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obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, ad 12*5 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, sub- 

 coriacea, utrinque molliter pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 8-9 supra conspicuis subtus prominulis petioli ad 8 mm. longi ; 

 stipulae deciduae, 3 mm. longae, 3*5 mm. latae. Cymae pseudo- 

 axillares, pluriflorae, densius breviter hirsutae, pedunculo communi 

 circa 0'5 cm. longo, pedicellis fere 1*5 cm. longis, bracteis deciduis. 

 Receptaculum campanulatum, fere 4 mm. altum. Calyx ad 3 mm. 

 altus, dentatus. Corollae albae tubi purpureo-picti (ex Witt} pars 

 basi aequalis 7 mm. longa, 4 mm. diametro, pars superior campanu- 

 lata, ad 3*5 cm. longa, apice 4 cm. diametro, lobi oblongi, obtusi, 

 2*5 cm. longi, 1*7 cm. lati. Anther ae lineares, 1*4 cm. longae. 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 392. 

 Lower Siam, Korat, in dry deciduous jungle, 60 m., Witt. 



Gardenia erythroclada, Kurz F.B.I., iii. p. 119 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 40 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 66. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 647. 

 Distr. Burma. 



Gardenia obtusifolia, Roxb. F.B.I., iii. p. 116 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 42. ? G. up., Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Lipn. Soc., xxviii. p. 66. 



Chiengmai, deciduous jungle, foot of Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., 

 Kerr^ 543. 



Distr. Burma. 



Gardenia sessiliflora, Wall. F.B.I., iii. p. 118 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 40. 



Chiengmai, mixed jungle, foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m,, Kcrr, 587. 

 Distr. Pegu. 



Gardenia sootepensis, Hutchinson^ affinis G. coronariae, Ham., 

 sed foliis subtus molliter tomentellis differt. 



Arbor ; ramuli teretes, apice foliacei, internodiis vix 1 cm. longis, 

 cortice parce tomentello demum glabro. Folia obovata vel obovato- 

 elliptica, breviter acumimita, acumine obtuso vel subobtuso, I nisi 

 obtusa vel subacuta, 9-11 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, rigide churtacea, 

 supra viscida, puberula, subtus plerumque molliter tomentella, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 15-20 leviter obliquis subtus valde 

 prominentibus, venis subtus paullo conspicuis ; petiolus ad 1 cm. 

 longus, viscidus, pubcrulus ; stipulae in tubuin connatae, 1 cm. 

 iongae, truucatae, submembranaceae, ciliatae, demum leviter indu- 

 ratac et deciduae. Flares ad ramulorum apices solitarii ; pedicelli 

 1-1*5 cm. longi, robusti, viscidi, puberuli. Receptaculum subcylin- 

 draceum, 5 mm. longum, puberulum. Calyx tubulosus, superne 

 unilateraliter fissus, 1*3-1*5 cm. longus, extra viscidus, parce 

 pubescens, intra adpresse pilosus. Corolla alba, demum flava (ex 

 Kerr) ; tubus cylindraceus, 5-5*5 cm. longus, medio 3-4 mm. 

 diametro, extra minute puberulus, intra glaber ; lobi 5, late obovati, 

 circiter 4 cm. longi et 3 cm. lati, venosi, glabri. Anther ac supra 

 medium affixae, 1*5 cm. longae, circiter 2mm. exsertae vel inclusae. 

 Stylus 6 cm. longus, sulcatus, inferne parce subadpresse pubescens, 

 stigmate clavato. Ovarii placentae 2. Fructus oblongo-ellipsoideus, 

 4 cm. longus, vix 3 cm. diametro, parce lenticellatus ; pericarpium 

 durum, lignosum, 2 mm. crassum. Semina OD, foveolata. Hutchin- 

 son apud Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 392. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, mixed jungle, 750m,, Kerr, 1794. 



