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* GARDENIA pannea. 



Cloth-leaved Gardenia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGY'NIA. 



Nat. ord. CiNCHONACE*, § Gardenie^. 

 GARDENIA. Suprc), vol. \.fol. 73. 



G. pannea ; inennis, foliis dens6 hirsutis rugosis oblongis acutis basi obtusis 

 breve petiolatis, floribus terminalibus aggregatis in peduticulum communem 

 sessilibus, tubo corollas longissimo piloso ; limbo reflexo intiis tomentoso, 

 calyce 5-dentato glabro. 



Frutex, in caldario A-j/edalis, vix canescens, sed undique fere hirsutus. 

 Rami subtelragoni. Folia circiter sex poll, longa, rugosissima, tactu sub- 

 aspera ; petiolis brevibus ; stipulis brevibus, rotundatiSf membranaceis, den- 

 tatis, glabris. Calyx glaber ; tubo oblongo Icevi ; I'lmho campanulato, brevi, 

 acute 5-dentato. Corolla straminea, pilosa ; tubo 3 poll, longo, et ultra, 

 ajjice paritm dilatato, tomentoso; fauce nudd ; limbo contorto, tomentoso, 

 laciniis oblongis, coriaceis, basi subimdulatis medio refractis. Stamina 5, 

 sessilia, exserta, linearia ; antheris post anthesin incurvis. Ovarium 2-3- 

 loculare ; ovulis numerosis, in placentis carnosis subdidymis immersis. 

 Stijlusjiliformis; sUgma. clav at um, i-S-lobum. 



A handsome stove shrub, native of the tropical j^arts of 

 South America, whence it was received some years since by 

 the Horticultural Society. 



It flowers in June and July ; but like a large number 

 of the woody inhabitants of the tropics, seldom produces 

 its blossoms in this country. The drawing was made three 



* Named in compliment to Dr. Alexander Garden, a physician of Charles- 

 town in South Carolina, and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He was the discoverer 

 of the Siren lacertina, and is highly eulogized as a botanist and zoologist by his 

 biographer Smith. 



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