Gardenia] LXI. EUBIACE^E 379 



slightly wider upwards, lobes 5 or more, contorted iu bud. Ovary 1-celled, 

 incompletely divided by 2, 3 or more projecting parietal placentas. Fr. fleshy, 

 indebiscent, usually crowned with the persistent calyx-limb, endocarp hard. 

 Seeds numerous, embedded in the fleshy or pulpy placenta. Species 60, Old 

 "World, tropical and subtropical. 



A. Unarmed. Fl. large, bisexual, usually solitary, corolla-tube more than 

 1 in. long. 



1. G. lucida, Roxb. : Wighl [c. t. 575, Bedd. Manual t. xv. fig. 6.— Syn. 

 ii. resinifera, Roth; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 42. Vern. Dikamali, Mar.; Terra 

 bikki, Tei. 



A small tree, 1. elliptic-oblong, 4-10 in. long, narrowed into the short mar- 

 ginate petiole, sec n. 20-25 pair, stipules sheathing. Calyx-lobes 5, linear- 

 subulate. Corolla large, pure white, fragrant, tube 1-2 iu., lobes 5, obovate- 

 oblong. Fr.' ovoid, crowned with the persistent calyx-limb, endocarp thick, 

 wood}-, nearly 2-celled with the prominent placentas. 



< 'h;i n.l:i ili-liin. Wot. 'in Peninsula in the drier as well as in the moist districts. 

 Chittagong. Not known from Burma. Fl. March-June, November in Nellore (D.B. 

 1881). Wood made into combs. The Dikamali resin exudes from wound- mad.- inthe 

 hark of 1 and '2. 2. G. gummifera, Linn.: Wight [c. t. .">7H. Centr. Prov. Purulia, 

 t'h. Nagpore. Western Peninsula. Dikamali, Hind.: Kurmuri, Satpura; Manchi 

 bikki, Tel. A large shrub. 1. cuneate or obovate. sessile, often with a narrow cordate 

 base. Calyx-liinlj short, I. .lies a-ii, ..vat.- or triangular. Fr. 1-1A in. oblong, endocarp 

 thin crnstaceous. nearly i- or 5-celled. 



3. G. latifolia, Aitou : Wight L-. t. 7.V.I. Vern. Papra, Hind.; Ban- 

 pindalu, Oudh ; Ghogar, Mar.; Pedda bikki, Tel. 



A small tree, bark grey, peeling oil' iii Hakes, young shoots pubescent, 

 mature 1. dark green and glossy. L. opposite or in threes, broadly-elliptic or 

 obovate, 0-8 in. long, narrowed into a short broad petiole, sec. n. prominent, 

 15-20 pair, small hairy glands in their axils on the underside. Free portion 

 of calyx caiiipanulate, deeply cleft into 5-9 lanceolate unequal segments. 

 Corolla white or pal.' lemon-yellow, orange when fading, tube 2-3 in. long, 

 hirsute on the outside, |..bes ."> '.». obliquely obovate. Fr. 1^-2^ in. long, hairy 

 when young, grey or speckled greenish-yellow when ripe, endocarp thin hard, 

 brittle, with !-"> parietal placentas. 



Subhimalayan bract, Ganges to Sarda, not common. Behar. Western Peninsula. 



PI. April May. Combs made of the w I. — Ceylon, moist lowcountry. It is doubtful 



whether the tree figured under this name iu Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 184, and described a- '.'. 

 enneandra, Koenig, in Wighl el Am. Prodr. 894 is t hi- species or not. 



■1. G. obtusifolia, Roxb. Ylngat-gale, Burm. Pegu, Tenasserim, common in Eng 

 forest, rjppei Burma. Cambodia. A -mall deciduous tree, buds resinous, sticky, I. 

 obovate-oblong, nearly sessile, 8-7 in. long. Calyx-limb shortly 5-toothed, corolla 

 white, turning yellow, tube slender 1 '. -2 iu. long, I.. be- r.. rarelj I. 5. G. florida, Linn. 

 China. Japan, cultivated on account "f it- very fragrant fl., 1. coriaceous 2-d in., calyx- 

 lobes lines i". ; in. long. 



ii. G. coronaria, 11am. Vern. Yingat-gyi, Burm. 



A small deciduous tree, buds very resinous, 1. shining, obovate, I -10 in. long 

 narrowed into a short petiole, stipules connate int" a somewhat persist 

 sheath, branchlets marked by the scars of I. and stipules. Calyx-tube j 1 in. 

 long, often split on one side, corolla white Fragrant, tube 2 ."> in. lone;, lobes 5. 

 Fr. elongate-ellipsoid, 1 in. long. 



Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower, of ten iu Engdaing. PI. March. April. 



I'.. Usually armed. PI. small, usually of two kinds, fertile and sterile, the 

 former usuaflj sessile, solitary, the latter shortly pedicellate, fasciculate. The 

 sterile fl. with anthers, style and stigma, but ovary imperfect. In somece 



