553 PENTANDRIA MO^OGYNTAi Gardenia. 



sub-solitary, calyx five-toothed, apices of the anthers scarcely peep- 

 ing from the tube of the smooth coral. 



A native of Bhutan, and introduced by Dr. Carey into the bota- 

 nic garden at Calcutta, where it blossoms during the months of 

 March and April, the season when rrtosj: other species of this ge- 

 nus ai e in flower, but after being twelve years in the garden it has 

 not once ripened a single fruit. 



Trunk straight. Bark very thick and spongy, appearing as "if swol- 

 len and somewhat meally. Branches brachiate, drooping, shorty 

 and covered with bark like that of the trunk. — Spines opposite, 

 above the axils, and, when not terminal, in form of a small leaf-bear- 

 ing brnnchlet, shorter than the leaves. — Leaves opposite, sub-sessile, 

 obovate, entire, smooth on both sides, from one to four inches long, 

 and from one to three broad. — Stipules interfpliaceous, acute. — 

 Slhwers lateral, generally single, sub-sessile, large, white, and fra« 

 giant. — Calyx short, cylindric, smooth, mouth slightly five-toothed. 

 - — Corol. Tube many times longer than the calyx, somewhat gib=. 

 bous. Border of five, spreading, and finally revolute, obliquely-ob- 

 long, obtuse segments.— Stam. no filaments. Anthers filiform, with 

 their apices only peeping from the mouth of the tube. — Germ tur- 

 binate, one-celled, ovula numerous, attached to four or five parties 

 tal receptacles. Style short. Stigma clavate 3 five-grooved, rathe; 

 longer than the anthers. 



Obs. The swollen, even bark of this species and its straight 

 trunk even up through the branches, render it readily known and, 

 easily distinguished from all our other Indian Gardenias. 



Additional Obs. by N. TV. 



Since the period when the preceding account was written the 

 trees in the Company's botanic garden have occasionally ripened 

 their fruits. In 1815 one was produced, which measured two in- 

 ches and a half in length, of an oval form, somewhat uneven and 

 knobbed on its surface, covered with ash-coloured scabrous epider- 

 mis, without 'any vestige or remnant of the calyci'ne lobes, -resii^jf 



