76 Gardenia* 
Stigma obliqve truncatum, sulcatum sulco- 
rura marginibus reflexis, raro qvadrifulca- 
tuin. 
^acca ovata, subrugQsa, glabra , virescens; 
dein ^lbida, ^-locularis, 5-valvis, poly- 
sperma, magnitudiqe ovi. gallinacei, per an- 
nos persistens lignosa dura, . nep decidu§, 
nec dehiscens. Pulpa vix ulla. 
Semina lenticularia , imbricata , in «ingula 
plica solitaria. 
S e n si rn per plures menses floves suas explicat^ 
pdor corollae parum ingratus, Daturae similis, 
sed debilior. 
Lignurn durum clav^s fabiricandis inseryit^ 
■ y ■ ~ ■ 
(j^ (R o t ii m a n n i a») inermis corollis acutis, 
subcijmpanulatis ; caiyce glabro i foliis ob- 
longis, acutis. 
Hothmannia capensis, Act, Stockholm, 1776. 
p. 65» T. 2' 
G^rdenia Rothmsinnia. Differt. de Gardenia 
19. Linn. SuppL p. 165, Syst, veg» XIV 
p. 252. Wild. Spec, I, 2. p. 1228» 
Crescit in sylva Grootvadersbosch dicta, e% 
in sylvis juxta fluvium Zonder End» 
Floret Jaauario, Februario. 
Caulis arbpreus, ereptus, ^ampsus, sesqvior- 
gyalis. 
Rami et ramuli oppositi, subangulati, 5tria-, 
ti, scabri, erecti, ferruginei, 
Jolia opposita,' brevissime petiol^ta, oblonga, 
acuta, integra, nervo^a, glabra, supra loete 
viridia, subtus pallidiora, sernpe^r virentia, 
notata subtus glandulis pilpsisin axillis ner- 
vorum, digitalia, 
Stipulae intrafoliaccae , subulats^, breves^ 
Floresin ramulis terminales, solitarii, ses- 
siles. 
Gnlyx cylindricus, bbsoiete pentagonuSj, erec- 
