XLVI. 
GARDENIA CRASSICAULIS. 
: Thick-fiemmed Gardenia. 
ORDO NATURALIS, 
Rubiacee. Juss. Gen. p. 196. 
Semina numerosa, placentis nidulantia. Frutices sempervirentes, plures brachiatt, gummifert. 
Folia ampla, opposita 3-nave, obtusa. Stipule intrafoliacee, vaginantes, in cuneas 2 wquales 
basin latente, breviter pedunculati. Bractee ad flores solitarios nulle. Genus pulchrum, 
fructu 1-loculari ab affinibus facile dignoscendum, cujus legitime sunt species G. Radicans 
Thunb. G. Florida L. G. Thunbergia L. G. Latifolia Sol. G. Gummifera L. preter quinque 
non descriptas in Herbario Banksiano. 
G. foliorum laminis rhombeo-lanceolatis, undulatis: calyce spathaceo, hine fisso, laciniis cucul- 
latis: pericarpio lignoso. 
G. Thunbergia. Thomps. Bot. Disp. No. 10. cum Ic. G. Thunbergia. Thunb. Diss. n. 3. : 
Thunbergia. Linn. Suppl. p. 162. Thunbergia capensis. Mont. in. Act. Holm. 1773, p. 288. 
t.11. Bergkias. Sonnerat. Voy. p. 48. t. 17, 18+ Wilde Catjepiring Hollandis. 
Sponte nascentem juxta fluvium Van Staad’s, sylvis, legit C. P. Thunberg. 
Floret a fine Januarii in Martium: apud nos quoque per xstatem. 
grant shrub ; andit is only after a long and mi 
. 
species : as o the F 
g, sending out f 
the way up many spreading branches which are at first verticillated, but in 
g ches whic ‘tic >t — i 
the decay of the weakest. Leaves from 2 to 3 inches long, generally in threes, sometimes Oppo-- 
Site or even in fours: Petiole short: Lamina deep green with the under surface paler, near ly, a 
