Gardenia. pentandria monogynia. 707 



ed in the tube, the other half above its mouth. Germ oblono\ 

 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 Gartner's G. latifolia, vol. iii. p. 

 78, must belong- to a different species. That my plant is the 

 original latifolia I know well, as I was with Konig when he 

 first discovered it. Colour at all times a cineritious greenish 

 yellow, a little scabrous, one-celled, and the internal, unci- 

 form portion five-valved. Seeds very numerous, attached to 

 five parietal receptacles. 



Obs. This species is very deserving- of notice. Its large, 

 white, young, glossy, green leaves, independent of the 

 size, beauty and fragrance of the flowers, render it very orna- 

 mental. 



5. G. lucida. R. 



Sub-arboreous, unarmed, erect, g-ems resinous. Leaves 

 oblong, smooth, hard, and lucid, with simple parallel veins. 

 Divisions of the calyx subulate. Tvbe 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; yowig shoots round, smooth, and generally incrnsted 

 with a little yellow resin, a bright yellow drop of which is 

 often found on the gems. Leaves opposite, shorf-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. Stipules 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 to an inch long, supporting a simple 



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