Gardenia] LXI. EUBIACEiE 379 



slii^litly widei^ ii2)wardtij lobes 5 or more^ contorted in bud. Ovary l-celled^ 

 incompletely divided by 2, 3 or more projecting parietal placentas. J^r. flesliVj 

 indebiscentj usually crowned -witli the persistent calyx-limbj endocarp bard. 

 Seeds numerous, embedded in the fleshy or i3ulpy placenta. Sj)ecies 60, Old 

 "World; tropical and subtropical. 



A. Unarmed. PL large, bisexual, usually solitary, corolla-tube more than 

 1 in. long. 



1. G. lucida, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t, 575, Bedd. Manual t. xy. fig. 6. — Syn. 

 G. resin if era J Eoth ; Kurz F. M. ii. 42. Vern. Dikaniali^ Mar. ; Yerra 

 hilxld^ Tei. 



A small tree, 1. elliptic-oblong, 4-10 in. long, narrowed into the short mar- 

 ginate petiole, sec. n. 20-25 pair, stipules sheathing. Calyx-lobes 5, linear- 

 subulate. Corolla large, pure white, fragrant, tube 1-2 in., lobes 5, obovate- 

 oblong. Fr. ovoid, crowned with the persistent calyx-limb, endocarp thick, 

 woody, nearly 2-celled with the prominent placentas. 



Chanda district. Western Peninsula in the drier as i\ell as in the moist districts . 

 Chittagong. Not known from Burma. El. March- June, November in Nellore (D.B. 

 1881). Wood made into combs. The Dikamali resin exudes from wounds made m the 

 bark of 1 and 2. 2. Gr. gnmmifera, Linn. ; Wight Ic. t. 576. Centr. Prov. Purulia, 

 Ch. Nagpore. "Western Peninsula. DUcamali, Hind.; Kur?nur'i, Satpura ; Mantlii 

 hlkJci, Tel. A large shiub, ]. cuneale or obovate, sessile, often with a narrow cordate 

 base. Calyx-limb short, lobes 5-6, ovate or triangular. Fr. 1~1J in. oblong, endocarp 

 thin crustaceous, nearly 4- or 5-celled. 



3. G. latifolia, Alton ; Wight Ic. t. 759. Yern. Papra^ Hind. ; Ban- 

 pindalii^ Oudh ; Ghogar, Mar. ; Fedda hikki, Tel. 



A small tree, bark grey, peeling off in flakes, young shoots pubescent, 

 mature 1. dark green and glossy. L. opposite or in threes, broadly-elliptic or 

 obovate, 6-8 in. long, narrowed into a short broad petiole, sec. n. prominent, 

 15-20 pair, small hairy glands in their axils on the underside. Free portion 

 of calyx campanulate, deeply cleft into 5-9 lanceolate unequal segments. 

 Corolla white or pale lemon-yellow, orange when fading, tube 2-3 in. long, 

 hirsute on the outside, lobes 5-9, obliquely obovate. Fr. 14-2| in. long, hairy 

 when young, grey or speckled greenish-yellow when ripe, endocarp thin hard, 

 brittle, with 4-5 parietal placentas. 



Subhiraalayan tract, Ganges to Sarda, not common. Behar. Western Peninsula. 

 Fl. April-May. Combs made of the wood.— Ceylon, moist low country. It is doubtful 

 whether the tree figured under this name in Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 134, and described as (t. 

 enneandra^ Koenig, in Wight et Arn. Prodr. 394 is this species or not. 



4. G. oMusifolia, Eoxb. Yinrjat-gaUj Burm. Pegu, Tenasserim, common in Eng 

 forest. Upper Burma. Cambodia. A small deciduous tree, buds resinous, sticky, 1. 

 obovate-oblong, nearly sessile, 8-7 in. long. Calyx-limb shortly 5-toothed, corolla 

 white, turning yellow, tube slender 1^-2 in. long, lobes 5, rarely 4. 5. G, florida, Linn. 

 China, Japan, cultivated on account of its very fragrant fl.,L coriaceous 2-4 in., calyx- 

 lobes linear, | in. long. 



6. G. coronaria, Ham. Vern. Yingaf-gyi, Burm, 



A small deciduous tree, buds very resinous, 1. shining, obovate, 4-10 in. long 

 narrowed into a short petiole, stipules connate into a somewhat persistent 

 sheath, branohlets marked by the scars of L^and stipules. Calyx-tube |-1 in. 

 long, often split on one side, corolla white fragrant, tube 2-3 in. long, lobes 5- 

 Fr. elongate-ellipsoid, 1 in. long. 



Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower, often in Engdaing. Fl. March, Aprih 



B. Usually armed, Fl. small, usually of two kinds, fertile and sterile, the 

 former usually sessile, solitary, the latter shortly pedicellate, fasciculate. The 

 sterile fi. with anthers, style and stigma, but ovary imperfeci In some cases 



