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735 



GARDENIA amcena 

 Chinese Gardenia. 



PENTANDRIA UONOOYStA. 



iVat. ord. RuBiACEiE. Jusneu (^en. 197. iMe. /K Fnictus moaocar- 

 pus bilocularis polyspennus. Stamioa quinque. FoUa opposita ; eauHt wmpi 

 Jruteicea$. 



GARDENIA. Suprd vol. G. foL 449. 



6. amcena, spinis axUlaribus rectia folio ovali acute glabro brevioribus^ ca^ 

 lyce campanulato dentjculato, floribus terminalibus solitariU. CWfJa^c 

 magaz. 1904. 



A Chinese plant, said to have been introduced by the 

 Duke of Marlborough, then Lord Blandford. 



We do not trace it in any recorded species ; but we have 

 never had an opportunity of comparing the specimens with 

 those in the different Herbariums. It forms a tail strag- 

 gling shrub, unequal to its own support, with short spinose 

 arms. The flowers are fragrant, and are tinged with a 

 rosy hue. In the nurseries it has been mistaken for GabIw- 

 NiA spinosa. 



