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are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; panicle terminal, fasti- 

 giate ; flowers and pedicels pubescent on the outside. Jj . S. 

 Native of the island of Manilla, near Sorzogon. 

 Long-leaved Stylocoryna. Shrub or tree. 



7 S. ? PANDA KI (D. C. prod. 4. p. 377.) glabrous; spines 

 scattered ; leaves oblong, minutely apiculated at the apex ; 

 racemes axillary, short; pedicels in fascicles, 1 -flowered; tube 

 of corolla shorter than the lobes. fj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Gardenia Pandaki, Vahl, herb, ex Puer. Randia Mala- 

 barica, Lam. Branches spinescent on one side. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, an inch long, and 4 lines broad. Peduncles axillary, very 

 short, bearing the pedicels in an umbel. Stigma oblong, un- 

 divided. Fruit unknown. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from 

 the following. 



Pandaki Stylocoryna. Shrub. 



8 S. MALABA'RICA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 377.) spines opposite, 

 3 times shorter than the leaves ; leaves oblong-obovate, obtuse, 

 cuneated at the base, glabrous, beset with glandular pili in the 

 axils of the veins beneath ; umbels 8-10-flowered, almost termi- 

 nating the branches ; flowers on short pedicels ; limb of calyx 

 5 -toothed. Tj . S. Native of Coromandel and Malabar near 

 Cochin, in arid places. Gardenia fragrans, Roxb. corom. t. 197. 

 Posoqueria fragrans, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 167. Flowers small, 

 white, sweet-scented. Berry globose, size of a cherry, red, 2- 

 celled. Seeds orange coloured. Perhaps G. fragrans, Roth, 

 nov. spec. 150. is the same. The Benkara of Rheed. mal. cited 

 by Lam. for this species, is a distinct plant, from the flowers being 

 said to be purple. The shrub is well adapted for making hedges, 

 being well armed with thorns. 



Malabar Stylocoryna. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Oxydnthus, p. 494. 



XXXV. GE'NIPA (Genipapois the Guiana name of the first 

 species). Plum. cat. no. 20. Tourn. inst. t. 436, 437. Lin. gen. 

 no. 240. Juss. gen. 201. mem. mus. 6. p. 391. Gsertn. fil. carp. 

 3. p. 55. t. 190. D. C. prod. 4. p. 378. Gardenia species, 

 Swartz, Lam. Duroia, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 30. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a tubular truncate or subdentate limb. Corolla sal- 

 ver-shaped, not exceeding the tube of the calyx ; limb large, 5- 

 parted : segments ovate, acute. Anthers linear, sessile in the 

 throat of the corolla, exserted. Stigma clavate, obtuse, undi- 

 vided. Berry corticate, somewhat 4-celled, crowned by the 

 tube of the calyx, attenuated at both ends. Seeds numerous, 

 horizontal, nestling in the pulp. Albumen cartilaginous. Em- 

 bryo with a common radicle, and foliaceous cotyledons. Trees. 

 Leaves opposite, oval or oblong. Stipulas interpetiolar, ovate, 

 acuminated, deciduous. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or 

 few, white, at length yellow. Fruit when young yielding a black 

 juice. Genipa agrees with Stylocoryna in the undivided stigma, 

 and with Gardenia in habit : but from both it is easily distin- 

 guished by the truncate limb of the calyx and fruit. 



1 G. AMERICANA (Lin. spec. 251.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 quite glabrous on both surfaces ; peduncles axillary, dichoto- 

 mous, corymbose, fj . S. Native of the Caribbee islands, as 

 in St. Domingo, &c., and now cultivated in many parts for the 

 sake of the fruit, especially in Brazil and Guiana. Plum. ed. 

 Burm. t. 136. Gaertn. fil. carp. t. 190. Gardenia Genipa, 

 Swartz, obs. p. 84. Janipaba, Marcgr. bras. p. 92. with a 

 figure. Pis. bras. 159. with a figure. Flowers small, white. 

 Fruit large, greenish-white, full of dark purple juice ; pulp 

 edible, rather acid. 



American or Common Genipa. Clt. 1779. Tree 20 to 30 ft. 



