Bandia.] lxxv. eubiacej;. (J. D. Hooker.) 115 



rowly elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate, flowers 1-2 subteminal, corolla 6 in. 

 hairy. 



Malacca, Penang, and Singapoee, Wallich, Griffith, Sea. 



A shrub, 3-4 ft. high ; branches few, 2-leaved at the top {Cfriffith). Leaves 10-12 

 by 2-3 in., acuminate, coriaceous, glossy above with pubescent midrib, more or less 

 hispidly pubescent in the midrib and strong arched nerves beneath, base acute or ob- 

 tuse ; petiole very short, stout, hispid ; stipules long-subulate from a broad triangular 

 base. Flowers subsessile, flagrant. Catyx-ttihe oblong; lobes 1 in., linear, erect, 

 hairy. Corolla white with purple spots in lines on the throat, 4 in. across the short 

 reflexed lobes. Anthers very long. Stigma elavate, notched. 



18. It. hygrrophyla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. ii. 321 ; Fm: Fl. ii. 44 

 (Gardenia) ; glabrous, shrubby, erect, unarmed, leaves small shortly petioled 

 elliptic obovate or lanceolate subacute, flowers solitary subsessile axillary or in 

 the forks of the branches, coroUa 1 in. glabrous. 



PEGtr ; frequent in swampy forests, Ktim. 



An evergreen shrub, 1-3 ft., often spreading. Leaves 2-3 in., black when dry, 

 very variable in breadth, quite glabrous, base acute ; petiole ^ in. ; stipiiles connate, 

 glabrous or hairy. Calyx-tube short, pubescent ; lobes much longer than the tube, 

 linear-subulate, clliate. Corolla rather broadly funnel-shaped ; lobes unequal, about 

 ^ in. long. Ovary completely 2-celled. 



47. GARBENXA, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees, armed or not. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-nately whorled ; 

 stipules intrapetiolar, often connate. Floivers often very large, terminal or 

 axiUary, solitary fascicled or rarely cymose, often dimorphic and polygamous. 

 Calyx-txthe various ; limb tubular or dilated, variously cleft or lobed. Corolla 

 verj' various, lobes 5-12, twisted in bud. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes ; 

 anthers sessile or subsessile, linear, included, inserted in the tube. Ovary 1- 

 celled ; style stout, stigma elavate fusiform or 2-cleft ; ovules numerous, 

 2-seriate on the 2-6 parietal placentas. Fruit often large, ovoid ellipsoid or 

 globose, coriaceous, or fleshy with a woody endocarp polished within which 

 sometimes splits along the placental sutures. Seeds very many, imbedded in 

 the placenta, compressed ; testa thin ; embryo small, in horny albumen. — Dis- 

 TEIB. Species about 60, tropical and subtropical. 



Gr. FLORIDA, L. ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 703, &e. ; Wall. Cat. 8268, is often cultivated in 

 Indian gardens ; it is an unarmed shrub, native of Japan and China, with small ovate 

 acute leaves, white very strongly scented axillary flowers 1 in. diam. (often douhle), 

 and an ellipsoid 5-ribbed fruit crowned by subulate calyx-teeth. The orange pulp of 

 the fruit is used as a dye. 



Sect. I. Eug^ardenia. Unarmed shrubs. Floivers large, axillary, soli- 

 tary. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube long, slender ; lobes 4-9. 



* Calyx-liwh tubular, ^J in, ; teeth 6-9, ovate-lanceolate or linear or short. 



1. Ct. lucida, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. i. 707 ; glabrous, leaves 

 short-petioled elliptic obtuse or subacute shining many-nerved, flowers solitary 

 axiUary, calyx-teeth elongate, fruit ellipsoid or globose, placentas 2. DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 381 ; W.^A. Prodi: 395; Wt. Ic. t. 575; Dafe. 8, Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 120; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. xv. f. 6 ; Brand. For. Fl. 271 ; Wall. Cat. 8270. 

 G. resinifera. Both Nov. »§>. 150 ; Kwz For. Fl. ii. 42. 



Western Peninsula, common from the Conean southwards. Chittaqong, Sox- 

 burgh, &c. Bikma, Brandis. 



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