498 
Sello’s Gardenia. Shrub. 
25 G.uexa’nora (Willd. rel. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. 
p. 243.) unarmed ; leaves obovate, pubescent beneath ; flowers 
usually hexandrous ; corollas hairy both inside and outside, with 
the tube very short. h.S. Native of South America, where 
it was collected by Humboldt and Bonpland. The rest un- 
known. 
Hezxandrous-flowered Gardenia. Shrub. 
§ 3. Unarmed shrubs. Tube of calyx or ovarium not ribbed ; 
but the limb is tubular and ribbed, 5-6-cleft, as well as being cleft 
laterally. Tube of corolla cylindrical.—Piringa, Juss. 
26 G. Tuunse’ren (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 162.) shrubby, un- 
armed; leaves elliptic, acute, glabrous ; flowers terminal, soli- 
tary, sessile, 8-parted; limb of calyx tubular, cleft laterally : 
with the segments dilated at the apex; berry ovate. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, and the island of Manilla. 
Thunb. diss. gard. no. 3. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1004. Thunbérgia 
Capénsis, Montin, in act. holm. 1773. t. 11. G. verticillata, 
Lam. dict. 2. p. 607. G. crassicailis, Salisb. par. lond. t. 46. 
Bérgkias, Sonner. voy. nov. guin. t. 17-18. Journ. phys. 3. p. 
299. t. 3. Caquepiria Bérgkia, Gmel. syst. 651. Piringa, Juss. 
mem. mus. 6. p. 399. Flowers large, white, fragrant. Berry 
1-celled ; placentas parietal, 4, exserted. Leaves opposite, or 
8-4 in a whorl. 
Thunberg’s Gardenia. 
4 to 5 feet. 
§ 4. Unarmed shrubs. 
the decurrent segments. 
throat. 
Fl. Jan. March. Clt. 1774. Shrub 
Tube of calyx ribbed or angular from 
Tube of corolla with a dilated obconical 
Berry 2-celled.—Rothmdnnia, Thunb. 
27 G. Roruma’nyia (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 165.) arboreous, un- 
armed ; leaves oblong, acute, glabrous, on very short petioles, 
having glandular hairs in the axils of the veins underneath ; 
flowers axillary, and almost terminal, solitary, sessile, 5-parted, 
and pentandrous; calyx ribbed, having the segments subulate, 
terete, and erect; corolla with an obconical tube, a campa- 
nulate throat, and spreading acute segments. kh.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. diss. gard. no. 6. Sims, 
bot. mag. 690. Rothmannia Capénsis, Thunb. act. holm. 1776. 
p. 65. f. 2. Flowers white, spotted with red, sweet-scented ; 
tube of corolla glabrous. Young branches downy. 
Rothmann’s Gardenia. Fl. July. Clt. 1774. 
Shrub 5 to 
10 feet. 
§ 5. Unarmed or spinose shrubs. Leaves 3 in a whorl. 
28 G. rernirouta (Thonn. in Schum. pl. guin. p. 147.) un- 
armed, glabrous; leaves 3 in a whorl, obovate, cuneated at the 
base, almost sessile ; flowers solitary, almost terminal, girded at 
the base by a short truncate involucel; calyx with a smooth 
tube, and a tubular short toothed limb; corolla with a long 
terete tube, and a 6-7-parted limb. h.S. Native of Guinea. 
Flowers 3 inches long, white; lobes of corolla oval-oblong, 
acutish. 
Tern-leaved Gardenia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
29 G. rriaca’ntHa (D, C. prod. 4. p. 382.) glabrous; 
branches 3 in a whorl, spinescent; leaves 3 in a whorl, obovate, 
cuneated at the base, almost sessile; flowers solitary, terminal, 
sessile ; calyx with a smooth tube, and a tubular semi-5-cleft 
limb: lobes acute ; corolla with a long almost terete tube, anda 
5-parted limb: lobes thick, obovate. h. S. Native of the 
Gambia, in woods. Leaves hardly an inch long. Corolla 2 
inches long. Berry ovate-globose. Fruit size of a walnut. 
