( 4044 ) 



Gardenia Sherbourni^. Mrs. Sher- 

 bourne's Gardenia. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rubiace£1. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus ovatus saspe costatus, limbus tubulosus trun- 

 catus dentatus fissus partitusve. Corolla infundibuliformis 

 aut hypocraterimorpha, tubo calyce multo longiore, limbo 

 per aestivationem contorto patente 5— 9-partito. Antherte 

 5 — 9 lineares ad faucem subsessiles. Stigma clavatum bifi- 

 dum aut bidentatum, lobis crassis erectis. Ovarium disse- 

 pimentis incompletis 2 — 5 semi-divisum, 1-loculare. Bacca 

 carnosa calyce coronata intus chartacea aut nucleate, incom- 

 pleto 2 — 5-locularis. Semina minuta placentis parietalibus 

 carnosis immersa. Embryo albuminosus vagus. — Arbores 

 aut frutices, inermes aut spinescentes. Folia opposita raro 

 verticillata, ovalia. Plores axillares aut terminates, plerum- 

 que solitarii } albi,demums<epejlorescentes,s<£piusodori. D C. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Gardenia* Sherbournia ; volubilis, foliis elliptico-ovatis 

 brevi-acumiuatis integerrimis coriaceis glabris, stipulis 

 oblongis deciduis, pedunculis axillaribus solitaries uni- 

 floris bracteatis petiolo brevioribus, calycis lira bo amplo 

 campanulato lobis lato-cuneatis fohaceis, corolla mtun- 

 dibuliformi-campanulata carnosa, tubo intus basi sen- 

 ceo, limbi lobis 5 rotundatis patentibus, stylo stamini- 

 busque inclusis, stigmate clavato sulcato. 



A new and very handsome plant, received from Sierra 



Leone by Mrs. Sherbourne of Hurst House, Prescott, Lan- 



J cashire, 



* So named, in compliment to Dr. Alexander Garden, a Scotch .Phy- 

 sician, long resident in Carolina, who communicated many new f^* 

 the Roy/society of ^^^^^^Sd ££**£ 



^^^^^^i^^^^y » bear his name -" 



Sir J. E. Smith. 



