Tab. 13. 
Catileiane, 
OXYANTHUS SPECIOSUS. 
Nar. Orv. Rubiacew. Sect. 3. § 5. Juss. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 
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OXYANTHUS, Decand. Cal. urceolatus, acuté 5-fidus. Cor. tubulosa, gracilis, longissima, limbo acute 9-partito, 
a : | 2-locularis, polyspermus. Frutex 
i c . Fructus 
Anthers intra faucem sessiles, longee, acute, exserte. Stigma 1. Fx Le 
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Africanus ; pedunculi 3-chotomi, multiflori, dwisurrs bracteolatis. Juss.in Mém. Mus. 6. 
Gardenia tubiflora. Andr. Bot. Rep. 183. | F : 
Decand. Ann. Mus. 9.218. Ait. Kew. ed. alt. 1. 371. Rom. et Schultes Sp. Pl. 5. 228. 
Oxyanthus speciosus. 
Descr. Rami teretes, fusco-virides, tomento denso vestiti. Folia opposita, oblongo-lanceolata, petiolata, bullata, supra nitida 
glabra, infra ad venas tomentosa, pallidiora. Stipule ovate, erect, tomentose. Flores ex axillis foliorum, racemosi, odorati. 
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8 8 X issl : ris, Zubo glial 
Cal. superus, pilosus, 2-bracteatus, cylindraceus, acuté $-dentatus. Corolla alba, longissima, hypocrateriformis, tubo glaberrimo, 
apicem versus attenuato, intus villoso; limbo horizontali 5-partito, laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, demim ochraceis. Stamina 5, in 
fauce sessilia, exserta. Antherc lineares, acute, apiculate. Pollen per tria coherens. Ovariwm inferum, 2-loculare, polysper- 
mum. Stylus filiformis, glaber, fistulosus, exsertus, apice clavatus. Stigma viscidum, cristatum, emarginatum, luteum. Discus 
incrassatus, medio foveatus pro basi styli. 
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The genus Oxyanthus was founded by our learned friend M. Decandolle, in a paper on the Natural Order Ru- 
BIACER, published in the Annales du Museum; and is arranged under his Cinchonacee, which are characterized by 
seeds with a fleshy albumen, anda fruit with two cells and many seeds. It must be confessed it is yery nearly related 
to Posoqueria and Tocoyena ; from the latter, indeed, it seems scarcely to differ sufficiently to be considered a distinct 
genus. It has however been retained by M. de Jussieu, chiefly on the authority of Decandolle, in his recent paper 
on Rugiaces, published in the last volume of the Mémoires du Museum. 
It is a native of Sierra Leone, from whence it was introduced by the African Company in 1789. With us it re- 
quires the heat of a stove, and, like many shrubs related to it in botanical affinity, is highly valued on account of the 
very agreeable perfume of its long white flowers, which spring in great abundance out of almost every axilla. This 
circumstance, with the regular disposition of its leaves and branches, and the compactness of its foliage, renders it a 
very desirable plant. | 
We hardly know whether or not the plant we now figure ought to be considered a distinct species from the Gar- 
denia tubiflora of the Botanist’s Repository. It certainly differs from that in many particulars, especially in its much 
greater size. Wehave examined specimens brought from Sierra Leone by Smeathman, and preserved in the Bank- 
sian herbarium, which nearly resemble Andrews’s figure, except in the form of the leaves : having like it small 
flowers with reflected segments, and smooth branches and leaves. On the contrary, the plant ffom which we made 
our drawing had every part, except the flowers and upper surface of the leaves, covered with a dense pubescence, 
which in drying becomes ferruginous. It floweredin Mr. Cattley’s conservatory at Barnet, where it grew with ex- 
traordinary luxuriance; to which circumstance it is possible that the differences we have mentioned are to be ascribed 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
J Ovantuy and style when the corolla is removed. 2. Calyx. 3. Vertical section of the same. 4. Anthers. 5. Pollen 
6. Upper end of the style and stigma. j 
