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RUBIACE^i. XXXVII. RANDIA. 



gena, Martinico, St. Lucia, &c. in woods. Mussae'nda spinosa, 

 Lin. mant. p. 45. Jacq. amer. t. 49. Gardenia armata, Swartz, 

 fl. ind. occ. p. 524. Gardenia tetracantha, Lam. diet. 2. p. 

 609. Leaves glabrous or downy, cuneated at the base. Tube 

 of corolla an inch long. Flowers pure white, sweet-scented. 

 Berry oval, corticate, 2-celled, crowned by the calyx.^ Seeds 

 numerous, enveloped in pulp. It differs from R. tetracantha in 

 the flowers being one half smaller. 



Armed Randia. Clt. 1813. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



19 R. FE V ROX (D. C. 1. c.) thorns decussate, spreading, acute ; 

 leaves ovate, or oval, glabrous above and pubescent beneath ; 

 stipulas pellucid ; flowers disposed in cymose fascicles ; tube of 

 calyx turbinate, but the limb is acute and 5-cleft beyond the 

 middle ; segments of corolla almost orbicular. fj . S. Native 

 of Brazil, at Rio Padre. Gardenia ferox, Cham, et Schlecht. 

 in Linnaea. 4. p. 198. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 



Fierce Randia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



20 R. CAPITA'TA (D.C. 1. c.) thorns stiff, short, 4 at the top 

 of each branchlet ; leaves ovate, acute, hairy on both surfaces 

 as well as on the branchlets ; flowers sessile, 6-8 in a capitate 

 fascicle at the tops of the branchlets ; limb of calyx tubular, 

 with stiff, subulate teeth ; tube of corolla 3 times longer than 

 the segments, villous on the outside. T? . G. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers white, sweet-scented. 



Capitate-flowered Randia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



21 R. TETRACA'NTHA (D. C. 1. c.) branches opposite, hori- 

 zontal, bearing each 4 thorns at the apex ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, tomentose ; flowers sessile, 4 at the top of each 

 branch ; limb of calyx tubular, terminating in 5 subulate teeth ; 

 tube of corolla long, villous. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, about 

 Acapulco and Regiomonti. Mussae'nda tetracantha, Cav. icon. 

 5. p. 20. t. 435. Gardenia armata. Bartl. but not of Swartz. 

 Corolla pale yellow. Berry size of a pigeon's egg, not crowned 

 by the calyx. 



Four-spined Randia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 5 to 10 ft. 



22 R. PROPI'NUA ; branches slightly downy, armed with 4 

 spines at the apex, placed crosswise ; leaves ovate, cordate, 

 undulated, acuminated, downy, petiolate ; flowers in terminal 

 fascicles. ^ . S. Native country unknown. Gardenia pro- 

 pinqua, Lindl. bot. reg. t. 975. Thorns straight, infra-axillary. 

 Leaves clustered at the ends of the branches, rather longer than 

 the flowers. Corolla with a long cylindrical tube, and a 5- 

 parted, spreading limb, with cordate, ovate, acute, flat segments, 

 which are rather longer than the tube. Anthers semi-exserted, 

 Flowers large, white. 



Allied Randia. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



23 R. HUMBOLDTIA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, 

 glabrous, furnished each with 2 spines at the apex ; leaves ellip- 

 tic, short-acuminated, pubescent, membranous ; flowers 3-5 to- 

 gether, terminal, pedunculate ; corollas pubescent. (7 . S. 

 Native on the shores of the Pacific near Guayaquil. Mussae'nda 

 pubescens, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 410. Gar- 

 denia Humboldtiana, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 243. Mus- 

 sae'nda Humboldtiana, Steud. nom. Gardenia pubescens, Bartl. 

 in herb. Haenke, but not of Roth. Flowers white, sweet- 

 scented. Allied to R. armata. Fruit unknown. 



Humboldt's Randia. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



24 R. NITIDA(D. C. 1. c.) branchlets rather angular, furnished 

 with 2 spines at the apex ; leaves ovate-elliptic, acute, gla- 

 brous, shining ; flowers terminal, twin, or by threes or fours, 

 sessile ; corollas glabrous. Jj . S. Native of New Granada, 

 near Turbaco. Mussae'nda nitida, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 3. p. 410. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Fruit unknown. 



