RancUa] LXI. EUBL\CE.E 



and Mahaha]esli^\ ar (May 1870 and Oct. 1881, D.B. ; Ghfra, Ghcla, Mar.) Bigur Ghats, 

 (Nilgiris, Gamble), ib himilar to 7, R-. tomeatosa, Blnme {Gardenia dasj/carjm, Kurz F. 

 n. ii. 42), Pegu, Tenasbprini and Slian hills, IT. Burma, a small deciduous tree, 

 spines straight 1-2 in. long, h coriaceous, fr. velvety. 8. B. fasciculata, DC. — Syn. 

 i?. rigida, DC. ; Wehera fai>dcuhfta^ Kurz. Subhimalayan tract and outer valleyb 

 Irom Kepal eastwards. Asham. Khasi hills, Tenasserim. A large straggling shrub 

 armed i\ ith straight axillary spines, ^-l in. long, branchlets, i>etioles and underbide of 

 leaves slightly pubescent, 1.' glabrous above, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 1-4, pet. 

 |-J in. long. Fl. white, fragrant, nearly hebbile, in few-fld. axillarj' fascicles, calyx- 

 lobes deciduoute, corolla-tube J-IJ in. long, lobes oblong. Berry purple, J in. diam. 



C. Unarmed, calyx-teeth minute. Corolla-tube less than 1 inch long. 



9. R. densifiora, Benth.— Syn. Wehera ojyjjositifolia, Roxh. ; Knrz F. 

 M. ii. 47. 



A middle-sized or large evergreen tree, unarmed, wood heavy, very hard. 

 L. lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, glabrous, coriaceouSj blade 4-8, pet. I in. long, 

 n. white, fragrant, cymes leaf-opposed, or from leafless nodes, sessile or 

 shortly pedunculate, glabrous or pubescent, bracts persistent, small. Calyx 

 usually minutely hairy, teeth minute or 0. Corolla l-} in. cliam., lobes oblong, 

 as long as or longer than tube, edges generally ciliate, throat villous. Berry 

 ovoid or globose, ] in. long, seeds numerous. 



Assam, Manipur, Cachar. Andamans. Pegu Yoma, eastern sJo2>es. Martaban. 

 Tenasserim. Cochin and Travancore in evergietni forest. — Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. lS[orth Australia. Hongkong. It Gardneri, Hook, f , xnoist region of 

 Ceylon, with lanceolate 1. and leaf -opposed cymes agrees with ^he Travancore speci- 

 mens of B. densifiora. 10. R. "WallicMi, Hook. f. Sikkim to 4,000 ft. Khaisi hills. 

 Chittagong. Andamans. Pegu, Tenasserim and Uioi^er Burma. A small tree or 

 large rambling shrub, similar to 9 but cymes axillary sessile, bracts caducous, fl. yellow 

 (Gamble) J in. diam. Berry J in. diam., seeds peltate, smooth. 



11. R. CandoUeaEa, W. et A. — 83^1. B. deccanensis^ Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 237. 

 Karii Maram, Tam. Deccan, Karnul, Anantapur. Mysore. Karnatik. Javadi hills 

 (D. B. Jan. 1882). A small tree, young shoots pubescent, 1. broadly elliptic, obovate or 

 orbicular, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, blade 2-6, pet. I-IJ in. long. Cymes 

 sessile, bracts deciduous, calyx glabrous, free portion much wider than ovary, teeth 

 short, triangular, corolla J in. across, tube silky outside. 12. R. mgulosa, Hook. fil. — 

 Syn. i?. speciosa^ Bedd. lo. PL Ind. Or. t. 37. ^Yestern Ghats, mostl.y in evergreen 

 forest, from Matheran southwards. Ceylon, moist low country. A large evergreen 

 climbing shrub,Sv ith long drooping branches, ent irel y unarmed. L. glabi ous, elongate- 

 elliptic, blade 6-10, pet. |-1 in. long. PL white, fragrant, in leaf-opposed cymes with 

 ovate cuspidate bracts. Calyx appressed-pilose, teeth minute, corolla glabrous, J--| in. 

 across, tube shorter than lobes. Seeds rugose. 



D. Unarmed. Corolla-tube 1 in. or longer. 



13. R. exaltata, Griff. ; Kurz P. PL ii. 46.-~S3ni. Gardenia pidclierrmm, Kux'z P. PL 

 ii. 43. Mergui, Andamans, in Mangrove swamps but also inland. Penang. A 

 middle-sized evergreen tree, 1. glabrous, coriaceous, elli}>tic, acuminate, blade 5-7, 

 petiole J in. long. Cymes subsessile, few-fid. Calyx tomentose, teeth ^ triangular. 

 Corolla white, scented, 3 in, long. Berry 1-1^ in. diam., pericarp woody, seeds em- 

 bedded in pulp. 14. R. siMdmensls, Hook. f. Sikkim, outer hills, to 4,000 ft. A shrub, 

 1. in unequal pairs, upperside rough, underside pubescent, calyx-teeth subulate. Corolla 

 1 in. long, silky outside. 15. R. tiygropMla, Kurz P, PL 44 (Gardenia), Pegu, Swamp 

 forests and low ground in Savannahs. A small evei^green glabi-ous shrub, 1 . membranous, 

 very shining above. PL solitary, white, turning black in drying, calyx-lobes linear- 

 lanceolate, more than half the length of tube, corolla-tube 1 in. long, J in. wide at 

 mouth* 



Brachytome Wallicldl, Hook. £" Khasi hills. Upper Burma. A glabrous shrub or 

 small tree, nearly allied to some species in Sect. D of Bandia^ 1. membranous, lanceolate 

 or oblanceolate, blade 6-9, narrowed into petiole J in. long, stipules persistent. PL 

 white, polygamous, pentamerous, in axillary, or by abortion of one of the pairs of L^ 

 leaf -opposed cymes, calyx-limb 5-toothed persistent, corolla funnel-shaped, tube | ixi. 

 long, as well as the short lobes glabrous within, stigma of 2 short oblong lobes. Berry 

 ellipsoid, J in. long, seeds crowded, cuneate, compressed, testa reticularte. 



