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GARDENIA FLORIDA, fl. simplict. Sine.e- 
FLOWERED CAPE JASMINE. 
Class and Order. 
PentTanpDrRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rusiacez. ) 
) Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus ovatus sepe costatus ; limbus tubulosus 
truncatus dentatus fissus partitusve. Cor. infundibuliformis 
aut hypocraterimorpha, tubo calyce multo longiore, limbo 
per estivationem contorto patente 5—9-partito. | Anthere 
5—9 lineares ad faucem subsessiles. Stigma clavatum 
bifidum aut bidentatum, lobis® crassis erectis. Ovarium 
dissepimentis incompletis 2—5 semi-divisum, 1-loculare. 
Bacca carnosa calyce coronata intus chartacea aut nucleata 
incomplete 2—5-locularis. Semina minuta placentis parie- 
talibus carnosis immersa. Embryo albuminosus vagus.— 
Arbores aut Frutices, inermes aut spinescentes. Folia op- 
posita raro verticillata, ovalia. Flores axillares aut termi-— 
nales, plerumque solitarii albi, demum sepe flavescentes, 
sepius odori. DC. ; 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Garpenta* florida ; inermis, fruticosa, erecta, foliis ellipti- 
cls utrinque acutis, floribus solitariis subterminalibus 
sessilibus hypocrateriformibus, calycis laciniis vertica- 
libus lanceolato-subulatis tubum corolla zquantibus, 
baccis elongato-turbinatis costatis. D C. 
GarpveniA florida. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 305. Ker, in Bot. 
Reg. t. 449. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 379. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget.v. 1. p. 765. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 550. 
GARDENIA 
nd In honour of Dr. ALEXANDER GARDEN, Botanist and Zoologist ; a 
_— of Scotland, but who settled as a Physician, at Charleston, South 
arolina. 