Shining-]eaved Randia. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



25 R. TRIFLO'RA (Hamilt. in D. Don, fl. nep. p. 138.) thorns 

 opposite, subulate, adnate to the branches above the petioles ; 



petioles and branchlets hairy ; stipulas ovate, cuspidate ; leaves 

 ovate ; peduncles axillary, 3-flowered ; calyx campanulate : 

 having the lobes ovate at the base, and linear-subulate at the 

 apex, fj . G. Native of Nipaul, at Hethaura. Peduncles 

 solitary, very short, usually 3, sometimes 4-flowered. Flowers 

 usually 6-cleft and hexandrous. Anthers semi-exserted. 

 Three-flowered Randia. Shrub. 



26 R. HORRIDA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 248.) branches 

 reclinate ; branchlets decussate ; thorns opposite, horn-formed ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous ; racemes trichotomous, almost 

 terminal. Jj . G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. Oxy- 

 ceros horrida, Lour. coch. p. 151. Spines large, acute. Flowers 

 white. Berry black. 



Horrid Randia. Shrub 8 feet. 



27 R. SINE'NSIS (Rcem. et Schultes, 1. c.) thorns short, oppo- 

 site, rather recurved ; leaves lanceolate (Lour.) : superior ones 

 ovate, nerved, glabrous ; corymbs small, terminal, few-flowered ; 

 limb of calyx tubular, 5-lobed ; tube of corolla long, glabrous : 

 having the throat hardly inflated; anthers linear, exserted, 

 about equal in length to the lobes, which are spreading. Jj . G. 

 Native of China, about Canton. Oxy'ceros Sinensis, Lour, 

 coch. p. 151. Randia Chinensis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 768. R. 

 longiflora, Lam. ill. 156. f. 3.? Flowers white, salver-shaped, 

 with a very long tube. Berry small, roundish, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



China Randia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 5 feet. 



28 R. AFRICA'NA ; shrub spinose ; fruit woody, oblong, or 

 roundish. 17 . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers small, 

 greenish yellow. 



African Randia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



SECT. II. EUCLINIA (from tv, eu, well, and K\ivia, klino, to 

 bend ; the segments of the corolla are well bent over each other 

 before expansion). D. C. prod. 4. p. 388. Unarmed shrubs. 

 Tube of corolla usually dilated and obconical at the throat. 

 Perhaps a proper genus. 



29 R. MACULA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 388.) shrubby, unarmed ; 

 branchlets rather downy ; leaves oval, smooth, glandular in the 

 axils of the nerves beneath, not pilose ; flowers terminal, soli- 

 tary from the axils on the ultimate leaves ; tube of corolla 

 very long, dilated at the apex, fy . S. Native of Guinea. 

 Rothmannia longiflora, Salisb par. t. 65. Limb of calyx rather 

 villous, 5-toothed. Corolla 5 inches long, white, spotted with 

 purple at the throat ; segments ovate, spreading. Ovarium 2- 

 celled. 



Spotted- flowered Randia. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1696. Shrub 

 5 to 6 feet. 



30 R. SPECIO'SA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 388.) shrubby, unarmed, 

 glabrous ; leaves elliptic-oblong, shining above ; flowers from 

 the tops of the branchlets, solitary in the axils of the ultimate 

 leaves ; tube of corolla very long, clothed with adpressed down 

 on the outside : the segments acuminated. fj . S. Native of 

 Cayenne, where it was collected by Patris. Tube of corolla 

 9 inches long, hardly dilated at the apex. Genitals inclosed. 

 Berry ovate. Tube of calyx cylindrical, semi-quinquefid ; lobes 

 subulate, erect. 



Elegant Randia. Shrub. 



31 R. MUSS^E'NDA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby, unarmed ; leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate, acute, downy on the veins underneath ; 

 flowers solitary, sessile, terminating the branchlets ; tube of calyx 

 semi-quinquefid : the lobes subulate ; corolla villous on the out* 

 side, with a long tube, and acuminated segments, fj . S. Native 

 of Carthagena in woods (Jacquin.); on the banks of the river Mag- 

 dalena, near Honda (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 408.) ; 

 Dutch Guiana (Meyer, esseq. p. 128.) ; Mexico, Demerara, 

 French Guiana, and probably of Tobago. Mussae'nda formosa, 



