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* GARDENIA pannea. 
Cloth-leaved Gardenia. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CINCHONACEZ, $ GARDENIER. 
GARDENIA. Supra, vol. 1. fol. 73. 
G. pannea ; inermis, foliis densè hirsutis rugosis oblongis acutis basi obtusis 
brevé petiolatis, floribus terminalibus aggregatis in pedunculum communem 
sessilibus, tubo corolle longissimo piloso; limbo reflexo intüs tomentoso, 
calyce 5-dentato glabro. 
Frutex, in caldario 4-pedalis, viz. canescens, sed undique ferè hirsutus. 
Rami subtetragoni. Folia circiter sex poll. longa, rugosissima, tactu sub- 
aspera ; petiolis brevibus; stipulis brevibus, rotundatis, membranaceis, den- 
tatis, glabris. Calyx glaber ; tubo oblongo levi; limbo campanulato, brevi, 
acuté 5-dentato. Corolla straminea, pilosa; tubo 3 poll. longo, et ultrà, 
apice parúm dilatato, tomentoso ; fauce nudá; limbo contorto, tomentoso, 
laciniis oblongis, coriaceis, basi subundulatis medio refractis. Stamina 5, 
sessilia, exserta, linearia; antheris post anthesin incurvis. Ovarium 2-3- 
loculare; ovulis numerosis, in placentis carnosis subdidymis immersis. 
Stylus filiformis; stigma clavatum, 2-3-lobum. 
A handsome stove shrub, native ofthe tropical parts of 
South America, whence it was received some years since by 
the Horticultural Society. | 
- It flowers in June and July; but like a*large number 
of the woody inhabitants of the tropics, seldom produces 
its blossoms in this country. The drawing was made three 
* "Named in compliment to Dr. Alexander Garden, a jm of Charles- 
town in South Carolina, and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He was the discoverer 
of the Siren lacertina, and is highly eulogized as a botanist and zoologist by his. 
biographer Smith. 
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