2 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



the fame : it is N*^ 153. of her colleftion ;■ 

 and was firft found by her, Summer' 1753. 

 Ufing the privilege of a firft difcoverer, fhe 

 was pleafed to call this new plant Gardeniay 

 in compliment to Dr. Garden. 



The Defcriptlon of the Gardenia, feiit by 

 br. Garden to Mifs Golden. 



ANONYMOS. 



POLYADELPHIA EnNEANDRIA. 



Radix perpendicularis, in defcenfu fibras 

 aliquot at plures cirros emittens, fcn- 

 lim attenuatur, fimplex, mollis. 



Caulis fimplex, fruticofus, teres, redus, 

 ex alls foliorum internodiis fefquipol- 

 licaribus laterales emittens ramulos, 

 lineam craffus, cubitum plus minus 

 altus, cavus, annuus, glaber. 



Folia fimplicia, feffilia, patula, bina ex op^ 

 pofito alternata, integerrima, obtufa, 

 ovata, cordata in duo auricula, circa 

 caulem fupra fe invicem expanfa, ad 

 bafin extenduntur, nitida, fuperne vi- 

 ridia, inferne glauca, nervo medio in*' 



fra 



