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GARDENIA THUNBERGIA. STARRY 
GARDENIA. 
De ee ee Se 
Cla/s and Order. 
PenNTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
Generic Charader. 
Contorta. Baccainfera, 2- feu 4-locularis, poly fperma. 
Stigma lobatum. 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
GARDENIA Thuntergia ; inermis, foliis ellipticis, corollis 
~ hypocrateriformibus, calycibus lJatere rumpen- — 
tibus: laciniis apice dilatatis. Hort. Kew. 1- 
294. : 
THUNBERGIA capenfis. Montin in AG. Holm. 1773: P- 289. 
: ‘fe 3 
GARDENIA Thunbergia. Thunb. Diff. n. 3. Prod. 41. Lint. 
Suppl. 162. Syft. Veg. 251. Thomp/. Bot. Difp- 
nm. 10. Icon. - 
GARDENIA verticillata ; inermis, foliis ternis ovatis acu- — 
‘ minatis, ramis unifloris, calyce fpathaceo ap- 
: pendiculato uno latere dehifcente. Lam. Encycl. 
2. p. 607. : 
GARDENIA crafficaulis ; foliorum laminis rhombeo-lanceo- 
_ Jatis, undulatis; calyce fpathaceo, hinc fiflo, 
3 laciniis cucullatis ; pericarpio lignofo. Sali/. 
3 3 in Parad. Lond. 46. a: 
BERGKIAS. Sonnerat It. Nov. Guin, p. 48. t.17, 18 
CAQUEPIRIA Bergkia. Gmel. Syft. Veg. p. 651. | 
The GARDENIA Thunbergia is a fine flowering fhrub, which : 
thrives with great luxuriance in the Right Hon. Mr.GReviLeBs 
_confervatory at Paddington, where our drawing was taken. 
The flowers are very fragrant and produced in fuce 
Guring the fummer months. er 
Native of the Cape of Good-Hope and Guinea. 
Introduced to the Kew Gardens by Sir James Cock3¥ 
Bart. in 1773. May be propagated by cuttings, but will 
bloffom while young. : 
