JRandia.} lxxt. eubiaoe^. (J. D. Hooker.) lOO 



_pressed ; leaf at the node very small. Flowers subsessile. Calyx ^ in. long. Corolla 

 ■^ in. diam. Berries size of a pea.— The inflorescence is that of Bandia densijiora, to 

 ■which genus this might he reduced. 



46. RAKDIA, Idnn. 



Shrubs or trees, unarmed or spinous. Leaves opposite or with one often ar- 

 rested ; stipules short, intra-petiolar, free or connate. Flmoers in axillary or 

 ieaf-opposed cymes on solitary or fascicled or corymbose, rarely terminal, 

 white or yellowish. Calyx-tube -various ; limb often tubular ; lobes short, long 

 or leafy. Corolla funnel- salver- or bell-shaped, tube long or short, throat 

 ■glabrous or hairy ; lobes 6, rarely more, short or long, twisted in bud. Stamens 

 ■5; anthers subsessile, narrow. Dish annular or cushion-shaped. Ocary 2- 

 rarely 3-4-celled ; style short or slender, stigma usually fusiform, entire or 2- 

 fid ; ovules usually numerous, sunk in placentas attached to the septum. Ber- 

 ries globose, ellipsoid or ovoid, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds often immersed in 

 pulp, angled, testa thin, albumen homy ; cotyledons orbicular. — Disieib. Species 

 about 90, all tropical. 



Sect. I. Eurandia. Erect unarmed or spinous shrubs. Floioers small or 

 moderate-sized, solitary or few and fascicled. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, 

 glabrous or nearly so. Beiry small. Albumen uniform. 



1. R. tetrasperma, jRoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 709 (Gardenia) : branches spines- 

 cent, leaves elliptic or obovate glabrous, iiowers subsolitary, calyx-tube terete 

 hardly produced above the ovary, corolla-tube very short, berry globose 4-se6ded. 

 Brand. For. Fl. 272. Gardenia densa, WaU. in Boxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey Sr Watt. 

 ii. 559. G. tetrasperma and densa, J)C. Prodr. iv. 381, 883. G. longispina, 

 Wall. Cat. 8277 J), partly. G. sp.. Wall. Cat. 8276, 8278, 8280, 8286. 



Salt Eange and Subteopicai, Himaxata, from Kashmir eastwards, ascending to 

 4-6000 ft. in Knmaon and to 7000 ft. in Sikkim and Bhotan. Assam. Silhet. 



An erect rigid bush, 6 ft. ; branches •woody ; hark rough. Leaves towards the tips 

 of the branchlets, ^-2 in., pale brown when dry, narrowed into the short petiole ; 

 stipules small, triangular-subulate. Flowers sessile, greenish-white, fragrant, J in. 

 diam. Calyx-teeth sahxiate. CoTOHa-teJe 1 in. long; lohes oblong. ^Mi/i«rs exserted, 

 tip subulate. Stigma spindle-shaped. Berry J in. diam. 



2. R. fasciculata, DC. Prodr. iv. 386 ; spines axillary, leaves ovate elliptic 

 or lanceolate acute glabrous or slightly hairy, flowers fascicled, calyx-tube terete 

 produced above the ovary, corolla-tube long slender, berry glolaose many-seeded. 

 Brand. For. Fl. 273. R. rigida, DC. I. e. R. malabarica, WaU. Cat. 8265 A. B. D. 

 Gardenia fasciculata, 7?oa:6. Sort. Beng. 15. G. rigida aratZ parviflora, Wall. Cat. 

 8257 A. B,, 8256. Posoqueiia fasciculata, Boxh. Fl. Ind. i. 717. P. rigida, 

 Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 8; Wall. ii. 570. Webera fasciculata, Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 49. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8283. 



Tropical Himalaya, from Nipal to Bhotan, ascending to 4000 ft. Khasia Mts., 

 Assam, Silhet and Tenassebim, Wallich, &c. 



A spreading shrub; branches glabrous, hairy or tomentose; hark smoothish. 

 ' Leaves 1-5 hy ^1^ in., pale when dry, base rounded or narrowed ; petiole short ; 

 stipules narrowly lanceolate. Calyx-limb produced after flowering, cylindric, circum- 

 sciss, glabrous or pubescent, teeth linear. Corolla white (yellow in Koxburgh's 

 drawing), fragrant ; tube ^l\ in.; limb f-l|- in. diam. ; lobes oblong, apiculate. 

 Stigma large, fusiform, shortly exserted. Berry purple, size of a pea ; cells about 6- 

 seeded. 



Sect. II. Ceriscus. Erect unarmed or spinous shrubs. Flowers small or 

 moderate-sized, solitary or few and fascicled. Calyx-lobes broad, obtuse. Corolla 



