118 LXXV. RUBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gardenia. 



9. G. Griffith!!, Hook. f. ; leaves subsessile elliptic-obovate cuspidate, 

 nerves beneath puberulous, calyx-limb 3 in. tubular with a trumpet-shaped 

 mouth, corolla-tube little longer, the calyx lobes broad, fruit large globose, peri- 

 carp very thick, placentas several. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2821). 



Branches resinous. Leaves 6-8 by 1^-3 in., coriaceous, much narrowed at the 

 Lase; nerves 10-14 pair ; stipules ^ in., sheathing. Flowers sessile. Calyx-tube very 

 coriaceous, terete ; mouth oblique, | in. diam., waved and wrinkled. Corolla-tube 2^-4 

 in., one quarter or less exserted ; limb 3 in. diam., many- (12-) lobed. Fruit large, 

 probably 1^ in. diam., with a thick exoearp and woody not very thick endocarp ; pla- 

 centas probably 5. I have seen only a very imperfect fruit. 



VAB. Maingayi ; mouth of calyx irregularly cut into triangular coriaceous teeth. 

 Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 841). 



SECT. II. Ceriscus. Shrubs, armed or unarmed. Flowers dimorphic, 

 monoecious or dioecious. Calyx-teeth in the $ large, subfoliaceous ; in the $ 

 usually minute. (See Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Sot. xvii. 310.) Corolla small 

 (less than 1 in.), cylindric or campanulate. 



10. Cr. turg-ida, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. i. 711 ; spines straight 

 or 0, leaves elliptic obovate or orbicular obtuse acute or subacute coriaceous 

 glabrous pubescent or- tomentose beneath, $ flowers fascicled $ solitary, corolla 

 salver-shaped, tube subcylindric, fruit not beaked. DC. Prodr. iv. 382 ; Wt. 

 Ic. t. 579 ; Brand. For. Fl. 270 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 41 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. t. 15, f. 6; Wall. Cat. 8269; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xvii. 310. 

 G. cuneata, Br. in Wall. Cat. 8263. G. Donia, Ham. in Wall Cat. 8292. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, ascending to 4000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan ; OTJDH, 

 BEHAR, SILHET, PEGU and the WESTERN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Ava, Wallich. 



A small deciduous tree, 25 ft. ; branches rigid, robust; bark pale. Leaves 1-4 in., 

 narrowed into a short petiole, pale when dry ; stipules triangular, caducous. Caly<c 

 of <? small, in.; mouth wide, truncate; of ? ^-f in., limb shortly campanulate ; 

 teeth oblong or subspathulate, foliaceous. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube slightly 

 dilated upwards, ^-^ in. long; limb 1 in. diam. Fruit 1-3 in., ovoid or globose, 

 smooth, pericarp thick ; endocarp woody, shining within ; placentas 5 or 6. 



VAR. montana, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 709 (sp.) ; leaves often orbicular densely tomen- 

 tose beneath. G. montana, DC. Prodr. iv. 383 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 396 ; Wt. Ic. t. 577; 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 120. Occurs with G. turgida, and is even more common. 



11. G. campanulata, Jlo.i-b. Hort. Beng. 15; Fl. Ind. i. 710; glabrous, 

 spines straight, leaves obovate or elliptic-lanceolate membranous, $ flowers fas- 

 cicled, $ solitary sessile, corolla campanulate, fruit not beaked. Wall. Cat. 

 8279 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 383 ; Wt. Ic. t. 578 : Kurz For. FL ii. 40. G. longispina, 

 Watt. Cat. 8277 D. in part. ? G. Blumeana, DC. Prodr. iv. 383. 



Foot of the SIKKIM HIMALAYA, J. D. H. ; ASSAM, SILHET, and CHITTAGONG, 

 Roxburgh, Griffith, &c. ; BBHAR, summit of Parus-nath, J. D. H. ; PEGU, Kurz. 

 DISTRIB. Java ? 



A shrub, 15-20 ft. ; shoots puberulous ; spines ^-1^ in., often leafy. Leaves 1^-3 by 

 jr-l^ in., narrowed into the short petiole, midrib slender, nerves faint; stipules triangular, 

 caducous. Calyx of <? ^ in., urn-shaped, mouth truncate dilated ; of ^ limb campanu- 

 late, teeth oblong or subspathulate, foliaceous. Corolla in., white ; lobes short, 

 obtuse. Fruit flj in., ellipsoid or subglobose, obscurely 5-ridged ; pericarp very 

 thick, endocarp woody, placentas 5. Wight has figured the calyx as intermediate 

 between the $ and $ form. G. campanulata, Blume (G. Blumeana, DC.), appears from 

 the description and an imperfect specimen to be this. 



^ 12. G. sessiliflora, Wall. Cat. 8291 ; spines straight very strong, leaves 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate membranous puberulous on both surfaces or beneath, 



