272 XLV. nuBIAXJEiE. [Gardenia 



Common in dry places, in many parts of India, in the sub-Himalayan forests 

 ascending to 3000 ft., north-west as far as the Jumna, in Bengal, Behar, Central 

 India, South India, and Ceylon. Trunk short, 3 and at times 4 ft. girth, with 

 stiff divergent branches, forming a small rounded head, up to 30 ft. high. New 

 leaves in the beginning of May ; fl. in April and May ; the fruit ripens in the 

 ensuing cold season. Bark -^ in. thick, white, grey or greenish, scurfy and 

 farinaceous, but upon the whole smooth. The wood is white, with a yellowish 

 tinge, close- and fine-grained; it weighs when dry 52-53 lb. per cub. ft., is easy 

 to work, and durable ; combs are made of it, and it has been recommended for 

 engraving and turner's work. Annual rings distinct. 



A tree figured in Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 134, and described in that work, and in Fl 

 Ind. i. 706, under the name of G. latifolia (G. enneandra, Konig ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 394 ; Wight Ic. t. 574), from the Circars and the Carnatic, has the lobes of the 

 corolla as long as the tube (no constant character in this group), and the calyx 

 limb short-dentate. Roxburgh identifies it with Aiton's G. latifolia, but thinks 

 it different from that plant as figured by Gartner, Carp. iii. t. 193. The ques- 

 tion, whether the plant described and figured by Roxburgh is specifically distinct 

 from G. latifolia, Ait., as here described, demands farther inquiry. 



8. RAWDIA, Linn. 



Shrubs or rarely trees, often armed with opposite axillary thorns. Sti- 

 pules solitary on each side, pointed, with a broad base, but not united 

 often deciduous. Calyx-limb more or less produced beyond the ovary, 

 truncate, toothed or lobed. Corolla-tube cylindrical, short or long, rarely 

 dilated at the top ; lobes 5, contorted in the bud. Anthers nearly sessile, 

 included in the tube or exserted. Ovary 2-celled, with several, usually 

 numerous ovules in each cell, attached on the dissepiment to a fleshy pla 

 centa. Fruit succulent, indehiscent, often crowned by the calyx-limb. 

 Seeds numerous, immersed in the fleshy or pulpy placenta. 



Corolla-tube glabrous, much longer than calyx ; fruit a small 



4-seeded berry, in. long . . . . . . 1. R. tetrasperma. 



Corolla-tube hairy, short ; fruit large, more than 1 in. long. 

 Branches rust-coloured ; spines 1-4, at the end of short 

 branehlets ; calyx with 5-8 short obtuse lobes ; fruit grey, 



2 in. long . . . 2. R. uliginosa. 



Branches grey ; spines axillary ; calyx with 5 broad ovate 



foliaceous divisions ; fruit yellow, 1-1^ in. long . . 3. R. dumetorum. 



1. R. tetrasperma, Benth. & Hook. Syn. Gardenia tetrasperma, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 709, ed. Carey, ii. 555. Vern. Bara garri, Kamaon. 



A small shrub, with grey, decussate, stiff branches, and short, often 

 spinescent branehlets. Leaves glabrous, J-2 in. long, obovate or oblan- 

 ceolate, narrow ed into short petiole, approximate near ends of branehlets ; 

 stipules triangular - subulate. Flowers greenish - white, scented, sessile, 

 pentanierous. Calyx-lobes as long as tube, subulate from a triangular 

 base. Anthers exserted. Corolla-tube J in. long ; lobes nearly as long, 

 oblong; apex subulate. Stigma long, spindle-shaped. Fruit a globose 

 berry, crowned with the persistent calyx, \ in. long, 4-seeded. 



Himalaya from Indus to Bhutan. In North-West Himalaya ascends to 6000 

 ft. Fl. April, May. 



