Gardenia, pentandria monogynia.' ^.5c> 



7. G. gummiferq, Linn. Suppl. 16+. 



Shrubby, with resinous gems. Leaves oblong, obtuse-pointed. 

 Divisions of the calyx ovate, acute, and very short. Tube of the <^o« 

 rol as long as the divisions of its border. 



Native of Coromandel. 



In a specimen in the Banksian herb, the divisions of the calyx art 

 long, slender, and acute. 



8 G. tetra^perma, R. 



Shrubby. Leaves obovate-cuneate, smooth. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, short-peduncled, pentandrous. Calycine segments subu- 

 late. Berry round, four-seeded. 



Found by Colonel Hardwick on the mountains near ShreenwgMrj 

 &ee Asiatic Researches vi. 354, 



Obs. by N. W. 



The following account of this species is taken from the 6th Vol. 

 of Asiatic Res. p. 354. 



"GardeniaS. — A plantof humble growth, shrubby, none seen 

 exceeding two feet hi height, growing among fragments of rocks on 

 the elevated ridge near Chichooa. Leaves terminating the branches, 

 without order, rather crowded, petioled, very short. Flowers axillary, 

 single, on solitary, short peduncles, of a greenish white colour, and 

 very sweet to the smell. Terianth above, one-leaved, half five-cleft, 

 divisions awled, erect, permanent. Corol, funnel-formed ; tube long, 

 widening upwards, partly closed about the middle by a ring of silky 

 down. Border five- parted, divisions ovate, equal. Filaments short, 

 within the tube. Anthers oblong, partly within the tube. Germ 

 globular. Style length of the tube. Stigma two-lobed, lobes ovate, 

 flattened, adpressed. Pericarp, a berry crowned with the calyx, 

 about the size of a common pea, one-celled, four-seeded."— Hard*. 

 wick, I. cit.— -N. W. 



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