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noticeable of wliieli are: — R. dumetorum, Lam. 111., t. 156, f. 4. 

 Syii. Canthiv/ni coronatum, Lam. Die, i., p. 602. Gardenia 

 dumctontin, Eetz. Obs., ii., p. 14 ; Eoxb. Cor., t. 136. Gardenia 

 spinosa, Lin. fil. suppl., p. 164. Randia spinosa, Blum. Bijd., p. 

 981. Posoqvrria. dumetorum, Eoxb. FL Iiicl., ii., p. 564. Gardenia 

 spinosa, Thunberg, Dissertatio ad Gardenia, No. 7, t. 2, f. 4. 

 Ceriscns Malabaricus, G?ertn. Fruct., i., t. 28. A thorny shrub of 

 6 to 10 feet in height, native of the East Indies, frequent on the 

 seashore. It is much employed for fences in its place of natural 

 growth. Thorns opposite. Leaves oval, bluntish, cuneated at the 

 base, glabrous. Flowers sessile, solitary, almost terminal, white, 

 clothed on the outside with adpressed villi, fragrant ; limb of calyx 

 5-parted, with oblong lobes, which are a little shorter than the 

 corolla. The branches are downy while young, but afterwards 

 glabrous. Berry almost globose, about the size of a small apple, 

 2-celled, and crowned ; cells many-seeded. The fruit bruised, 

 and thrown into ponds, very soon intoxicate the fish, wdiich then 

 float to the surface and are easily taken. It is not thought that 

 the fish are rendered unwholesome by the effects of the fruit. 



R. uliginosa, D.C., Prodr., iv., p. 386. Syn. Gardenia uliginosa, 

 Eetz. Obs., ii., p. 14 ; Eox. Cor., t. 135. Posoqueria uliginosa, Eoxb., 

 Fl. Ind., ii., p. 563. A thorny shrub of 5 to 8 feet in height. 

 Thorns almost terminal, opposite ; branches tetragonal. Leaves 2 

 to 3 inches long, 1\ inch broad, oblong, somewhat cuneated. 

 Flowers 1, 2 or 3 at the tops of the branchlets, large, white and 

 fragrant, sessile ; limb of calyx tubular, almost entire, a little 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla, wdiich is villous in the throat. 

 Berry size and shape of a pullet's egg, ash-coloured or olive grey ; 

 2-celled. Seeds liattish, nestling in the pulp. ISTative of the East 

 Indies, delighting in moist places, such as the banks of rivers, low- 

 lands, &c. 



it. longispina, D.C., Prodr., iv., p. 386. Syn. Posoqueria 

 longispina, Eoxb., Fl. Ind., ii., p. 566. A shrub of 5 to 6 feet in 

 height, with opposite or alternate, horizontal, sharp thorns, from 1 

 to 2 inches long. Branches long, dependent. Leaves obovate- 

 cuneated, smooth ; on the young shoots opposite, on the old ones 

 in fascicles ; stipules subulate. Flow^ers axillary and almost 

 terminal, solitary, on short pedicels, large, pure white and fragrant; 

 tube of calyx cylindrical, 5-lobed, lobes ovate-cordate, permanent ; 



