Gardenia. } RUBIACEZ (Sond.) 5 
twisted in estivation, but afterwards spreading, 5-9 parted. Anthers 
5-9, linear, nearly sessile in the naked throat of the corolla, or exser- 
ted. Style long; stigma clavate, bifid, or bidentate. Ovary 1-celled, 
half divided by 2—5 incomplete dissepiments. Berry fleshy, crowned 
by the calyx, imperfectly 2-5 celled. Seeds minute, immersed in fleshy 
parietal placente. DC. 1. ¢. 4, p. 379. Hndl. Gen. n. 3305. 
Trees or shrubs unarmed or spinescent, Leaves opposite or rarely in whorls, 
ovate or oval, Flowers generally white, solitary, axillary, or terminal, sweet 
scented. Named after Alexander Garden, M.D. of Charlestown, South Carolina, 
one of the correspondents of Ellis and Linnzeus. 
1, Eu-Gardenia. Calyzx-tube ribbed. Corolla tube cylindrical (1) florida. 
2. Kumbaga. Calyx-tube not ribbed : limb equally toothed or 
lobed, rarely truncate. (or. tube cylindr. or campanulate. 
Corolla-tube bell-shaped, villous (2) globosa. 
Corolla salver-shaped : 
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Leaves elliptical-lanceolate : 
Cor.-tube 2ce as long ascalyx ... ... ... ... «+. (3) citriodora, 
Cor,-tube 4-times as long as calyx... ... ... ... (4) Gerrardiana, 
3. Piringa. Calyx-tube not ribbed ; limb tubular, leafy, cleft 
down one side. Cor. salver-shaped (6) Thunbergia. 
4. Rothmannia. Calyz-tube ribbed or angular. Corolla dila- 
ed upwards, or nearly funnel-shaped ... ... ... ... «- (7) Rothmannia. 
1. G. florida (Linn. spec. 305); shrubby, unarmed, erect ; leaves ellip- 
tical, acute at both ends ; flowers solitary, almost terminal, sessile ; 
calycine segments vertical, lanceolate-subulate, equalling the tube of the 
corolla in length; berry elongated, turbinate, ribbed. Bot. Reg. t. 449. 
G. jasminoides, Sal. Phil. Trans. 52, t. 20. Jasm. Capense, Mill. t. 180. 
Has. Cultivated, native of China, Nov. Dec. (Herb. Th., Sd.) 
Shrub 2-6 feet. Flowers large, white, 5-9-parted, often double. Berry 5-6 
angled, 5-6 celled at the base, 1-celled at the apex, orange coloured, size of a 
pigeon’s egg; the pulp is used for dyeing yellow. 
2. G. globosa (Hochst Flora, vol. 25, p. 237); leaves shortly petio- 
late, lanceolate, quite glabrous ; stipules acute, short ; flowers terminal 
or subaggregated, subsessile; limb of calyx shortly 5-toothed; tube of 
corolla campanulate, villous on both surfaces, lobes broadly ovate, acute, 
spreading; ovary oblong, fruit globose. B. M.t. 4791. Harv. Thes. t. 5. 
Has. Sea coast, Natal, to 1200 ft. Krauss, 467; Gueinzius, 130, 546. Gerr. § 
M‘K. 714. J. Sanderson, joo. (Herb. D. Sd.), Aug. Oct. 
A low tree or shrub, unarmed, glabrous, except in the leaf buds, young leaves, and 
inflorescence. Leaves 2—4 inches long, about 1 inch broad, acute at each end, or 
bluntish, glossy, penninerved, nerves reddish. Flowers on veryshort pedicels. Calyx 
tube 2 lines long, minutely pubescent, limb campanulate with rigid teeth. Corolla 
white, striated with pink lines (Gerrard), the tube 1 inch long, 4 inch broad, lobes 
4lines long. Fruit as large as a walnut. 
3. G. citriodora (Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4987) ; leaves petiolate, ellipti- 
cal-lanceolate, subacuminate, glabrous ; stipules from a broad base subu- 
late-acuminate ; corymbs axillary, shorter than the leaves; lobes of calyx 
lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla salver-shaped ; tube twice longer than 
the calyx, glabrous ; lobes obovate, obtuse ; fruit oval. Mitriostigma 
axillare, Hochst! 1. ¢. 
