Gardneria.'] xcvi. loganiacbji. (0. B. Clarke.) 93 



SmQAPOEE ; JVallioh. 



Branches softly hairy. Leaves 9f by 2f in., base ouneate or rounded ; petiole ^ 

 in. ; stipular sheath silky, § in. long, crowned by 2-4 teeth. Panicles 1-3 in. diam. 

 trichotomous, grey-pubescent; lower bracts sometimes leaflike; flowers clustered. 

 I Calyx \ in. long and broad, campanulate, grey-pubescent. Corolla-tube § in., lobes 

 |-| in. Anther-cells narrow oblong, immersed in the dense hair in the upper part of 

 the corolla-tube which hardly extends to the throat.— This and the preceding species 

 are allied to (?■ longifolia, Bojer, and other large Mascarene species. 



8. GARDNER! A, WaU. 



Large, scandent, glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire; petioles con- 

 nected by a stipulary line. Peduncles axillary, l-oo -fid. Calyx small, deeply 

 4-5-lobed. Corolla subrotate ; lobes 4-5, thick, valvate in bud. Stamens 4-6, 

 on the corolla-tube ; anthers aubaessile, cells ovate, connivent or subconnate, 

 erect, exserted. Ovary 2-celled ; style cylindric, stigma shortly 2-lobed ; 

 ovules 1 in each cell, on the dissepiment. Berry globose, 2-celled. Seed com- 

 pressed parallel to the septum, albumen fleshy ; embryo small. — Species 2-3, 

 Indian and Japanese. 



1. G. ovata, Wall. Cat. 816, and As. PI. Par. iii. 17, t. 231, and in Poxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ed. Carey Sr Wall. i. 400 ; leaves elliptic acute, cymes trichotomous, 

 corolla-lobes obtuse, anthers connate. DC. Prodr. ix. 20 ; Benth. in Joum. Linn. 

 See. i. 109. G. WaUichii, Wight; Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 49, t. 281 ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 1313. 



Khasia Mts., Wallich, H.f. S; T. Niloheeey Mts., Wight, &a. 



Leaves 3 by IJ in., base obtuse; petiole f in. Cymes usually 1-2 in., 5-1-fld. ; in 

 the Nilgherry examples sometimes peduncled, and 12-fld. ; in a Silhet one compound, 

 panicled, 5-6|- in., and 90-flowered. Calyx Jj in., lobes rounded. Corolla-Uihe 

 hardly longer than the calyx ; lobes ^—\ in., patent, tomentose villous or subglabrate 

 within. Anthers in a cylinder \ in. long. Berry \ in. diam., scarlet. — A single 

 specimen in Herb. Hook, is marked " Ceylon, Mrs. Walker," but I suspect some 

 error. 



2. G. angustifolia, Wdl. Cat. 817, and in Boxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 8f 

 WaU. ii. 318 ; leaves lanceolate acuminate, peduncles 1 (rarely 2)-fld., 

 corolla-lobes acute, anthers free. DC. Prodr. ix. 20 ; Benth. in Journ. lAnn.' 

 Soc. i. 109. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-7000 ft. ; from Kumaon to Bhotan ; Wallich, &c. 



Leaves 4^ by 1 in., base acute or rounded ; petiole j in. Peduncles nodding in 

 flower. Corolla-lobes densely villous or nearly glabrous within. Berry ^ in. diam., 

 scarlet. — Closely allied to G. ovata, which Bentham reduces to the present species, 

 with G. nutans, 8ieb. ^ Zucc. from Japan, which has eUiptio acute leaves and 

 rather larger flowers ; and may be a geographic form of G. angustifolia. 



Oedee XOVn. GSNTIANACEflB. (By C. B. Clarke ) 



Herbs, rarely minutely hairy. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, entire, or 

 alternate and 3-foliolate -in Menyanthes. Flowers cymoss capitate or um- 

 belled, rarely solitary, rarely bracteate, regular; irregular in Cansem-a and 

 Soppea. Calyx inferior, lobes 5-4 imbricate in bud. Corolla funnel-shaped or 

 rotate, lobes twisted to the right, in Menyanthes induplicate-valvate. Stamens 

 on the coroUa-tube, as many as its lobes and alternate with them, or unequal 

 or suppressed in Canscora and Hbppea; filaments linear, sometimes dilated 



