RUBIACE^E. XXXVI. GARDENIA. XXXVII. RANDIA. 



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35 G. BLUMEA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 383.) shrubby, spinose ; 

 leaves lanceolate, glabrous ; flowers axillary, and almost termi- 

 nal, usually solitary ; calycine segments ovate, bluntish ; corolla 

 somewhat campanulate. Ij . S. Native of Java, among bushes 

 on the mountains. G. campanulata, Blum, bijdr. p. 1017. 

 This differs from G. campanulata, Roxb. in the figure of the 

 calyx. 



Blume's Gardenia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



Unarmed shrubs. 



36 G. ? VOLU'BILIS (Lour. coch. p. 148.) shrubby, unarmed, 

 twining ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, on short pe- 

 tioles ; peduncles long, axillary, many flowered ; calycine seg- 

 ments 5, acute, erect; corolla funnel-shaped, with a dilated 

 throat ; berry roundish, 2-celled. fy Gr. Native of China 

 beyond the suburbs of Canton. Flowers pale. Stigma thick, 

 warted, subulate at the apex. Seeds round. This shrub should 

 be excluded from Gardenia. Segments of corolla, long, repand. 



Twining Gardenia. Shrub tw. 



37 G.? PUBE'SCENS (Roth, nov. spec. 151.) unarmed ; leaves 

 roundish-oval, acuminated at both ends, clothed with brown to- 

 mentum beneath while young, as well as on the branchlets ; 

 corymbs axillary, dichotomous, divaricate ; calyx minutely 5- 

 toothed ; corolla funnel-shaped, tomentose. J? . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Flowers the size of those of Rhamnus frdn- 

 gula. Berry the size of a cherry, rugged from dots, glabrous. 



Pubescent Gardenia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



38 G. ? ACUMINA'TA ; shrubby, branched, unarmed; leaves 

 broad-oval, lanceolate, long, sessile ; flowers terminal and axil- 

 lary, small ; fruit oval, acuminated. "2 . S. Native of Sierra 

 Leone, on the mountains in the woods. Perhaps a species of 

 Pomatium. 



Acuminated-fruited Gardenia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



39 G. ? BRASILIE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 763.) unarmed; 

 leaves oblong, coriaceous, opaque ; branchlets hairy ; peduncles 

 axillary, 3-4-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calycine seg- 

 ments subulate, shorter than the tube of the corolla. fj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Brazilian Gardenia. Shrub. 



40 G. ? LONGIFOLIA ; shrubby, branched, unarmed; leaves 

 long, broad-lanceolate, acuminated, entire, membranous, petio- 

 late ; flowers terminal, solitary, sessile ; fruit large, roundish, 

 smooth. Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, in the woods on the 

 mountains. 



Long-leaved Gardenia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



* Spinose shrubs, 



41 G.? DE'NSA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 559.) shrubby, 

 stiff"; branches numerous, decussate, spinose at the apex ; leaves 

 in fascicles, obovate, almost sessile, smooth ; flowers solitary, 

 sessile, terminal ; limb of calyx tubular, 5-toothed : teeth subu- 

 late ; corolla with a 5-parted limb, and lanceolate acuminated 

 lobes. fy . G. Native of Nipaul, on the southern face of 

 Sheopore, above Thoka. Branches obscurely 4-cornered. While 

 young the thorns are pubescent, and covered by a pair of ap- 

 proximate stipula-like scales. Flowers small, of a yellowish 

 white colour, fragrant. Corolla pubescent within, and closed by 

 a circle of silky hairs about the middle. Stigma obscurely 2- 

 lobed. Very nearly allied to G. tetrasperma. Cells of ovarium 

 3-seeJed. 



Dense Gardenia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



42 G. SCA'NDENS (Thunb. diss. gard. no. 9. t. 2. f. 5.) 

 shrubby, climbing ; spines straight, very short, decussate ; 

 leaves ovate, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered ; 



corolla with a terete tube, and lanceolate segments ; calyx 5- 

 toothed. Tj . w . G. Native of China. G. jasminoicles, Retz, 

 obs. 2. p. 14. Perhaps a species of Rdndia. Corolla white, 

 glabrous. Stigma clavate. 



