Eandia.\ LXIV. RUBIACEiB. 753 



Leaves large, ovate-lanceolate, petioles very short. Calyx oylindrieal, 

 repando-dentate. Corolla-lobes lanceolate. Fruit globose-ovate, 

 solitary, sessile S. R. aesnilin. 



Leaves lanceolate. Flowers numerous in dense, leaf-opposed cymes, 

 Corolla-tubes shorter than the lobes. Fruit rather small, globose- 

 or ovoid .... . 6. R. densifiora. 



Thorny. 

 Leaves ovate, on short petioles. Flovrers solitary, on slendsr pedicels. 



Corolla-tube cylindrical, longer than the lobes 7. i?. Moorei. 



Young growth strigulose. Leaves lanceolate-ovate. Flowers above the 



axils. Fruit prominently verrucose, compressed, tapering to each end 8. li. tuberculosa. 



1. R. hirta (hairy), F. i\ il. Cens. of Austr. PL 1889; F. r. M. Fragm. vii. 46 

 as Gardenia hirla. Small tree, flowering as a small shrub ; the branches, leaves, 

 and inflorescence hirsute. Leaves opposite or three in a whorl, 3 to 7in. long, 1 

 to 2in. broad, ovate lanceolate, sessile, herbaceous. Stipules about lin. long, 

 scarious, soon deciduous. Flowers sessile, 1 to 3 together, terminal. Calyx 

 about lin. long. Corolla tube about as long as the calyx ; lobes about as long as the 

 tube, lanceolate-ovate. Anthers linear, 2J lines long. Style filiform, glabrous, 

 4 to 5 lines long ; the stigmas scarcely exceeding 2 lines. 



Hab.: In many of the tropical scrubs. 



2. B>. chartacea (leaves thin for the genus), F. c. M. Frar/m. ix. 180. A 

 tall usually slender shrub, more or less pubescent. Leaves very variable on the 

 same plant, 2 to 6in. long, 3 lines to 2in. broad, opposite to whorled ; veins few, 

 prominent, distant and very oblique. Stipules of Gardenia. Flowers white, very 

 numerous and highly fragrant, axillary or terminal. Calyx hirsute, the tube 

 about 2 lines long ; limb about the same length, with 5 short teeth. Corolla- 

 tube broad, almost ovoid, about 3 lines long ; lobes 5 or 6, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 much longer than the tube. Fruit red when ripe, oval, sometimes exceeding lin. 

 long and like a gooseberry, the seeds enveloped, in a sweet pulp. — Gardenia 

 chartacea, F. v. M. in Fl. Austr. iii. 410. 



Hab.: Plentiful in southern localities. 



Wood close-grained, hard, tough, and nicely marked. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 239b. 



3. B>. Benthamiana (after Geo. Bentham, author of Fl. Austr.), F'. r. i[. 

 P'rui'iii). ix. 180. An arborescent shrub. Leaves 4 to 6ih. long, ovate-lanceolate. 

 The lateral nerves distant, and more or less hispid on the under side. The 

 petioles longer than in //. rhartareu. Flower.5 in terminal clusters on short 3-fid 

 peduncles, the pedicels long and villous. Calyx glabrous except the margins, 

 which are eiliate, teeth 5-acute. Corolla-tube campanulate-turgid, lobes 5, 

 oblique, falcate-lanceolate, throat not bearded. Anthers within the tube of 

 corolla. Style very short. Fruit small, globose. Seed oblique-ovate or round- 

 ovate, slightly compressed, about 2 lines long. Testa thin, somewhat smooth, 

 dark-green. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



4. It. Fitzalani (after E. Fitzalan), F. v. M. Herb.; lii'iith. Fl. Austr. iii. 

 411. "Papajarin," Mt. Cook, Both. An unarmed tree, quite glabrous, 30 to 

 50ft. high. Leaves obovate-oblong or elliptical, obtuse, narrowed into a rather 

 long petiole, often above Gin. long, smooth and shining. Stipules lanceolate, 

 very deciduous. Cymes loose, few-flowered or the fertile flowers almost solitary, 

 axillary at the base of the young shoot, appearing terminal before the branch 

 grows out. Flowers half dioecious, the males with semiabortive ovaries, the 

 females with imperfect stamens. Calyx-limb campanulate, truncate, nearly 3 

 lines diameter, CoroUa-tube oblong, 4 to 6 lines long, slightly contracted at l^e 



