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border (salver- or bell-shaped) of 6 or more lobes. The Gardenias proper 

 have a 1-celled pod. They are hardy only in the South. 



Cape 'Jasmine' (399) — Gardenia jasminoides — has a calyx with 5 slen- 

 der teeth and distinct ridges along the sides of the united portion. The 

 corolla, in the usually cultivated variety, is fully double with many white 

 waxy lobes. There are many varieties under many names, differing in 

 the width of the leaves and the height and habit of plant growth. HaVdy 

 to the Carolinas and extensively cultivated North in conservatories. A 

 similar plant, but with gummy buds and without ridges on the calyx, is 

 DiKAMALi, Cambi, Or Resin-plant — Gardenia Idoida. 



layers ; twig cuttings.] 



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Fig. 400. — Buttonbush. 



Fig. 401. — Groundsel Bash. 



Cephalinthus occidentalis. The Buttonbdsh (400) is a wild American 

 shrub (3-12 feet) growing in wet places and sometimes cultivated. It has 

 simple entire glossy opposite or whorled leaves and small, white tubular 

 flowers forming a globular cluster an inch or more broad, June to Sep- 

 tember. The leaves are 3 to 6 inches long and 1 to 2^ inches wide, often 

 in whorls of threes around the stems. The fruit is a round cluster of dry 

 1- to 2-seeded nutlets. [Seeds ; twig cuttings.] 



Biccharis. GKonNDSEL Bush (401) or Salt-water Shrub — Bacoharis 

 halimifblia, — 3 to 12 feet high, is a plant with angular somewhat scurfy 

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