Bandia.~\ LXXV. BUBIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 115 



rowly elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate, flowers 1-2 subterminal, corolla G in. 

 hairy. 



MALACCA, PENANG, and SINGAPORE, Wallich, Griffith, &c. 



A shrub, 3-4 ft. high ; branches few, 2-leaved at the top (Griffith). Leaves 10-12 

 by 2-3 in., acuminate, coriaceous, glossy above with pubescent midrib, more or less 

 hispidly pubescent in the midrib and strong arched nerves beneath, base acute or ob- 

 tuse ; petiole very short, stout, hispid ; stipules long-subulate from a broad triangxilar 

 base. Floivers subsessile, fragrant. Calyx-tube oblong ; lobes 1 in., linear, erect, 

 hairy. Corolla white with purple spots in lines on the throat, 4 in. across the short 

 reflexed lobes. Anther* very long. Stigma clavate, notched. 



18. R. hygrophyla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. ii. 321 ; For. Fl. ii. 44 



(Gardenia) ; glabrous, shrubby, erect, unarmed, leaves small shortly ^petioled 

 elliptic obovate or lanceolate subacute, flowers solitary subsessile axillary or in 

 the forks of the branches, corolla 1 in. glabrous. 



PEGU ; frequent in swampy forests, Kurz. 



An evergreen shrub, 1-3 ft., often spreading. Leaves 2-3 in., black when dry, 

 very variable in breadth, quite glabrous, base acute ; petiole in. ; stipules connate, 

 glabroNis or hairy. Calyx-tube short, pubescent ; lobes much longer than the tube, 

 linear-subulate, ciliate. Corolla rather broadly funnel-shaped ; lobes unequal, about 

 in. long. Ovary completely 2-celled. 



47. GARDENIA, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees, armed or not. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-nately whorled ; 

 stipules intrapetiolar, often connate. Flowers often very large, terminal or 

 axillary, solitary fascicled or rarely cyrnose, often dimorphic and polygamous. 

 Calyx-tube various ; limb tubular or dilated, variously cleft or lobed. Corolla 

 very various, lobes 5-12, twisted in bud. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes ; 

 anthers sessile or subsessile, linear, included, inserted in the tube. Ovary 1- 

 cellecl ; style stout, stigma clavate fusiform or 2-cleft ; ovules numerous, 

 2-seriate on the 2-6 parietal placentas. Fruit often large, ovoid ellipsoid or 

 globose, coriaceous, or fleshy with a woody endocarp polished within which 

 sometimes splits along the placental sutures. Seeds very many, imbedded in 

 the placenta, compressed ; testa thin ; embryo small, in horny albumen. Dis- 

 TKIB. Species about 60, tropical and subtropical. 



G. FLORIDA, L. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 703, &c. ; Wall. Cat. 8268, is often cultivated in 

 Indian gardens ; it is an unarmed shrub, native of Japan and China, with small ovate 

 acute leaves, white very strongly scented axillary flowers 1 in. diam. (often double), 

 and an ellipsoid 5-ribbed fruit crowned by subulate calyx-teeth. The orange pulp of 

 the fruit is used as a dye. 



SECT. I. Eug ardeiiia. Unarmed shrubs. Flowers large, axillary, soli- 

 tary.. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube long, slender ; lobes 4-9. 



* Calyx-limb tubular, -| in. ; teeth 5-9, ovate-lanceolate or linear or short. 



1. G-. lucida, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. i. 707 ; glabrous, leaves 

 short-petioled elliptic obtuse or subacute shining many-nerved, flowers solitary 

 axillary, calyx-teeth elongate, fruit ellipsoid or globose, placentas 2. DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 381 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 395; Wt. Ic. t. 575; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 120; 

 Betid. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. xv. f. 6 ; Brand. For. Fl. 271 j Wall. Cat. 8270. 

 G. resinifera, Roth Nov. Sp. 150 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 42. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, common from the Concan southwards. CHITTAQONG, Box- 

 burgh, &c. BIRMA, Brandis. 



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