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BUBIACEJE. 
[Pandia. 
narrowly funnel-shaped ; teeth obscurely deltoid, ciliated. Corolla tube 
f in. long, narrowly funnel-shaped ; throat pilose ; expanded limb 
li-l|-in. broad; lobes oblong-lanceolate. Anthers protruding from 
the throat, J in. long, ligulate, acute. Fruit oblong, coriaceous, lj-lf 
in. long, narrowed from the middle to both ends. 
Rodriguez, in the most unfrequented part of the island, at the head of the valleys. 
Dr. Balfour ! Endemic. Cafe marron. 
7. FERNELIA, Comm. 
Flowers polygamous, girt with a cupular calycule. Calyx-tilbe ob- 
conic ; teeth 4, lanceolate, persistent, pilose on the inside. Corolla 
hypocrateriform ; tube funnel-shaped ; lobes 4, lanceolate, imbri- 
cated in bud, spreading when fully expanded. Stamens 4, inserted in 
the corolla-tube ; anthers ligulate, included. Ovary 2-celled, with an 
imperfect dissepiment ; ovules many ; style short-branched. Fruit a 
small glabrous dry many-seeded berry, crowned with the persistent 
calyx-teeth. — Shrubs with copious small flowers, solitary in the axils of 
the leaves. Endemic and Monotypic. 
1. F. buxifolia, Lam,., DC. Prod. iv. 398. A much-branched shrub, 
4-5 feet high, with slender branchlets, at first a little downy. Leaves 
short-petioled, shining, glabrous, subcoriaceous, obtuse, obovate or 
oblong, in. long ; stipules minute, deltoid. Flowers copious, 
solitary, sessile in the axils of the leaves. Calycule minute, campanu- 
late, obscurely toothed. Calyx in. long ; teeth linear-lanceolate. 
Corolla whitish, under ^ in. long, the lobes exceeding the tube. Berry 
deep red, juiceless, the size of a pea, sessile inside the calycule. 
Far. F. pedtjncttlata, G-certn. ; DC. loc. cit. Taller and laxer 
in habit. Leaves 1-lJ in. long, broad, oblong, or nearly round, more 
distinctly petioled. Calycule larger, sessile. Calyx-tube obconic, dis- 
tinctly stalked within the calycule; teeth lanceolate-acuminate. F. 
obovata, Lam.; DC. Prod. loc. cit. 
Far. F. ovata, Ayres MSS. Leaves thinner, 1-lf in. long, obovate- 
oblong with a deltoid base. Calycule funnel-shaped, i in. long, with 
the tube sessile inside it. Berries larger, more oblong. 
Mauritius, in woods, through the island ; the type in more exposed moun- 
tainous situations. Round island, Sir H. Barlcly ! Frequent in Rodriguez, Bouton ! 
Dr. Balfour ! The three forms are completely connected by intermediate links, and 
we have a specimen called “ F. biflora ” just like var. ovata , but with sometimes a pair 
of flowers in the axil of a leaf. Endemic. Bois Chau/ve Souris. Bois de Buis. 
8. GARDENIA, Linn. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx-tube clavate, produced considerably 
beyond the ovary ; teeth 5, linear, small, deciduous. Corolla broadly 
funnel-shaped, with 5 deltoid imbricated lobes. Stamens 5, sessile, 
