l J osoqueria. pentandria monogykia. 5G7 



at the middle. Stig/na erect, two-lobtd. — fierry oboate (in P. 

 dumetorum round,) size of a large nutmeg, smooth, two-celled.— 

 Seeds numerous, immersed in pulp. 



06s. Thunberg's Gardenia spinosa is a plant I have not seen, if it 

 be Hot K 'enig's dumetorum or this very species I have now describ- 

 ed, consequently cannot say wherein they differ, but from dumeto- 

 rum, which I know well, it differs very conspicuously in the structure, 

 and disposition of the branches, in the shape of the fruit, and in the 

 border of the calyx being permanent. 



5. P.fragrans, Koen. Mss. 



Shrubby, armed. Leaves long-obovate. Flowers numerous, col- 

 lected in small, simple, terminal umfoellets. Berries from eight- to 

 ten- eeded. 



Gardenia fragratis, Koen. Mss. 



Telingu. Pedally. 



With P. dumetorum it is a common, rigid, shrubby species; \t 

 seems also to delight in a poor soil, and like it is armed with strong 

 sharp thorns. Brought into a good soil these almost totally disappear. 

 Ii flowers about the beginning of the rains in June and July. 



Leaves opposite on the young shoot9, fascicled on the old ones, 

 sbort-petioled, oblong; on both sides are smooth and glossy hollow 

 glands in the axils of the large nerves ; border hairv ; from two to three 

 inches long, bv one and a half broad. — Stipules connecting the pe- 

 tioles, acute. — Umbellets simple, small, terminal, or from small tu- 

 berosities on ihe branchlets, bearing many, small, white, fragrant 

 flowers. — Peduncles short. — Bractes, a .small acute one at the base 

 of each pedicel. — Calyx five-toothed, toothless acute — Carol, throat 

 hairy. Border always five-cleft, divisions acute. — Stamens and pis~ 

 tiilurn as in the genus. — Berry the size of a small cherry, red, two- 

 celled. — Seeds from eight to twelve in both cells, kidney-shaped, 

 ©range-coloured. 



Obs. 1 know of no use this tree is put to, except to make fence9, 

 for which it in well adapted^ particularly when it is the produce of a 



