564 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Gardenia. 
ays eS 
ovules numerous, 2-seriate, on 2-6 parietal placentas ; style stout; 
stigma clavate, fusiform, or 2-fid. Frwit a large ovoid, ellipsoid or 
lobose, coriaceous or fleshy berry with a woody endocarp, which 
sometimes splits vertically along the placentas. Seeds many, contr . 
pressed, embedded in the placenta; testa thin; albumen horny; _ 
embryo minute. : 
Shrubs without ome stipules connate, large; flowers large, 1 in.or 
more across, solitary ; buds resinous : 
it without bs calyx-limb distinctly toothed :— 
pe pr —— narrow-lanceolate to subulate ; leaves large, | 
up to 8-10 in. long :— is 
Leaves dull goers broadly elliptic or orbicular, obtuse, some 
times ternate, almost sessile; nerves about 12 pairs; calyx-teeth 
subulate-lanceolate, agit re ct corolla-lobes 5-9, a 
oblique ; fruit globose ; placentas 4-5 ......sseeeeeereeereeees latifolia. 
Leaves shining, elliptic, is or subacute, distinctly polo 
20- 
nerves 20-30 pairs ; tags 0s narrow-lanceolate ; corolla — 
lu 
shits bovate, acute or obtu essile; nerves 15-20 eS 
sonslle obec 5, ae obtuse ; trait ‘ellipsoid or oblong ; plac 
co pee 
Fruit distinctly 5-ribbed, pee leaves ulate; 
eaves small, ovate ; calyx-limb Sake ab 6 teeth ssi ate, 
able 
Leaves large, 6-12 in. long, obovate ; calyx-limb cheers si 
Corolla-lobes 5, DrOGd ...........eceeccsccsscaperecceescenetsver sett) oe 
pre armed with spinescent, abortive branches; stipules re 
eciduous ; flowers small, under 1 in., the females solitary, the 
taeciclet buds not resinous :— 
Pears coriaceous ; Sie salyer-shaped, the tube subeylindric ; 
beaked, ovoid or mae mooth :— ida. 
Leaves elliptic or obovate, glabrous or pubescent beneath ..-urg 
Leaves often orbicular, densely tomentose benea montand- 
turgida var. mo" ‘lige 
Leaves membranous ; corolla campanulate ; fruit not er simetelle 
or subglobose, obeourely B-Tid ged cesses. ssssseeeecoawenecen tes mpe 
fruit 
969. GARDENIA LATIFoLIA Ait.; F. I. i. 706; F. B. 1 
E. D. &. 
Ww. Beigel; Behar ; Chota Nagpur. 
