NAT. ORDER. — RUBIACEJE. li^T 



Gardenia tub'ifera. Tube-bearing' Gardenia. This is a shrub 

 rising- from ten to fifteen feet in height, subarboreous, unarmed ; leaves 

 cunate-oblong", petiolate, slightly scabrous above and pubescent be- 

 neath ; drupe round, uneven, crowned by the very long- truncate caly- 

 cinc tube ; leaves five to six inches long- ; ch'upe containing- a putamen 

 ■which is divisible into eig-ht valves ; flowers uiiknown. All the young 

 parts of the tree are resinous. Native of the East Indies, in Singapore. 



Gardenia anisophylla. Unequal-leaved Gardenia. This species 

 is also a tree, rising from thirty to sixty feet in height, arboreous and 

 unarmed ; leaves elliptic, those opposite .each other unequal, densely 

 clothed with villi ; stipules concrete at the base, bearded inside ; 

 corymbs axillary, villous ; limb of calyx five-toothed ; tube of corolla 

 short ; drupe oval, villous ; the leaves are also tapering to the base, 

 six to twelve inches long- ; flowers rather small, white, by threes, 

 villous outside ; liml) five-parted ; stigmas clavate, two-lobed ; drupe 

 size of a walnut, containing a two-valved putamen. Native of the Is- 

 lands of Pulo-Penang and Singapore, on the hills. 



Gardenia corni/olla. Dogwood-leaved Gardenia. This is a shrub 

 about five feet high, shrubby and spinose ; branches glabrous ; leaves 

 accuminated, ovate, rather coriaceous, and are, as well as the branches, 

 downy ; flowers white, sweet-scented, six to eight together at the tops 

 of the branches, sessile, subcorymbose, each furnished with a bifid 

 involucel; calyx four-toothed; corolla villose on the outside, with a 

 terete tube, and a spreading four-parted limb. The ovarium and fmit 

 being unknown, it is doubtful whether it belongs to the genus. Na- 

 tive of the temperate parts of New Granada, near Gaudua. 



There are about forty species more belonging to the genus, most 

 of which, however, are of but httle value. 



Propagation and Culture. All the species of Gardenia bear ele- 

 gant sweet-scented flowers, which in most of the species are large. 

 They are generally free flowerers. The soil best suited for them is ^ 

 mixture of loam, peat, and sand. The stone species thrive best in a 

 moist heat ; and cuttings of all root readily if taken off" while not too 