Climbing Gardenia. Shrub cl. 



43 G. ? PAPULA (Horsf. ex Willd. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 5. p. 244.) spines hooked, shorter than the petioles ; leaves ovate, 

 acute ; corymbs axillary. Ij . S. Native of Java. The rest 

 unknown. 



Spreading Gardenia. Shrub. 



44 G. ? STIPULA'RIS (Rottl. et Willd. in act. bonn. 4. (1803.) 

 p. 182.) shrubby; spines setaceous; leaves elliptic, acute at 

 both ends, short ; flowers sessile, solitary, terminal ; calycine 

 segments obtuse, and are as well as the tube glabrous. Jj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Spines very short. Leaves like 

 those of G. spinosa. Corolla with a long slender tube. The 

 spines, according to Rottler, are stipular ; hence the name. 



Stipular-spined Gardenia. Shrub. 



45 G. ? FAGIFOLIA (Willd. rel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. 

 p. 243.) branchlets terminated by 4 spines ; flowers solitary ; 

 leaves roundish-ovate, downy beneath, stiff) plicately veined. 

 Ij . S. Native of South America, where it was collected by 

 Humboldt and Bonpland. Willdenow says the leaves are acute- 

 angled, but this is probably a mistake. 



Beach-leaved Gardenia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



46 G. ? CORNIFOUA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 384.) shrubby, spi- 

 nose ; branches glabrous ; leaves acuminated, ovate, rather cori- 

 aceous, and are, as well as the branches, downy ; flowers 6-8- 

 together at the tops of the branches, sessile, subcorymbose, each 

 furnished with a bifid involucel ; calyx 4-toothed ; corolla vil- 

 lous on the outside, with a terete tube, and a spreading 4- parted 

 limb. ^2 . G. Native of the temperate parts of New Granada, 

 near Guadua. Gardenia parviflora, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 3. p. 408. t. 293. but not of Poir. Flowers white, sweet- 

 scented. The ovarium and fruit being unknown, it is doubtful 

 whether it belongs to the genus. 



Dogwood-leaved Gardenia. Shrub 5 feet. 



47 G. ? MICROCA'RPA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke ex D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 384.) spines few, short, straight ; leaves oblong, coriace- 

 ous, shining above, quite glabrous on both surfaces, as well as 

 the branchlets ; stipulas subulately acuminated ; flowers 1 -3- 

 together, terminal, pedicellate ; limb of calyx short, tubular, 

 with subulate teeth, which are much shorter than the corolla, 

 which is glabrous ; fruit ovate, crowned. Jj S. Native of the 

 Philippine islands, as in Luzon, &c. Perhaps a species of 

 Rdndia. 



Small-fruited Gardenia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cult. All the species of Gardenia bear elegant sweet-scented 

 flowers, which in most of the species are large. They are 

 generally free flowerers. The soil best suited for them is a 

 mixture of loam, peat, and sand. The stove species thrive best 

 in a moist heat ; and cuttings of all root readily if taken off 

 while not too ripe, planted in a pot of sand, which should be 

 plunged in a moist heat under a hand-glass. The double- 

 flowered varieties otG.Jlorida and G. radlcans are cultivated to a 

 considerable extent, under the name of Cape jasmine, for the beauty 

 and fragrance of their flowers ; the best manner of getting these 

 to bloom freely is to set them in a close frame, on a little bottom 

 heat, in spring, but the pots should not be plunged; and in 

 winter they may be set in the green-house. 



XXXVII. RA'NDIA (named after Isaac Rand, M.D. once 

 a demonstrator of botany at the Chelsea botanic garden). Houst. 

 in Lin. hort. cliff. (1737.) p. 485. gen. no. 211. Juss. mem. 

 mus. 6. p. 392. Lam. ill. t. 156. D. C. prod. 4. p. 384. Oxy- 



