563 
Gardenia.) RUBIACE#. 
Leaves oe. elliptic, abruptly acuminate; nerves 15-20 pairs, said 
horizon patent 
ep Ji dbu Sd wena pin ener treet 3 
966. since wuTaNs Wall; F. B. Tail. 96. 
Se! are ry 
ng. 
A small erect shrub. 
, 967. Myrtonruron CiarKet Hook. f.; 
Chittagong. 
siafl erect shrub. 
F, B. I. iii. 96. 
417. Hamelia Jacq. 
Shrubs with slender terete branches ; leaves opposite or whorled, 
deciduous. Flowers 
ae Stamens 5, adnate to bas 
er short; anthers linear, ia bifid, connective garry 
Dis 
k swollen. aan connate in a net celled ovary 5 
sulcate, » slightly 
t 
wisted. Frwit a small, abide 5-locular, many-s seeded berry; 
Se 
er 
sr by the somewhat 5-lobed disk. 
ar; testa membranous; albumen fleshy; embryo clavate. 
MELIA PATENS Jacq. 
A favourite shrub in gardens ; often also subspontaneous 
near villages in C. Bengal. 
418. Gardenia Linn. 
| ai 8 or trees, often armed ; leaves Si rarely ternate ; 
Mainal intrapetiolar, often connate. wers often large, a 
or r axillary, solitary, fascicled, 
d polygamous. epals 
: thaceous OT cleft 
- the : 
mae lobes 5-9, contorted. tamens 5-9, adnate 
Sessile tube, alternate with the corolla-lobes 5 anthers included, 
or nearly so, linear, Carp connate in a 1- oie ovary 5 
