Gardenia, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 707. 
ed in the tube, the other half above its mouth. Germ oblong, 
one-celled, containing numerous ovula, attached to five parie- 
tal receptacles. Berry the size of a pullet’s egg, nearly round, 
crowned, with a small part only of the tube of the calyx, 
‘which makes me suspect Gertner’s G, latifolia, vol. iii. p, 
78, must belong to a different species, That my plantis the 
original latifolia 1 know well, as 1 was with Kénig when he 
first discovered it, Colour at all times a cineritious greenish 
yellow, a little scabrous, one-celled, and the internal, nuci- 
form portion five-valved, Seeds very numerous, attached to 
five parietal receptacles. —. 
Obs, This species is very denéeiciste of. notice. Its large, 
while young, glossy, green leaves, independent of the 
size, beauty and fragrance of the flowers, render it very orna- 
mental. a 
“be Go lucida, Ri. : itis 4 
Sub-arboreous, unarmed, erect, gems resinous, Leaves 
oblong, smooth, bard, and lucid, with simple parallel veins. 
Divisions of the calyx subulate. Tube of the corol cylindric, 
three times the length of the calyx, border five-parted. Ber- 
_ ries drupaceous, with a two-valved cell, 
A native of Chittagong and various other parts of India. 
It is in flower and fruit the greater part of the year. ~ 
Trunk short, and straight, Branches numerous, opposite, 
decussate, ascending, covered with smooth, ash-coloured 
bark ; young shoots round, smooth, and generally incrusted 
_ with a little yellow resin, a bright yellow drop of which is 
often found.on the gems. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, 
oblong, smooth ; margins interior and waved ; rather obtuse- 
pointed, hard to the feel, both surfaces polished ; nerves nu- 
merous, parallel, and simple; about six inches long, and 
about three broad. Stipu/es annular, within the leaves; 
mouth variously divided into unequal, obtuse segments. Pe- 
duncles terminal, and above the axills,solitary, round, clavate, 
smooth, from half an inch toan inch long, supporting a sim imple ~ 
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