SS© fentandria monogynia. Gardenia. 



slender, surrounded at the base by a fleshy, annular, convex, yellow 

 disc, which rests on the ovary within the teeth of the calyx. §KJ»wa 

 elevated above the throat, clavate, smooth, with two opposite green. 

 ish lines, obscurely two-lobed. 



Obs. It seems to come very near to G. tetrasperma, Roxb. which 

 has been well described by the discoverer, my excellent friend Major- 

 Generai H aid wick, in the extract which I have subjoined to the 

 specific character given above. The chief difference appears to 

 consist in the axillary flowers in that species, — N. W. 



13. G. carinata, Wall. 



Arboreous, unarmed ; all the voting parts resinous. Leaves ellip- 

 tic-obovate, ribbed, villous underneath. Flowers terminal, solitary. 

 Calyx truncate, obscurely five-lobed, its middle marked with five 

 strong keels. Tube of the corol very long. Limb divided into six 

 or more lobes. 



A native of Pinang, where it grows on the hills, blossoming in 

 December. It was found by the diligent Mr. Porter, who sent me 

 abundance of specimens. 



This large and handsome species comes very near to Roxburgh's 

 G. costata, for which I at first took it ; and his description agrees in 

 every respect with that of our plant except in the following points. 

 - — The leaves are here elliptic-obovate, ending in a short acumen, 

 tapering much downwards, almost perfectly smooth above, but soft 

 and villous underneath. — Stipules tubular, with a lateral or two op. 

 posite fissures at the apex, quickly deciduous from their point of in- 

 sertion, which remains as a circular vestige, but often continuing in 

 their detached state, to surround the branch loosely. Flowers some- 

 what smaller than in that species, at first snow-white, afterwards Yel- 

 low ; becoming when dried of a beautiful orange-colour; from six- 

 to eight-ceft, and with a corresponding number of stamens. — Calyx 

 thick and fleshy, veutricose at the middle, and there marked with five 

 large, ovate, obtuse, pretty equal keels ; its mouth wider than the 



