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corolla villous on the outside. Berry obovate, smooth, size of a 

 nutmeg; seeds immersed in the pulp. Native of the coast of 

 Coromandel. 



B. nutans. D.C, Prodr , iv., p. 386. Syn., Posoqueria nutans, 

 Eoxb., Fl. Ind., ii., p. 565. Ccriscus Malaharicus, Gasrn., Fruct., i., 

 t. 28. A shrub of 3 to 4 feet in height with slender, opposite, 

 spreading thorns and long dependent branches which are pubescent 

 while young. The leaves are on short petioles, opposite on the 

 young shoots, l:)ut fascicled on the old ones, narrow-obovate-oblong, 

 from 1 to 2 inches long by about 1 broad. Flowers solitary, on 

 short peduncles, under the spines, medium sized, white, fragrant; 

 corolla silky on the outside, throat villous. Berry globuse, size of 

 a nutmeg, 2-celled, crowned by the tube of the calyx, which is 

 entire. Native of the East Indies. 



Pi. Ploribnnda, D.C, Prodr., iv., p. 336. Syn., Posoqueria flori- 

 hunda, Eoxb., Fl. Ind., ii., p. 596. A large stiff-branched shrub, 

 "rowing in a o-ood soil to a small tree. Thorns axillary, stiff. 

 Leaves opposite and in fascicles, obovate-cuneated, smooth. 

 Flowers disposed in lateral fascicles, on short pedicels, medium- 

 sized, white at first but soon becoming yellow, fragrant ; corolla 

 silky outside, segments obovate. Berry ovate, cordate, polished, 

 size of a prune, 2-celled, many-seeded, crowned. Xative of the 

 Coast of Coromandel. 



P. longiflora, Lam. Die, iii., p. 26, 111., t. 156, f. 3. Syn., 

 Posoqueria longiflora, Wall., in Eox. Fl. Ind., ii., p. 568. Gardenia 

 midtiflora, Willd., Spec, i., p. 1231. Posoqueria multiflora. Blume, 

 Bijdr., p. 980. An arboreous shrub, native of Chittagong, where it 

 grows as a rather large tree. Thorns opposite, recurved. Leaves 

 6 inches long by IJ to 2 inches broad, lanceolate-oblong, smooth. 

 Flowers large, pale or nearly white when they first expand, 

 becoming yellow by the second day, fragrant ; corymbs terminal 

 and axillary, 11- to 13-flow^ered ; limb of calyx tubular, 5-lobed ; 

 lobes semilunar ; tube of corolla long and slender. Berry the size 

 of a cherry, yellow when ripe, smooth, fleshy. 



P. fascicidata, D.C, Prodr., iv., p 386. Syn., Posoqueria 

 fasciculata, Eoxb., Fl. Ind., ii., p. 568. Gardenia fascicidcda, Eoxb., 

 Hort. Beng., p. 1 5. Webera fascicidata, Kurz., For. FL, ii., p. 49. 

 A spreading shrub of 4 to 5 feet in height, armed with straight 

 axillary thorns. Leaves 1 to 5 inches by | to 1 J inch, ovate-oblong, 



