liandia.] Lxxv. kuciack^.. (J. D. Hooker.) Ill 



Tenassebim, Maetaban, and Pegu, Wallieh, &c. ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. 2823).— 

 DisTKiB. Java. 



A large shrub ; branches very stout ; spines horizontal, 1-2 in., very stout. Leaves 

 TjroTvn when dry, 1-2 in., often subcuneate, coriaceous; stipules triangular. Flowers 

 subsolitary, siibsessile, 1 in. diam. Calyx-teeth 5-10, linear , erect. CoroUa-lobes 

 oblong-obovate, silky within. Stigma globose, 2-lobed. Berry broadly ellipsoid, 

 1^1| in. diam., velvetty, ribbed. 



Sect. III. Ozyceros. Climbing or erect, armed (or young shoots un- 

 armed) shrubs or 4i'ees. Flowers m shortly peduncled cymes. CoroKa salver- 

 shaped, tube longer or (in iJ. malabarica) shorter than the limb, glabrous 

 externally. Bei~i-y small, about 8-seeded, the calyx-limb deciduous. 



6. R. malabarica, Lamh. Diet. iii. 25 ; erect, glabrous, spines straight 

 or 0, leaves elliptic obovate or oblong, cymes short, flowers fascicled, corolla- 

 tube shorter than the lobes. Gardenia fragrans, Koen. ; Boxh. Cor. PL t. 137 ; 

 Moth Nov. Sp. 150 ; Wall. Cat. 8267. Posoqueria fragi-ans, Korni. in Roxb. Fh 

 Ind. i. 717. Stylocoryne Pandaki and S. malabarica, BC. Prodr. iv. 377.. 

 Griffithia fragrans, W. %■ A. Prodr. 400 ; Wight Ic. t. 310. Oanthium parvi- 

 florum, SchUcht. in Herb. Sohen. No. 816. Gardenia sp. and Rubiacea, WalL 

 Cat. 8281, 8287. 



Westeen Penlssula ; on the hills, &c., from Canara southwards. CErlON ; not 

 uncommon up to 3000 ft., Walker, &c. 



An erect shrub ; young shoots unarmed, " as is the whole plant when growing in a 

 rich soil" (Eoxb.). Leaves 1-2J in., coriaceous, pale when dry; stipules small, trian- 

 gular. Cymes subsessile, glabrous or puberulous, few or many-flowered, with connate 

 triangular coriaceous bracts at the forks. Calyx-tube obconic, teeth minute. Corolla 

 ^-f in. diam. Stigma fusiform. Berry size of a pea, areola not raised. Seeds rough ; 

 albumen ruminated. — Ceylon specimens have more elliptic leaves, looser cymes, 

 larger flowers and more acute buds. 



7. Br. long'ifiora, Lamk. Diet. iii. 26 ; III. 1. 156, f. 3 ; climbing, glabrous, 

 spines short recurved or 0, leaves ovate elliptic or oblong, stipules broadly tri- 

 angular, cymes short, corolla-tube much longer than the lobes. DC. Prodr. iv.. 

 886. R. scandens, DC. I. c. 387. Posoqueria longiflora, jRo.vb. Fl. Ind. i. 718. 

 Griffithia curvata, Kurz in Trimen Jown. Hot. 1875, 325. G. siamensis, Mi<i^ 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 158. Oanthium recurvum and angulosum. Wall. Cat. 8284, 

 8285. Webera scandens, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 098. W. longiflora, bispinosa, and 

 siamensis, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 48, 49. Tocoyena scandens, Blume Byd. 980. 

 Gardenia patula, Sorsf. in Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 2.32. Pseudixora javanica and 

 Zollingeriana, Miq. I. e. 210. Stylocoiyne bispinosa, Oriff. Notul. iv. 260. 



Assam, Sixhet, and Khasu Mts, ascending to 2000 ft.; common. Chittagono, 

 and southwards to Maxacca and Penang. Andaman and Nicobae Islands. — Disteib. 

 Birma, Malay Islands. 



A large shrub. Leaves 2-8 by 1-3 in., pale or dark when dry, coriaceous, often 

 glandular at the nerve-axils beneath, Pechmcles short or long, often from alternate 

 axils of reduced leaves ; cymes trichotomous ; bracts as in B. malabarica. Calyx 

 glabrous or puberulous, limb dilated, lobes triangular. Corolla white, then yellowish ; 

 tube \-\\ in. ; lobes g in. long, oblong. Stigma 2-fid. Berries globose, i-i in. diam., 

 obscurely ribbed ; areole flat or raised. Seeds rugose, imbedded in pulp ; albumen 

 ruminate. — ^A very variable plant, especially in the length of the corolla, but I oannot 

 limit the varieties according to the definitions given to the species which I have here 

 included under B. longiflora. Wallich's No. 8284 E. from Singapore (Finlayson) haa 

 a calyx | in. long, with almost filiform lobes half as long as the tube, and quite unlike 

 those of any other variety. Others in Herb. Hooker and Bcntham both from Wallich, 

 with the ticket 8284 D. (Penang and Singapore) and 8284 C. (Silhet), but which are- 



