

RUBIACEjE. XXXVII. RANDIA. XXXVIII. CHAPELIERIA. XXXIX. HEINSIA. 



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Jacq. amer. p. 70. t. 48. Gardenia maritima, Vahl, herb. 

 Gardenia Mussse'nda, Thunb. diss. no. 5. Perhaps 2 or 3 

 allied species are here confused. The branches are glabrous in 

 Jacquin's and De Candolle's specimens, but hairy in those of 

 Kunth and Thunberg. Corolla with an incurved or straight 

 tube, villous and green on the outside (ex Jacq.), but the seg- 

 ments are white within. Berry corticate, ovate, crowned by the 

 calyx, 2-celled. Stigmas 2, acute, revolute. 



Mussarnda-like Randia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 5 to 6 feet? 



32 R. RUIZIA^NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 388.) shrubby, unarmed ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, on short petioles, glabrous above, rather 

 hairy on the veins underneath ; flowers terminal, solitary, sessile ; 

 calyx hairy, with subulate, erect segments ; corolla hairy on the 

 outside, with a very long tube, an obconical villous throat, and 

 spreading acute segments. ^ . S. Native of Peru, on the 

 Andes, in groves at Pozuzo. Gardenia longiflbra, Ruiz et Pav. 

 fl. per. 2. t. 219. but not of Ait. Branches very long, when 

 young rather tetragonal. Berry cylindrical, large, yellowish, 

 striated longitudinally by 10 brown nerves, 2-celled, containing 

 a sweet edible pulp. Flowers white. Stigmas 2, thick, re- 

 flexed. 



Ruiz's Randia. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



33 R. MACRA'NTHA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby, unarmed ; leaves 

 oval-oblong, acuminated, rather ciliated ; flowers sessile, almost 

 terminal, 5-parted ; lobes of calyx subulate, spreading ; corolla 

 with a long tube, which is dilated at the apex, and revolute 

 segments, fj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Randia longiflora, 

 Salisb. par. t. 93. but not of Lam. Gardenia longiflbra, Ait. 

 hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 368. but not. fl. per. Gardenia 

 macrantha, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 235. Flowers 6-7 

 inches long, cream-coloured, fragrant. Stigmas 2, thick, obtuse, 

 flat inside and convex outside. Ovarium 2-celled. According 

 to Salisbury, this with others he proposes to separate into a 

 distinct genus to be called Euclinia. 



Long-flowered Randia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1696. Shrub 

 5 to 6 feet. 



34 R. LONoisiYLA (D. C. I. c.) shrubby, unarmed ; leaves 

 oval, villous above, but villously tomentose beneath, as well as 

 the petioles ; stipulas ovate, glabrous, scarious, deciduous ; 

 flowers almost terminal, disposed in corymbose fascicles ; lobes 

 of calyx parted to the base of the limb, erect, lanceolate, cili- 

 ated. J? S. Native of Guinea, on the Gambia at Albreda, 

 where it was collected by Leprieur and Perrottet. Flowers black, 

 in the dried state, but probably white when recent, 1^ inch 

 long. Style much exserted ; stigma thick, bipartite. Fruit 

 nearly globose, about an inch in diameter. Seeds compressed, 

 separated by gluten and partitions. 



Long-styled Randia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



35 R. MADAOASCARIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 389.) shrubky, 

 unarmed ; leaves ovate, acute, on short petioles, glabrous, cori- 

 aceous ; flowers axillary, sessile, bibracteate at the base ; limb 

 of calyx 5-lobed, obtuse ; corolla velvety outside from tomen- 

 tum, with a terete tube, and 5 oblong obtuse lobes ; genitals 

 inclosed. ^ . S. Native of Madagascar. Gardenia Mada- 

 gascariensis. Lam. diet. 2. p. 608. Flowers about 3 inches 

 long, (ex Lam.) Tube of corolla 15 lines long, (ex D. C.) 



Madagascar Randia. Shrub 5 to 18 feet. 



