94 Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). [RmuUa. 



Pallid. Corolla shortly and appressedly hairy 



outside 5. R. pollens. 



Flowers in subterminal corymbose peduncles of about 



2 in. long. Calyx -lobes rounded, erect, imbricated. 6. J?, gambica. 

 Flowers elongated. 2-10 ifi. long or more (§ Euclinia). 

 Calyx-limb regular, not spathaceous. 

 Flowers pentamerous. 



Calyx-limb with short teeth, not foliaceous. 



Flowers 2-2^ in. long. Leaves oblique subauricu- 



late at the base T. Rl caudata. 



Flowers 5-9 in. long. Leaves narrowed at the 



base 8. R. maculata. 



Calyx-limb with subfoliaceous linear or spathulate 



lobes 9.2?. TnacrantJiQ. 



Calyx- limb with subulate-prolonged, not foliaceous 

 lobes. 

 Leaves oblanceolate, 9-11 in. long. Fruit egg- 

 shaped or fasiform, 3^-6 in. long 10. 5. macrocarpa. 



Leaves obovate or oval, 4^9 in. long. Fruit 



globose li-l| in. diam 11. R. 7nalleifera. 



Flowers heptamerous or octomerous 12. R. octomera. 



Calyx limb spathaceous . . . . . . 13. R. Munsce. 



1. R. duxnetorum, Lam. III. p. 227, t. 156, f. 4. A sfcifE spinous 

 shrub. Branches elongatefl, often with abbreviated leafy lateral shoots, 

 axillary, glaurescent, either glaucescent pale or brown; spines opposite or 

 alternate, :^-l in. Leaves oval oblong or obovate, rounded at the apex, 

 usually wedge-shaped at the base, glabrate or hispid with short slender 

 hairs especially on the veins beneath, ^3 by ^2^ in. ; lateral veins 

 4-6 on each side of the midrib, sometimes almost obsolete ; petiole 

 ranging up to J in. ; stipules deltoid, ^ in. long or shorter. Flower pen- 

 tamerous (occasionally tetramerous), :J— f in. long, fragrant, white or 

 orange-yellow or greenish yellow, solitary or few together, quasi- 

 axillary or on the short lateral shoots, on slender peduncles or pedicels 

 ^— I in. long. Calyx glabrous or hairy ; tube carapanulate ; lobes 

 foliaceous, broadly ovate or oval or oblong or occasionally reduced • or 

 suppressed. Corolla appressedly hairy outside ; tube rather longer 

 than the calyx-lobes, with a ring of hairs near the top, silky or 

 appressedly hairy outside ; limb ample, reflexed. Anthers exserted. 

 Fruit globose or egg-shaped, \-\\ in. long, usually crowned by the 

 calyx ; pericarp more or less crass, firm, glabrate or somewhat 

 Imiry. — Gardenia dumetorum^'Sietz. Obs. ii. p. 14 (1781) ; Schweinf. 

 Bcitr. Fl. ^thiop. p. 135, t. 3, B. ; G. dumosa, Salisb. Prod. Stirp. 

 Hort. Chap. Allert. p. 65 (1796). 



Uile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! Sennaar, Kotschy! Madi, Speke and 

 Grant! Djur-land, Schweinf urth ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Lupata, Kirk ! right bank of Luabo, Kirk ! opposite Senna, 

 Kirk ! Kongone mouth of the Zambesi, Kirk ! 



Occurs commonly in most parts of India, and extends to Ceylon, Hong Kong and 

 the Malay Archipelago. 



R. Kraussii, Harv. Thes. t. 33, from Natal, appears to belong to this very variable 

 species. 



The fruit is said to net as a fish-poison. 



