116 LXXV. RUBIACE^, (J. D. Hooker.) [Gardenia. 



A small deciduous tree, shoots resinous. Leaves 3-10 by 2-5 in., green when dry, 

 base narrowed ; nerves 20-30 pair, with often bearded axils ; stipules large, broadly 

 ovate, connate. Flowers peduncled, fragrant, white turning yellow. Calyx variable, 

 tube oblong; limb tubular; lobes narrow lanceolate, persistent, Corolla-tube 1| 2 

 in., glabrous or puberulous; limb 1^-3 in. diam., lobes 5 oblong. Fruit smooth: 

 pericarp thick, woody (endocarp 2-valved, Roxburgh). 



2. G-. g-ummifera, Linn.f. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 381 ; glabrous, leaves sessile 

 or subsessile obov t ate acute or obtuse shining, calyx-teeth short ovate acute, 

 fruit ellipsoid or oblong, placentas 4-5. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 709 ; W. fy A. Prodr. 

 395 ; Dais. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 270, excl. syn. ; Thurib. diss. Gard. t. 2, f. 3. G. 

 arborea, Roxb. 1. c. 708. G. inermis, Dietr. Vottst. Lex. iv. 285. Eubiacea, 

 Watt. Cat. 8294 A. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Satpura range southwards, Heyne, &c. 



A woody bush ; buds resinous. Leaves l-2^ in., coriaceous, base obtuse acute or 

 cordate, sometimes puberulous beneath ; nerves 15-20 pair ; stipules connate, truncate 

 or mucronate. Flowers subsessile, white. Calyx-limb shortly tubular, teeth stout 

 subulate. Corolla-tube 1-2 in., glabrous or pubescent; limb 1-3 in. diam., lobes 5 

 oblong obtuse. Fruit 1-1^ in., with a stout beak, smooth; pericarp thin, woody 

 (endocarp 4-5-valved, Roxburgh}. Roxburgh's name G. arborea is attached to 

 Heyne's specimen in Herb. Wallich (Eubiacea 8294). 



3. G-. obtusifolia, Eoxl. Hort. Seng. 15 ; glabrous, leaves sessile obo- 

 vate-oblong tip rounded, nerves rather distant, calyx-teeth very snort obtuse, 

 fruit subglobose warted, placentas 4. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 43. G. suavis, Wall. 

 Cat. 8274. llubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8294 B. 



PEGTT and TENASSERIM, Roxburgh, &c., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2819). 



A small deciduous tree; shoots resinous. Leaves 2^-4 in., greenish when dry, 

 rough to the touch on both surfaces; nerves 12-15 pair; stipules connate, sheathing. 

 Flowers solitary, shortly pedicelled, white turning yellow. Calyx \ in., tube puberu- 

 lous, teeth very short. Corolla-tube 1^-2 in., limb 2-3^ in. diam. ; lobes 5, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse. Fruit as large as a pigeon's egg, beaked with the stout short calyx- 

 tube ; pericarp fleshy, warted with lenticels ; endocarp thin, shining, crustaceous. 



4. G. latifolia, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 294 ; branches very stout, leaves oppo- 

 site or 3-nate subsessile large broadly elliptic or orbicular obtuse glabrous or 

 pubescent beneath, calyx-teeth subulate-lanceolate unequal pubescent, fruit 

 globose smooth, placentas 4-5. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 706 ; Cor. PL t. 134 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iv. 380 ; W. 8f A. Profr. 395 ; Wt. Ic. t. 759 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 

 120 ; Brand. For. Fl. 271 ; Wall. Cat. 8275 ; Gaertn. Fruct. i. t. 193. 



Dry hilly districts of WESTERN, CENTRAL and SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA, from the N. 

 W. HIMALAYA, in Garwhal only, ascendirg to 3000 ft., southwards to BEHAR and W. 

 BENGAL ; absent to the eastward of those limits. 



A small tree with woody resinous branchlets as thick as the little finger. Leaves 

 greenish, 4-8 in. long and sometimes almost as broad; nerves about 12 pair, axils 

 glandular-hairy beneath; stipules large, tumid, connate, often split or toothed. 

 Flowers solitary or 2-nate, subsessile, white changing to yellow, fragrant. Calyx-limb 

 campanulate ; segments 5-9. unequal, recurved. Corolla-tube 2-3 in., pubescent or 

 hirsute; limb 2-4| in. diam.; lobes 5-9, obovate, oblique. Fruit 1-2 in. diam., 

 beaked by the calyx-limb, greenish, speckled ; endocarp woody, shining within. 

 Roxburgh's drawing represents the calyx-teeth as very small, short and obtuse, and 

 his description (Fl. Ind. 1. c.) says calyx small, irregularly divided ; my specimens in 

 Herb. Wallich have teeth long and subulate. (See G. enncandra at end of genus.) 



** Calyx-limb tubular obconic or campanulate, 1-3 in., truncate toothed or 

 sinuate, entire or split on one or both sides. 



