following memorandum, with which Mr. Glendinning has 
been so obliging as to favour us. 
“Mr. Thomas Whitfield, a most successful investigator 
of the most unhealthy parts of Africa, succeeded in introduc- 
ing along with other rare species from Sierra Leone, all 
which are now in my possession, this remarkable and beau- 
tiful Gardenia. The flowers are sent up in great profusion 
from the base of the numerous shoots, which under good 
cultivation are always abundant and healthy. They thrust 
themselves upwards through the beautiful green foliage in a 
nearly erect position, änd are nine inches long, resembling a 
series of spotted trumpets, thus presenting a very singular 
and attractive object. The flowers themselves are not unlike 
the spotted Japan Lilies, and like them also very fragrant. 
“ What will render the plant a great favourite in our 
stoves is its easy cultivation. I would recommend rough 
peat, leaf mould, and silver sand in nearly equal proportions; 
let the pots be well drained, and place a little moss over the 
drainage before potting, to prevent the compost from mixing 
with the drainage ; place the plant in a rather high tempera- 
ture in a close house or pit, and give abundance of atmos- 
pheric moisture; under these circumstances the cultivation 
a flowering of this choice exotic will be certain and com- 
plete.” 
Sierra Leone and the surrounding regions are known to 
contain other species of this genus, of great beauty; and 
among them is one which, as it is nearly related to this, was 
discovered some years since by Mr. Whitfield, and is we 
believe actually in this country, we shall take this opportunity 
of naming after its zealous finder, and of briefly describing, as 
G. Whitfieldii ; inermis, folis ternatis obovatis cuspidatis 
= basi cuneatis brevi-petiolatis glaberrimis, floribus soli- 
tariis terminalibus tomentosis, calycis limbo cylindraceo 
in dentes 5 setaceos longissimos produeto, corollæ tubo 
cylindraceo clavato in limbum latum infundibulare 
. expanso, laciniis 5 obliquis subrotundis basi subcordatis. 
The flowers of this plant are very leathery, covered with 
a close fur, about five inches long, with an expansion of three 
inches. "The long slender calyx teeth are more than an inch 
long. We received our specimens from Mr. Whitfield some 
years since, and we believe that plants, then introduced, lurk 
among the unknown stove plants which have never flowered. 
