. tetrasperma). A spinose shrub of 4 or 5 feet in height, 

 with numerous decussate branches spinose at the apex : native of 

 Xepal, on the southern face of Sheopore, above Thoka. This is a 

 doubtful gardenia, and is hereafter described as Randia 

 tetrasperma. 



G. Devoniana, Bot. Eeg., 1846, p. 63. This glorious plant is a 

 native of Sierra Leone. The flowers are of gigantic size, pure 

 wdiite at first, but afterwards changing to light straw-colour. 

 They look mucli like those of a huge white lily and are highly 

 odoriferous. 



Randia. 



The species of this genus of Cinchonacecv are small trees or 

 shrubs, natives of the tropical regions of both hemispheres. They 

 have axillary spines, and as regards the construction of their 

 flowers are very nearly allied to Gardenia. The main differences 

 are in the ovary, which is 2-celled and surmounted by a disc. The 

 fruit has a dried rind, is surmounted by the limb of the calyx, and 

 is internally divided into two compartments containing numerous 

 seeds imbedded in pulp. Moreover, the tube of the corolla is 

 usually shorter in this genus than in Gardenia. There are about 90 

 species, all tropical; many of them very fragrant, the most 