Spines thick, short, conical, spreading. 
Three-spined Gardenia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
30 G. mepicina‘xis (Vahl, in Schum. pl. guin. p. 148.) gla- 
RUBIACEÆ. XXXVI. Garpenia. 
brous ; spines tern, stiff, leafy at the apex; leaves elliptic, gla- 
brous ; flowers terminal, sessile, solitary ; limb of calyx bifid, 
with roundish recesses, and trifid segments; corolla with the 
h. S. Native of 
tube dilated upwards, and the lobes obovate. 
Guinea. 
Medicinal Gardenia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
§ 6. Spiny shrubs. 
31 G. ama‘na (Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 1904.) shrubby ; spines 
axillary, short, straight ; leaves 
oval, acute, glabrous, on short 
petioles ; flowers almost termi- 
nal, solitary, sessile, 5-parted, 
and pentandrous; tube of calyx 
with short teeth ; corolla salver- 
shaped, with a long terete tube. 
h . G. Native of China. Flowers 
white, having the lobes purple 
on the outside in that part, 
which is exposed to the air, 
while the corolla is in æstiva- 
tion; the tube greenish. 
Pleasing Gardenia. Fl. June, 
Aug. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. A 
32 G. tu'rcIpa (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 557.) arboreous, with 
swollen mealy bark, and brachiate branches; spines opposite 
and terminal; leaves obovate, tapering into the petioles at the 
base, smooth ; flowers lateral, usually solitary ; limb of calyx 
tubular, 5-tvothed ; corolla smooth, salver-shaped ; anthers 
almost inclosed. h.S. Native of the East Indies, at Botham. 
Leaves 1-4 inches long, and 1-3 broad. Stipulas broad at the 
base, and subulate at the apex. Flowers 5-G-parted. Berry 
oval, scabrous outside, containing a hard 5-valved putamen. 
Seeds imbedded in the pulp. Stigma clavate, 5-grooved. 
Swollen-barked Gardenia. Tree. 3 
33 G. monta‘na (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 556.) arboreous ; spines 
opposite, short, acute, stiff; leaves oblong, obtuse, almost Be 
sile, downy beneath, with revolute edges ; 
flowers rising 3-5 1m 
a fascicle from the buds, on short pedicels; limb of calyx usually 
5-toothed ; corolla 5-7-cleft; stamens inclosed; berry drupa- 
ceous, roundish, containing a 5-6-valved putamen. h .5. M 
tive of the East Indies, among the Circar mountains. a 
white, soft, and spongy. Leaves deciduous in December, 3 inches 
long, and 2 broad, smooth and shining above. Flowers pretty 
large, fragrant, when first open white, but soon becoming if 
or Jess yellow. Corolla with a somewhat gibbous tube, a 
smooth throat. Nectary a moniliform fleshy ring, Surroun ng 
the insertion of the style. Berry the size of a pullet’s egg, 4 
coloured, and yellow mixed. Seeds imbedded in the pulp. 
Mountain Gardenia. Clt. 1819. Tree or shrub. re 
34 G. campanura‘ra (Roxb. fi. ind. 2. p. 557.) bri 
branches short, spiny at the apex; spines solitary; leaves an 
ceolate, smooth, acuminated at both ends; flowers on short pa 
dicels, in terminal and lateral fascicles ; limb of calyx campai 
late, with a short acutely 5-toothed border ; corolla aibeair a 
late, 5-lobed; berry roundish-ovate. R. S. Native 0 E 
East Indies, in the forests of Chittagong. Thorns generally z 
minating the little lateral opposite branchlets. Leaves Ai 
inches long. Stipulas triangular, acute. Flowers small, ° if 
pale yellow colour, crowded at the extremities of short re 
lateral spinose branchlets. Stigma somewhat 5-grooved. Je 
thers inclosed. Berry round, the size of a golden pipp'® PPP e 
smooth, 1-celled; placentas 5, parietal. Seeds imbedded in 
yellow pulp. oft 
Campanulate-calyxed Gardenia. Clt. 1815. Sh. 5 to 1 
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