36 R. GENIPJEFLO'RA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby, unarmed; leaves 

 oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends, coriaceous, glabrous, on 

 short petioles ; stipulas lanceolate ; peduncles axillary, very 

 short, divided at top into many 1-flowered pedicels, which are 

 disposed in a corymb ; limb of calyx tubular, permanent, 5- 

 toothed, a little shorter than the corolla, tj . S. Native of 

 Sierra Leone, where it was collected by Smeathmann. Tube of 

 corolla cylindrical, hardly longer than its lobes. Anthers long, 

 linear. Stigmas 2, slender, acute. Berry dry, 2-celled, crowned 



by the tubular limb of the calyx ; placentas scarcely exserted. 

 Seeds horizontal. 



Genipa-florvered Randia. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



37 R. TALANGNINIA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval-oblong, acute 

 at the base, obtuse at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous ; stipulas 

 short, undivided ; flowers axillary, solitary, a little shorter than 

 the leaves ; calyx long and tubular beyond the ovarium, with 

 5 short, acute teeth at the apex ; corolla with a long terete 

 tube, and is as well as the segments clothed with velvety hairs 

 on the outside. Jj . S. Native of Madagascar, on the east 

 coast, where it was collected by Chapelier, and called by him 

 Talangninia. Berry dry, ovate, rather acuminated. 



Talangnin's Randia. Shrub. 



f Doubtful species. 



38 R. ? DRUPA'CEA (D. C. 1. c.) berry ovate, drupaceous, con- 

 taining a bony putamen. ^ S. Native of Java. Posoqueria 

 drupacea, Gsertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 77. t. 195. f. 1. The rest 

 unknown. 



Z)ru/>aceos-fruited Randia. Tree or shrub. 



39 R. ? POLYSPE'RMA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 146.) shrub bushy 

 and much branched ; leaves _oblong, acuminated, smooth ; sti- 

 pulas subulate ; spikes panicled, axillary. Tj S. Native of 

 the East Indies, about Chittagong. 



Many-seeded Randia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Gardenia, p. 499. 

 All the species being very showy, usually bearing large, white, 

 fragrant flowers, are therefore worth cultivating in every collec- 

 tion of stove plants. 



XXXVIII. CHAPELIE'RIA (named after M. Chapelier, 

 who collected many plants in Madagascar, during his travels in 

 that island). A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. vol. 5. p. 252. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 389. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a 5-parted 

 limb, and erect, acute, permanent lobes. Corolla with a slender 

 tube and a 5-parted limb : rather oblique, spreading, lanceolate, 

 acute segments, and a villous throat. Stamens 5, almost sessile, 

 inclosed, inserted in the middle of the tube. Style short, in- 

 closed ; stigma oblong, bipartite, with the lobes approximate. 

 Fruit egg-shaped, fleshy, coriaceous, 2-celled, crowned by the 

 large erect limb of the calyx ; cells many-seeded. Seeds dis- 

 tinct, many-sided, of a golden yellow colour, and clothed with 

 adpressed, silky down. Embryo linear, terete, in the center 

 of a horny albumen. A shrub. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, 

 elliptic, acute, quite glabrous. Stipulas entire, caducous, inter- 

 petiolar. Flowers on short pedicels, crowded in the axils of the 

 leaves. Habit almost of an apocyneous plant. 



1 C. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (A. Rich. 1. c.). J? . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. 



Madagascar Chapelieria. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Gardenia, p. 499. 



XXXIX. HEI'NSIA (named in memory of the famous phi- 

 lologist Heinsius, the translator of Theophrastus's works). D. 

 C. prod. 4. p. 390. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an obovate 

 tube and a 5-parted limb ; and oblong, foliaceous, permanent 

 lobes. Corolla salver-shaped, with a terete tube, which is longer 

 than the calycine lobes, very hairy inside in the upper part, and 

 5, oval, acute undulated lobes. Anthers 5, linear, acute, sessile 

 towards the top of the tube, inclosed and hidden among the 

 hairs. Style filiform, shorter than the tube of the corolla ; 

 stigmas 2, linear. Fruit globose, crowned by the calyx, dry, 

 hard, indehiscent, 2-celled; placentas 2, thick, adnate to the 



