118 Lxxv. EUBiACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) IGardenia. 



9. G. Gri£Bthii, Hook./.; leaves subsessile elliptic-otovate cuspidate, 

 nerves beneath puberulous, calyx-limb 3 in. tubular with a trumpet-shaped 

 mouth, corolla-tube little longer, the calyx lobes broad, fruit large globose, peri- 

 carp very thick, placentas several. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2821). 



Bramhes resinous. Leaves 6-8 by 1^-3 in., coriaceous, much narrowed at the 

 base; nerves 10-14 pair; stipules ^ in., sheathing. Flowers s&ssiXe. Calt/x-ttibe reiy 

 coriaceous, terete ; mouth oblique, f in. diam., waved and wrinkled. Corolla-tube 2^-4 

 in., one quarter or less exserted ; limb 3 in. diam., many- (12-) lobed. Fruit large, 

 probably 1^ in. diam., with a thick exoearp and woody not very thick endoearp ; pla- 

 centas probably 5. — I have seen only a very imperfect fruit. 



Vak. Maingayi ; mouth of calyx irregularly cut into triangular coriaceous teeth. 

 — Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 841). 



Sect. II. Ceriscus. Shrubs, armed or unarmed. Flowers dimorphic, 

 monoecious or dioecious. Calyx-teeth in the 5 large, subfoliaceous ; iu the $ 

 usually minute. (See Clarke in Joum. Linn. Sac. Bat. xvii. 310.) Corolla small 

 (less than 1 in.), cylindric or campanulate. 



10. G. turg^ida, Ho.vb. IfoH. Beng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. i. 711 ; spines straight 

 or 0, leaves elliptic obovate or orbicular obtuse acute or subacute coriaceous 

 glabrous pubesceut or tomentoae beneath, $ flowers fascicled 5 solitary, corolla 

 salver-shaped, tube subcylindric, fruit not beaked. DC. Prodr. iv. 382 ; Wt. 

 Ic. t. 579 ; Brand. For. Fl. 270 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 41 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. t. 15, f. 6; Wall. Cat. 8269; Clarice in Joum. Linn. Sac. Bot. xvii. 310. 

 G. cuneata, Br. in Wall. Cat. 8263. G. Donia, Sam. in Wall. Cat. 8292. 



Tbopioai, Himalaya, ascending to 4000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan; Oudh, 

 Behae, Silhet, Pegu and the Western Peninsula. — Disteib. Ava, Wallich. 



A small deciduous tree, 25 ft. ; branches rigid, robust ; bark pale. Leaves 1-4 in., 

 narrowed into a short petiole, pale when dry; stipules triangular, caducous. Calyx 

 of S small, ^ in.; mouth wide, truncate; of ? j-f in., limb shortly campanulate ; 

 teeth oblong or subspathulate, foliaceous. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube slightly 

 dilated upwards, J-J in. long; limb 1 in. diam. Fruit 1-3 in., ovoid or globose, 

 smooth, pericarp thick ; endoearp woody, shining within ; placentas 5 or 6. 



Vak. montana, Boxb. PI. Ind. i. 709 (sp.) ; leaves often orbicular densely tomen- 

 tose beneath. G. montana, DC. Prodr. iv. 383 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 396 ; Wt. Ic. t. 577 ; 

 Dale. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 120. — Occurs with G. turgida, and is even more common. 



11. G. campanulata, Ito.vb. HoH. Beng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. i. 710 ; glabrous, 

 spines straight, leaves obovate or elliptic-lanceolate membranous, <? flowers fas- 

 cicled, % solitarj' sessile, corolla campanulate, fruit not beaked. Wali. Cat. 

 8279 ; BC. Prodr. iv. 883 ; Wt. Ic. t. 578 : Kurz For. Fl. ii. 40. G. longispina, 

 Wall. Cat. 8277 D. in part. ? G. Blumeaiia, DC. P-odr. iv. 383. 



Foot of the SiKKiM Hijialaya, J. D. H. ; Assam, Silhet, and Chittaqong, 

 Boxburgh, Griffith, &o. ; Behae, summit of Parus-nath, J. D. H. ; Pegu, Ktirs. — 

 Disteib. Java? 



A shrub, 15-20 ft. ; shoots puberulous ; spines \-l\ in., often leafy. Leaves 1^-3 by 

 i-1 J in., narrowed into the short petiole, midrib slender, nerves faint ; stipules triangular, 

 caducous. Calyx ot S ^ in., urn-shaped, mouth truncate dilated ; of i^ limb campanu- 

 late, teeth oblong or subspathulate, foliaceous. Corolla j in., white ; lobes short, 

 obtuse. Fruit f-1 j- in., ellipsoid or subglobose, obscurely 5-ridged ; pericarp very 

 thick, endoearp woody, placentas 5. — Wight has figured the calyx as intermediate 

 between the S and ? form. G. campanulata, Blume ( G. Blnmeana, DC), appears from 

 the description and an imperfect specimen to be this. 



12. G. sessiliflora, Wall. Cat. 8291 ; spines straight very strong, leaves 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate membranous puberulous on both surfaces or beneath. 



