704 pentandria monogynia. Gardenia. 



like process at the bottom of each fissure, which exists also 

 in that of the ripe berry. The seeds nestle in a firm, deep 

 orange coloured pulp, which is a substance employed tor 

 dyeing in some parts of India. 



To distinguish it from Gardenia sulcata, Gart. carp. hi. 

 p. 78. tab. 194, I will add the following account of the fruit 

 of this species. Germ turbinate, from five to six, acute-an- 

 gled ; at the base from three to five-celled ; above one-celled, 

 with from three to five parietal receptacles, to which the nu- 

 merous ovula are attached. Berry oblong, orange-coloured, 

 smooth, the size of a pigeon's egg, down the sides run six 

 equidistant ribs, a continuation of the permanent, ensiform 

 segments of the calyx, one-celled. Receptacles generally 

 four, projecting from the lining of the cell to about one-fourth 

 of its diameter, when they divide into two or more portions. 

 Seeds numerous, nidulant in orange pulp, roundish, a little 

 compressed, rugose; mode of attachment on the ripe fruit 

 obscure. Perisperm conform to the seed, pale. Embryo 

 straight, nearly as long as the perisperm. Cotyledons two, 

 cordate. Radicle straight, pointing' to, very near to the um- 

 bilicus. 



2. G. calyculata. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves petioled, ovate, acuminate, smooth. 

 Flowers terminal, solitary, sessile, germ involucred. Caly- 

 cine segments ensiform. Anthers within theswelliug tube of 

 the five-cleft corol. 



Native place uncertain ; some thirty years ago, it was 

 brought from Hydradad to Lord Pigot at Madras, who 

 planted it in his garden there, where it was pointed out to 

 me by Lady Clive in 1798. The flowers are large, white, 

 and like most of the genus, fragrant. 



3. G. costata. R. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves cuneiform-oblong, smooth, 

 ribbed. Calyx five-angled. Flowers hypocrateriform. 



