Gardenia. pentandria monogynia. 553 



calyx, which makes me suspect Gaertner's G. latifolia, Vol. iii. p. 

 78, must belong to a different species Tliat my p!ant is the ori. 

 gmal iatifolid I know well, as I was with Konig when he first 

 discovered it. Colour a,t all times a cineritious greeni h yellow, a 

 little scabious, one-celled, and the internal, nuciform portion five- 

 valved. — Seeds very numerous, attached to five parietal recepta- 

 cles. 



Obs. This species is very deserving of notice. Its large, white, 

 young, glossy, green leaves, independent of the size, beauty and 

 fragrance of the flowers render it very ornamental. 



5. G. lucida, R* 



Sub-arboreous, unarmed, erect, gems resinous. Leaves oblong, 

 tmooth, hard, and lucid, with simple parallel veins. Divisions of the 

 calyx subulate. Tube of the corol cylindric, three times the length 

 of the calyx, border five-parted. Berries drupaceous, with a two- 

 valved cell. 



A native of Chittagong and various other parts of India. It is ia 

 flower and fruit the greater part of the year. 



Trunk short, and straight. Branches numerous, opposite, decus- 

 sate, ascending, covered with smooth, ash-coloured bark ; young 

 shoots round, smooth, and generally incrusted with a little yellow 

 resin, a bright yellow drop of which is often found on the gems. 

 ■ — Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong, smooth ; marains interior 

 and waved ; rather obtuse-pointed, hard to the feel, both sui faces 

 polished; nerves numerous, parallel, and simple; about six inches 

 long, and about three broad.— Stipules annular, within the leaves; 

 mouth variously divided into unequal, obtuse segments.— Peduncles 

 terminal, and above the axils, solitary, round, clavate, smooth, from 

 half an inch to an inch long, supporting a simple, beautiful, Iargs, 

 pure white, fragrant flower.— Calyx five-cleft. Segments eusiform, 

 with the margins incurved, so as become subulate; permanent.— 



* Prwballv tJie same as G. resinifera, Roth, Koy. Spec. 150.— N. W. 

 Err 



