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LXI. KUBIACEjE 



[Gardenia 



(G. erythroclada, Kurz), one kind of fl. "bears smaller fr. than the others. Cf. 

 Knrz F. Fl. ii. 40, 41 and C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 161, 310. 



7. G. turgida, 

 Roxb. ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 579. — Syn. G. 

 montana, Roxb. ; 

 Wight Ic. t, 577. 

 Vera. Thanela,Kar- 

 amba, Ghurgia, 

 Hind. ; Phetra, Pen 

 dra, Mar. ; Yerra 

 bikki, Tel. ; Thamin- 

 zani, Burin. 



A small deciduous 

 tree, armed with 

 strong axillary often 

 leaf-bearing spines, 

 bark smooth, blue- 

 ish-grey, mealy on 

 branches. L. often 

 crowded at the ends 

 of branchlets, 1-4 

 in. long, obovate, 

 narrowed into a 

 short marginate 

 petiole, tomentose or 

 pubescent beneath, 

 glabrous or pubes- 

 cent above when 

 mature. Fl. white, 

 fragrant, corolla- 

 tube ^-| in. long. 

 Fertile solitary ses- 

 sile, calyx-lobes ob- 

 long. Sterile clus- 

 tered on short pedi- 

 cels, calyx - teeth 

 minute, sometimes 

 unequal. Fr. grey, 

 obovoid or globose, 2-3 in. long, endocarp woody, placentas 2-6. 



Submontane tract of the North West Himalaya, Jumna to Sarda, ascending to 4,000 ft. 

 Rajputana. Central Prov. Beliar. Western Peninsula. Pegu, chiefly in Eng forest. 

 Shan hills at 4,000 ft. Fl. H. S. 8. G. campanulata, B.oxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 578. Sikkim, 

 foot of hills. Assam. Lower Bengal. Chittagong. Pegu (Kurz). A large shrub or 

 small tree, deciduous, armed with long straight sharp spines, often leaf-bearing. L. 

 membranous, glabrous, lanceolate, blade 2-^, narrowed into a slender petiole J-| in. long. 

 Fl. greenish-white, corolla-tube J in. long, upper portion campanulate. Fertile solitary 

 sessile, calyx-teeth oblong or spathulate, foliaceous. Sterile fasciculate, shortly pedi- 

 cellate. Fr. J-lJin. long, endocarp woody, placentas 5. 9. G. sessiliflora, Wall.. Thamin- 

 zabyu, Burm. Pegu, in deciduous and Eng forests. A deciduous shrub or small tree, 

 branchlets short stout, nearly at right angles to the main branch, terminating in sharp 

 woody spines, bearing fl. and tufts of 1. below the spine. L. pubescent, obovate, blade 3-4 

 in., narrowed into a slender petiole J— J in. long. Sterile fl. fasciculate on short pedicels, 

 calyx-tnbe villous, with 5 obtuse foliaceons teeth. Corolla pubescent, tube J in. long, 

 lobes almost orbicular. 10. G. erythroclada, Kurz. Hmanni, Burm. Pegu, Martaban, 

 Shan hills at 3,000 ft. Cambodia. A small deciduous tree, stem and branches brick-red. 

 branchlets usually spinescent. L. broadly elliptic or obovate, blade 4-10, pet. 1-2 in. 

 long. Fl. greenish, sterile and fertile fl. on different trees. G, cuneata, Kurz, Ava, is 

 imperfectly known. 



Fig. 157. Gardenia coronaria, Ham 