2 G. CARU'TO (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 407.) 

 leaves obovate, obtuse, glabrous above, clothed with velvety to- 

 mentum beneath ; peduncles terminal, 2-3-flowered ; pedicels 



longer than the peduncle. b. . S. Native on the banks of the 

 Orinoco and Rio Negro, and near Caraccas and Carthagena, 

 where it is called Caruto by the natives. Corolla white, havin<r 

 the tube silky both inside and outside. 

 Caruto Genipa. Tree 20 feet. 



3 G. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 378.) leaves obovate, ob- 

 tuse, glabrous above, and clothed with velvety pubescence be- 

 neath ; flowers by threes, almost terminal, on very short pedi- 

 cels. J? . S. Native of Cuba, about the Havannah. Flowers 

 very like those of G. Americana, but are on shorter pedicels, and 

 fewer in number ; and the leaves are broader and blunter. 



Downy Genipa. Tree 20 feet. 



4 G. OBLONGIFO V LIA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 67. t. 220. 

 f. a.) leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, shining above, and downy on 

 the nerves beneath, with rather revolute margins ; flowers 

 crowded at the tops of the branches, on short pedicels, and dis- 

 posed somewhat racemosely. b . S. Native of Peru, on the 

 Andes, in groves in hot places, and at Guayaquil. The corolla 

 is said to be yellow, but is probably white in the recent state as 

 in the rest of the species. Fruit size of a peach. The seeds and 

 pulp of the fruit are used by the Indians to dye their face and 

 hands of a permanent black colour. 



Oblong-leaved Genipa. Clt. 1821. Tree 20 feet. 



5 G. '! STRIIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 378.) leaves elliptic, 

 membranous, acuminated at both ends, glabrous, on short pe- 

 tioles ; stipulas small, deciduous; pedicels axillary, short, 1- 

 flowered ; limb of calyx broadly truncate, ciliated, short ; tube 

 of corolla broad, conical, striated, horny on the inside at the 

 base, and closed in the middle inside by a circle of hairs ; stigma 

 thick, 2-lobed. b, . S. Native of Brazil. Perhaps a proper 

 genus. Leaves somewhat sinuated from some cause. 



Striped-flowered Genipa. Tree. 



j" Species not sufficiently known, 

 * American. 



6 G. MERIA'N^E (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 107.) hairy; 

 leaves oblong-obovate ; flowers crowded at the tops of the 

 branches ; fruit globose, very villous, crowned by the tube of 

 the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Cayenne and Surinam. Poir. 

 suppl. 2. p. 708. Duroia eriopila, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 30. and p. 

 209. Merian, sur. t. 43. The tree has the habit of Isertia 

 cocclnea. Flowers hexamerous and hexandrous, nearly ses- 

 sile, very like those of Jasminum Sdrnbac. Berry hairy, about 

 the size of the clenched fist, umbilicate. Seeds imbedded in the 

 pulp, which is grateful and edible. 



Merian' s Genipa. Clt. 1800. Tree 20 feet. 

 * Asiatic. 



7 G. ? BUFFALI'NA (Lour. coch. p. 149.) prickles long, 

 straight, opposite ; leaves ovate, glabrous, in fascicles ; flowers 

 solitary ; calyx bluntly 5-cleft; berry almost dry, roundish. J? . 

 G. Native of Cochinchina. Flowers greenish-white. Berry 

 brownish. Perhaps a species of Randia or Gardenia, but the 

 berry is said to be 2-celled. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. 



Buffalo's Genipa. Shrub 9 feet. 



8 G. ? ESCULE'NTA (Lour. 1. c.) stem quite simple ; spines 

 long, straight, opposite ; leaves opposite, hairy, in fascicles : 

 flowers lateral, in fascicles ; calyx acutely 5-cleft ; berry fleshy, 

 roundish, 1 -celled. T? . G. Native of Cochinchina. Flowers 

 greenish-white. Segments of corolla oblong, acuminated. Berry 

 size of a cherry, edible. 



Esculent Genipa. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 



9 G. ? FLA'VA (Lour. 1. c.) prickles few, scattered, straight ; 

 leaves broad-lanceolate, glabrous ; flowers solitary, terminal ; 

 corolla rather hairy. Tj . G. Native of China, about Canton. 

 Corolla yellow, rotate. Fruit unknown. 



Yellow-flowered Genipa. Shrub 5 feet. 



