Randia] LIX. RUBIACE.E 



17. RANDIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. 



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Shrubs or trees, stipules short, often connate. Fl. peutamerous, axillary, 

 in cymes, fascicles or solitary. Calyx-tube produced beyond ovar}', corolla- 

 lobes twisted in bud, anthers subsessile, narrow. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 

 numerous on thick placentas attached to the septum. Berries 2-celled, seeds 

 4 or more in each cell. Seeds angled, testa thin, albumen horny, cotyledons 

 orbicular. Species about 1U0, tropical and subtropical regions of both hemi- 

 spheres. 



A. Armed, 1. glabrous. 



1. B. tetrasperma, Roxb. ( Gardenia). Kikra, Haz. ; B)indra,J&misav. Baluchistan. 

 Mt. Tilla. Salt range. Himalaya ascending to li.lKHI ft. Assam. A small shrub, 

 branches rigid, grey, decussate, branchlets short, often spinescent. L. glabrous, 

 approximate near ends of branchlets, obovate or oblanceolate, 1-2 in. long, narrowed 

 into slmrt petiole. Fl. pentamerous, greenish-white, scented, sessile. Corolla-tube 

 glabrous, J in. long, lobes oblong, apex subulate. Fr. a globose berry, J in. diain. 

 crowned with the persistent calyx. 



Fiat. L68. Randia uliginosa, I M 



•1. R. uliginosa, DC; Wight [c.t.397. Syn. Gardenia uliginosa,'Batz.\ 

 Roxb. Cor. PI. '. L35. Vern. Pindara, Pamir, Pirar, Bind.; Pindra, l'<n- 

 droy, Mai-.: Konda manga,Tel.\ K&re t Ivm. : Hmanbyu, Burm. 



A small rigid tree, bark reddish-brown. Branches quadrangular, usually 



