Gartner a 
loganiace^e. 
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oblong, acute, cuneateat the base, subcoriaceous, 4-5 in. long ; stipules 
large, persistent, with 2-4 deciduous awns. Mowers congested into 
a terminal head, sessile. Calyx campanulate, £ in. long, with 5 distinct 
lanceolate teeth. Corolla white, nearly an inch long ; teeth lanceolate. 
Fruit large, obovoid, 4-angular, whitish. Bojer in Mem . Soc. Helv. 
viii. t. 2, {dissections). 
Mauritius, in thick damp forests of the centre of the island. Endemic. 
3. G. edentata, Bojer.; A . DC. Brod. ix. 33. A low glabrous shrub 
with terete branchlets. Leaves obovate-oblong, very coriaceous, cuspi- 
date, 2-4 in. long, deltoid at the base; stipules short, with 1-2 deci- 
duous awns ; petiole very short, flattened. Flowers sessile, in dense 
corymbose terminal panicles 2-3 in. broad ; bracts small, deltoid, cori- 
aceous, persistent. Calyx coriaceous, ^ in. long, obscurely toothed. 
Corolla greenish-white, f- in. long ; teeth lanceolate, half as long as the 
tube. Fruit oblong, whitish. Bojer in Mem. Helv. viii. t. 2, {dissections) . 
G. truncata, A. DC. Prod. ix. 34. 
Mauritius, in forests of Nouvelle Decouverte, Quartier Militaire, and on the 
mountains of Grand-port. Endemic. 
4. G. vaginata, Lam. ; A . DC. Prod. ix. 33. A low erect glabrous 
shrub, with moderately stout terete branches. Leaves short-petioled, 
oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, acute, cuneate at the base, 4-6 in. 
long ; stipules clasping the stem, \ in. long, furnished with 2-4 deci- 
duous awns. Flowers in a corymbose terminal panicle 3-4 in. broad, 
clustered at the end of the branchlets ; bracts oblong, persistent. 
Calyx £ in. long ; teeth distinct, deltoid. Corolla whitish,- f in. long ; 
teeth lanceolate, half as long as the tube. Lam. III. t. 167, non Bojer, 
nec Sieter. 
Mauritius, in hill-woods. Also Bourbon and Madagascar. Differs from G. 
psychotrioides by its acute leaves and much larger calyx and corolla. 
5. G. psychotrioides, Baker. A much-branched glabrous 
erect shrub, 4-8 feet high, with moderately stout terete branches. 
Leaves short-petioled, obovate-oblong, obtuse, subcoriaceous, 3-6 in. 
long, cuneately narrowed in the lower third ; stipules \ in. long, 
truncate, clasping the branch, persistent, ciliated with 2-4 deciduous 
awns. Flowers in corymbose terminal panicles 3-4 in. broad, 
sessile, clustered at the end of the branchlets ; bracts minute, del- 
toid, persistent. Calyx in. long, campanulate, with 5 small deltoid 
teeth. Corolla \ in. long, white, the teeth lanceolate, ^ as long as the 
tube. Fruit oblong, blue-black, under half an inch long. Chasalia 
psychotrioides, A. DC. Prod. iv. 531. Gaertnera parviflora, Bojer; A. DC. 
Prod. ix. 34. G. quadriseta, A. DC. Prod. loc. cit. G. vaginata, Bojer, 
Hort. Maur. 216, non Lam. G. bifida, Bojer in Nouv. Mem. Helv. viii. 
1. 1 ; A. VC. Prod. loc. cit. 
Mauritius, frequent in woods through the island. Sieber , ii. 57 ! etc. Endemic. 
Bois cafe. 
