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cant ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers solitary, almost terminal, and nearly 

 sessile, salver-shaped ; segments of the calyx vertical, linear-subulate, 

 equal in leng-th to the tube of the corolla ; flowers very fragrant. It 

 is a native of Japan, and cultivated at the Cape of Good Hope, the 

 East and West Indies, and the southern parts of the United States. It 

 flowers from March till June. 



Gardenia coslala. Ribbed-fruited Gardenia. Tliis is a tree about 

 twenty feet high, arboreous, unarmed ; leaves cuneiform-oblong, smooth, 

 and ribbed ; flowers terminal, salver-shaped ; calycine segments resini- 

 ferous, caducous ; berry drupaceous, oval, five-i'ibbed, one-celled, con- 

 taining a two-valved shell ; placentas two, opposite ; flowers large, 

 white, sweet-scented, the tube being above three inches long, and the" 

 border above four inches in diameter ; limb five-parted ; berry yellow, 

 containing a soft and rather foetid pulp. It is a native of the moun- 

 tainous part of India ; but is now spread over most of Europe, and is 

 cultivated in green-houses in the United States. 



Gardenia carinaia. Keeled Gardenia. This is a tree linarmed, 

 arboreous, resinous on the younger parts ; leaves elliptic-obovate, rib- 

 bed, villous beneath ; flowers terminal, solitary ; limb of the calyx 

 tiTjncate, broad, obscurely five-lobed, and five-keeled ; tube of corolla 

 very long ; limb six-eight-lobed ; flowers smaller than those of Gar- 

 denia costala, at flrst snow white, but afterwards yellow, becoming, 

 when dry, a beautiful orange color ; fruit exactly like the previous 

 species. It is a native of Asia, where it grows on the hills. 



Gardenia ai'horea. Arboreous Gardenia. This is a good sized 

 tree, arboreous, unarmed ; leaves ovate-oblong ; flowers terminal, al- 

 most sessile, usually by threes ; corolla with a filiform tube, and a 

 five-parted limb ; berry drupaceous, smooth, containing a four or five- 

 valved shell ; the leaves are deciduous during the cold season, and the 

 shrub continues naked till the hot season is pretty far advanced. From 

 the buds and wounds made in the bark there exudes a very beautiful 

 yellow resin, like that from Gardenia gummifera. The size, number, 

 fragrance, mutability, and beauty of the flowers of this species, render 



