Gardenia. piktandkia monogynia. SGI 



tube of the corolla, obscurely lobed and waved. — The fruit is pre- 

 cise])' as in that species. 



1-1. G. anisophylla, Mss. Jack. 



Aiboreous, unarmed. leaves densely villous, elliptic, unequal in 

 each pair. Stipules opposite, lanceolate, connate at the base, beard, 

 ed. within. Corynibs axillary, villous. Calyx five-toothed. 2w6e 

 of the corolla short. Drupe villous, oval. 



Specimens were first communicated by my late friend Jack who 

 discovered the plant at Pinang. I afterwards found it in great abun- 

 dance both on the hills at Pinang, and on the island of Singapore, in 

 fruit and flower from August to November. 



A small unarmed tree. Branches round, ash. coloured ; the up- 

 per and 1 1 cent ones densely cad in rust-coloured, soft, down.— • 

 Leaves most spreading, from oval to elliptic and sub-obovate, acute, 

 tapering downwards, measuring from six to twelve inches, sometimes 

 twice that length, soft and vil ous on both sides, especially undei- 

 jieath where they are marked with numerous parallel, sub-transversai 

 ribs and with transveisal appioximate veins between them; they are 

 of a rather thin texture, and become smoother by age ; while young 

 they aie densely tomentose. One in each pair is always smaller than 

 the olher, measuring only one half or less of the size of the other 

 (hence the sp • cific name . Petiols from half an inch to an inch long, 

 villous. — Stipules laige, inter-petiolar, broad-lanceolate, acute, vil- 

 lous, connate at the base, and bearded within, deciduous. — Corymb 

 teim nal or axillary, nodding, short-peduncied, much shorter than the 

 leaves, trichotomous, vil ous. Peduncles short. Bractes lanceolate, 

 deciduous. Flowers rather small for the size of the tree, white, 

 sub-sessile, ternate, villous on the outside. — Calyx ovate, with five, 

 acute, deciduous teeth. — Tube of the corolla a little longer than the 

 teeth of the calyx, widening upwards, limb divided into five, spread- 

 ing, oblong laciniae, which equal the tube in length. Anthers sub- 

 sessile, not elevated above the throat of the corolla. Stigma clava&s 4 



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