and uariuw sfpals. its I'niil, liuweviT. i.s sw..lU-u an.l ..blouj,'. 

 resembling; that uf tspkal aari/ftiius ; an.l it.s wv-lh are imirli 

 laryer ami Hatteued, l)ul like tLdse of (i. pidclnUa are Wrowii 

 and pustular, it heiug a j-laiil u husc sttMl« are di«iKTHc«.l 

 l)y water. 



121. Gardenia ( § (jrardeuielia) I'ULcuella, n. xji. 



A shrublet, -nitli a woody erect stem, aljoiit 2 IVet tall or le*i*, 

 ^4 iii^li throutjli, hrowu. liairv. Leavi-s thin ol.lan.c.,hit««. 

 subacute or acuminate, glabrous abo\e, pulx'scent on the 

 nerves beneath ; nerves seven to nine pairs, InconKpicunus 

 above, elevated beneath, asceudiu'^' },'radually to tin- niaryiu. 

 G-7 inches long, 2;l-8 inches wide: petiole T, in.-h long. 

 Internodes lo-2 inches long. Stipules large, ovate, ending 

 in a number of setaceous points, \ inch long. Flowern 

 solitary or three or more on a short J-incli pedumle from a 

 leaf axil on the denuded base of the stem. Pediit-js vi-ry 

 slender, li-2^ inches long, pubescent. Calyx tulK* Nlendcr, 

 cylindric, about 1 inch long, lobes linear acute, l-l inch, 

 green, pubescent. Corolla 2:^ inches long, ba.se cylindric 

 slender, gradiially dilated upwards to the limb, which is 

 J inch across, live lobes, short rounded, creamy white 

 outside, densely spotted streaked with red inside, tips of lolich 

 cream Avith a violet spot at the apex, all ghibrous. Staimiis 

 included, fuscous, connivent : filaments long, slender, frev 

 nearly to base ; anthers linear acuminate. Style short thick, 

 stigma clubbed. Capsule pendulous, cylimlric. obsctirelv 

 angled, glabrous, 1! inch long, i inch through. .•rowne«l with 

 the sepals, two celled, seeds oblong-pustular brown minute, 

 very numerous. 



Common on banks at Telom. 



This curious and pretty plant is certainly e\livm.-ly unlike » 

 typical Gardenia and very different from (i. lintlumtnnu,. 

 Tliuub., the type of the section. In niiiny point.s, hourvi-r. 

 it is closely allied to G. tentuculaia. Hook. fil.. a comiin»u 

 tidal swamp plant, especially resentbling it in it.s >«nmll 

 size, a.\illary flowers from old leaf axils, its long narn-w 

 sepals, and' the colour of its Howers. The long hlmdir 

 capsule with its oblong rounded se.ds. an-l elougiite ...n-Ili 

 tube, however, separate it widely from that »\nxiv». Weiv 

 it not for this connecting link one would a-rtainly pn.|M.«> 

 a distinct genus for this plant and its allies. I h«Tc 

 met with two other si.eiies of this sivtion u. the IVnu.^n!... 

 one of which Pearson uameil Acntnthvra dnlym.KorpHt. but I 

 cannot find that anv description of it w,ui piiblii»he.|. TImj 

 .renus Arranthn^K h<.wevcr. contains only i.lanl-H with .tn.ogly- 

 peduncled terminal .n mes. and is alli.^l t- .V«..... ..,/,.. to 



which genus one si^rics ha-, l-een r^-brnil. 



