756 LXIV. KUBIACE^. [Gardenia. 



much dilated upwards ; lobes 5 or 6, oval-oblong, rather shorter than the tube. 

 Ovary with 3 or 4 parietal placentas. Fruit nearly globular, ^ to fin. diameter, 

 crowned by the remains of the calyx-limb. 



Hab. : Gilbert River and betVeen Flinders and Lynd Elvers (the Breadfruit Tree of Leioh- 

 hardt), F. v. Mueller. 



2. &. megasp^rma (large-seeded), F. v. M. Fragvi. i. 54; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iii. 409. A shrub with thick branches, the young shoots and buds hoary- 

 pubescent, the older leaves glabrous or nearly so. Leaves petiolate or nearly 

 sessile, broadly ovate or almost orbicular, very obtuse, rounded or cordate at the 

 base, coriaceous, marked as in some other species with ciliate pits in the axils of 

 the primary veins, but these may not be constant. Flowers terminal, solitary, 

 nearly sessile, pubescent. Calyx-limb ribbed, 4 to 6 lines long, divided to about 

 the middle into linear obtuse lobes, occasionally cohering ; corolla-tube fin. long, 

 slightly dilated upwards ; lobes 4 to 7, oblong, rather shorter than the tube. 

 Fruits ovoid-oblong, nearly 2in. long, crowned by the base of the calyx-limb. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown. 



3. G-. Macgillivraei (after John M'Gillivray), Benth. Fl. Amtr. iii. 409 ; 

 F. V. M. Fragm. vii. 46. A ' small tree, quite glabrous or the calyx slightly 

 pubescent. Leaves almost sessile, elliptical or obovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 narrowed at the base, membranous and 3 to 4in. long in our specimens, but still 

 young. Flowers solitary or in threes, terminal but appearing lateral from the 

 growing out of the new shoot. Very shortly pedicellate, 6-merous. Calyx-tube 

 ovoid, about 3 lines long ; limb campanulate, at least 4 lines long, besides the 

 long unequal subulate teeth. Corolla-tube l^in. long, slightly pilose outside ; 

 lobes oblong, about lin. Anthers about 4 lines long, linear-acute. Placentas 

 (in the ovary examined) 3. Style slightly thickened at the end. Fruit (if 

 rightly matched) hard, ovoid, IJin. long. 



Hab.: Cape York, M'QUlivray, W. Hill. 



M'Gillivray's specimens are in flower only, Hill's in fruit only, but they appear to belong to 

 the same species.— Bcntft. 



Wood of a light colour, close-grained and hard. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 242. 



4. G. ochreata (stipules grease-like), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 55, vii. 46, and 

 Rep. Burdek. Kvped. 11 ; Benfh. Fl. Austr. iii. 409. A large shrub or small tree, 

 the branches, under side of the leaves, inflorescence, flowers and fruit softly 

 pubescent or villous. Leaves shortly petiolate, broadly ovate, obtuse, 2 to 4in. 

 long on the flowering-branches, the upper surface minutely pubescent or at length 

 glabrous. Flowers 6-merous, terminal, solitary or in threes, very shortly pedun- 

 culate or sessile. Calyx-limb shortly campanulate, with subulate lobes much 

 longer than the entire part. Corolla-tube from | to 2in. long ; lobes nearly as 

 long when fully out, though much shorter when first expanding. Placentas 3. 

 Style slightly clavate at the end, entire. Fruit ovoid or nearly globular, 1 to l^in. 

 long or rather more, said to be eatable when fresh. 



Hab.: Grassy barren places, Burdekin Elver, P. v. Mueller; Granite Hills, Cape Upstart, 

 Fitzalan; Mount Elliot, Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy ; and many other similar localities in the 

 the tropics. 



5. Cr. suffruticosa (shrubby), R. Er. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 410 

 Stems erect, under 1ft. high, simple and leafless at the base, with 2 or 3 very 

 short leafy branches, forming a tuft at the end. Leaves crowded, oblong, 1* to 

 3in. long, narrowed into a very short petiole, resinous and pubescent on both 

 sides or at least underneath. Flowers solitary and nearly sessile in the fork of 

 the branches. Calyx pubescent ; linjb campanulate, about 2 lines long truncate 



