116 Lxxv. nvBikCEM. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gardenia. 



A small deeiduoiis ti'ee, shoots resiuous. Leaves 3-10 by 2-5 iu., green •wlien dry, 

 base narrowed; nerves 20-30 pair, with often bearded axils; stipnles large, broadly 

 ovate, connate. Flowers peduncled, fragrant, white turning yellow. Cali/x variable, 

 tube oblong; limb tubular; lobes narrow lanceolate, persistent. Corolla-tube lJ-2 

 in., glabrous or puberulous; limb l|-3 in. diam., lobes 5 oblong. Fruit smooth; 

 pericarp thick, woody (endocarp 2-Talved, Boxburgh). 



2. G. g-ummifera, Linn.f.; BC. Piodr.'iY. 381 ; glabrous, leaves sessile 

 or subsessile obovate acute or obtuse shining, calyx-teeth short ovate acute, 

 fruit ellipsoid or oblong, placentas 4-5. Moxb. Fl. Ind. i. 709 ; W.^ A. Prodr. 

 395 ; Dcdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 270, excl. syn. ; Thunb. diss. Gard. t. 2, f. 3. G. 

 arborea, Roxb. I. c. 708. Q-. inermis, Bietr. Vollst. Ibex. iv. 285. Rubiacea, 

 Wall. Cctt. 8294 A. 



Western Pekinsula, from the Satpura range southwards, Heyne, &c. 



A woody bush; buds resinous. Leaves lJ-25 in., coriaceous, base obtuse acute or 

 cordate, sometimes puberulous beneath ; nerves 15-20 pair ; stipules connate, truncate 

 or mucronate. Flmvers subsessile, white. Calyx-limb shortly tubular, teeth stout 

 subulate. Corolla-tvie 1-2 in., glabrous or pubescent; limb 1-3 in. diam., lobes 5 

 oblong obtuse. FVuit I-IJ in., with a stout beak, smooth; pericarp thin, woody 

 (endocarp 4:-5-valved, Boxbwgh). — Roxburgh's name G. arborea is attached to 

 Heyne's specimen in Herb. "Wallich (Subiacea 8294). 



3. G. obtuslfolla, Soxb. Sort. Beng. 15 ; glabrous, leaves sessile obo- 

 Tate-oblong tip rounded, nerves rather distant, calyx-teeth very short obtuse, 

 fruit subglobose warted, placentas 4. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 43. G. suavis, Wall. 

 Cat. 8274. Bubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8294 B. 



Pegu and Tenasseeim, Eoxburgh, &o., Griffith (Kew Dietrib. 2819). 



A small deciduous tree ; shoots resinous. Leaves 2^-4 in., greenish when dry, 

 rough to the touch on both surfaces; nerves 12-15 pair; stipules connate, sheathing. 

 Flowers solitary, shortly pedicelled, white turning yellow. Calyx ^ in., tube puberu- 

 lous, teeth very short. Corolla-tube 1^-2 in., limb 2-3^ in. diam. ; lobes 6, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse. Fry-it as large as a pigeon's egg, beaked with the stout short calyx- 

 tube ; pericarp fleshy, warted with lenticels ; endocarp thin, shining, crustaceous. 



4. tx. latifolia, Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 294 ; branches very stout, leaves oppo- 

 site or 3-nate subsessile large broadly elliptic or orbicular obtuse glabrous or 

 pubescent beneath, calyx-teeth subulate-lanceolate unequal pubescent, fruit 

 globose smooth, placentas 4-5. Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 706 ; Cor. PI. t. 134 ; BC. 

 Prodr. iv. 380; W. Sf A. Prodr. 395; Wt. Ic. t. 759 ; Balz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 120 ; Brand. For. Fl. 271 ; Wall. Cat. 8275; Gaertn. Fruct. i. t. 193. 



Dry hilly districts of Westebn, Centhai, and South- western India, from the N. 

 W. Himalaya, in Garwhal only, ascending to 3000 ft., southwards to Behae and W. 

 Bengal ; absent to the eastward of those limits. 



A small tree with woody resinous branchlets as thick as the little finger. Leaves 

 greenish, 4-8 in. long and sometimes almost as broad; nerves about 12 pair, axils 

 glandular-hairy beneath; stipules large, tumid, connate, often split or toothed. 

 Flowers solitary or 2-nate, subsessile, white changing to yellow, fragrant. Calyx-limb 

 campanulate; segments 5-9, unequal, recurved. Corolla-tube 2-3 in., pubescent or 

 hirsute; limb 2-4^ iu. diam.; lobes 5-9, obovate, oblique. Fruit 1-2 iu. diam., 

 beaked by the calyx-limb, greenish, speckled; endocarp woody, shining within. — 

 Eoxburgh's drawing represents the calyx-teeth as very small, short and obtuse, and 

 his description (Fl. Ind. 1. c.) says calyx small, irregularly divided; my specimens in 

 Herb. Wallich have teeth long and subulate. (See G. enneandra at end of genus.) 



*• Calyx-limb tnbvlar obconic or campanulate, 1-3 in., truncate toothed or 

 sinuate, entire or split on one or both sides. 



