:57s LXr. KUBIACE.E [Wcbem 



puimd cymes wiilcii frei|uentlv are puLe^cent. Corolla-lobes as long as tube, 

 piibeniloiis within. Berry i:;iabrous, dull i>Teen. finally black, calyx- teeth 

 persistent or ^leciduous, seeds 4-10. albumen horny, cells of embryo filled with 

 oil. 



Cliauda (b'stilct, CViitr. Pinv, P^'iiiiibula liotb on the "^Vest and Ea^t side, common. 

 Pt'aii Yoiiin, larts Fl. Mareh-Jnlv. — Cevlon, wrv common Irom the coast to 7,000 ft. 

 Ja\a. 2. W. pallida, Frantdiet M^S. ^landaiv hi/ff, Bnim. Upper Burma m ever- 

 iiit'cn foKNt L>-o,(Niii tt. fSnhilcs). Tmninn 2,500-5,000 ft. (Hemy, Abhc R-^lavay). An 

 <^\t*iai*Mm tr»'*% attaiuinc; bO ft., 1. (onauMnis «^lnl)iou^, oblongdanceolate, bladr' 6-9, 

 pet j-il ni. Joiis;, s(M\ u. 10-11 piommeut. ni\ hmg. FJ. 4- or 5-meiou-^, yellow, cvmes 

 coiii}tio-rs«e{l teimnial and from the axils of the xi])pcrmo«,t 1., pubebcont, trichotomous, 

 hilt 1 am \hi atious iKHimnitlv alternate. Free portion of calyx-tuhe campanulate, teeth 

 Nliuri F\. a \e!lou drupe, s hmIs 1-B, albumen liorny. 3. W. monosperma, AYight at 

 Am : "Wiaht Jc. t. 1317 {Hiffocoryne}. rourtalhim. C\me& glabrous, corolla-tube 

 glnbious out^de, lobe^ \ m. Berr}' white, l-seeded. 



\h\ Corolla Iiahy outside. 



1. W. odorata, E.o\b. Assam, Khasi hillb. ]Manipur. L. membranoub, cymes large, 

 eorvmbifoim, bracts linear, coioUa-tubc 1-\ in. long, shorter than the linear lobes. 

 5. W. disperma, Hook. f. Ivhasi hills Berry 2-seeded. 6. W. pumila, Hook. ±. 

 Khasi hills. A <h\aif bhrub, branches crooked, L rigid, lanceolate 1-1} in. long, ii. 

 white, in small compact hiisiite cynie«5. 



B. Web( ra proper. One ovule in each cell, 



7. W. Kurzii, Hook, f — 8\n. Iiora loeber [folia, Ivurz F. Fl. ii. 18. Andamans, 

 ]S"icobais, common. A small evergreen glabrous tree, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 5-7, 

 pet. \ in. long, cymes seb^ik^ or nearly so, terminal, tiichotomous, ii. ebracteolate, pedi- 

 celled, ^\hite, corolla glabious outside, throat ^voollv, seeds deeply excavate centially, 

 tetota c<jriace<ms. 8. W. lucens, Hook. f. — Syn. (hff'ea alj^estris, Wight lo. t. 1040 and 

 C (jrumeJioides, Wight Ic. t. 1041. West side of the Peninsula from Mangalore soutli- 

 waids. Quite glabious, 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate 2-4 in. long, narrowed into a very 

 short petiole, corolla-tube I in. long, shorter than the linear lobes, glabroiLS outside, 

 pubescent inside. Beiry 2-seeded. 9. W. canarica, Hook. f. Grhats of Son.th Kanara, 

 NilgLiis, Cochin, Travancore, evergreen forests 2,000 ft., 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, 

 blade 5 -7, pet. ^ in. long, cyme terminal, with stout minutely puberulous branches, 

 1-2 pair of minute bracteoles on calyx below il., calyx-lobes triangular acute, corolla 

 1-1| in. long glabrous outside, tube inside hairy, anthers ^ in. long linear, style hairy. 

 10. W. nilagirica, Hook. f. Similar to 8, but 1. membranous pubescent beneath, corolla 

 ^-| in. long, stvle glabrous. 11. W. campaniflora, Hook. f. Chittagong, 1. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, glabrous above, rough beneath with minute stiff hairs, blade 4~12, -pet. 

 1-2 in. long. Cymes nearl^^ sessile, hirsute, bracts lanceolate, persistent, calyx hirsute, 

 teeth longer than ovary, corolla | in. long, from a short tubular base wddened into a 

 large campanulate limb. 12. W. Helferi, Hook. f. Tenasserim. Cymes pedunculate, 

 branches slender, calyx-teeth subulate shorter than ovary. Corolla-tube slender | in. 

 long, lobes broad, mucli shorter than tube. 



13, W. compactiflora, Brandis (Inrora coinpaef {flora, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 17). Donat pass 

 2,000 ft. on the Thaungyin side (B.B. April 1859), 1. glabrous, elliptic acuminate, blade 

 4-5, tapering into a strong pet. J-J in. long, cymes forming a dense head 1 in. diam. 

 at the end of branchlets, calyx-teeth broad oblong obtuse with a wide membranous 

 edge, coiolla-tube i in., the lobes as long as tube, style glabrous. This, like 10, is 

 anomalous, on account of the glabrous style. 



Byrsopliyllum tetraadrum, Hook, f . Bedd. Fl. BjIy. t. 326. Gardenia tetrandra, Bedd. 

 PL Ind. Or. t. 20. Travancore G-hats. A small glabrous -tree, 1. very coriaceous, 

 elliptic, obtuse, blade 2-5, narrowed into i)et. ^-1 in. long, stipules large, deciduous. 

 Fl. polygamous, tetramerous, terminal, white, tinged with rose, corolla-tube 1 in., 

 lobes \ in. long, twisted in bud, anthers included. Berry | in. diam., seeds numerous,, 

 flat, imbricate, immersed in pulp. 



16. GARDENIA, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 115. 



Shrubs or trees, generally resinous, wood whitish, close-grained. Stipules- 

 more or less connate round the stem within the petioles, often early decid- 

 uous. Galyx:4imb produced beyond the ovary. Corolla-tube cylindrical or- 



