NAT. ORDER. RUBIACE^. 
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Gardenia tubifera. Tube-bearing- Gardenia. This is a shrub 
rising" from ten to fifteen feet in heig^ht, subarboreous, unarmed ; leaves 
cunate-oblong", petiolate, slightly scabrous above and pubescent be- 
neath ; drupe round, uneven, crowned by the very long- truncate caly- 
cine tube ; leaves five to six inches long- ; drupe containing a putamen 
which is divisible into eight valves ; flowers unknown. All the young 
parts of the tree are resinous. Native of the East Indies, in Singapore. 
Gardenia anisophylla. Unequal-leaved Gardenia. This species 
is also a tree, rising from thirty to sixty feet in height, arboreous and 
unarmed ; leaves elliptic, those opposite each other unequal, densely 
clothed with villi ; stipules concrete at the base, bearded inside ; 
corymbs axillary, villous ; limb of calyx five-toothed ; tube of corolla 
short ; drupe oval, villous ; the leaves are also tapering to the base, 
six to twelve inches long ; flowers rather small, white, by threes, 
villous outside ; limb five-parted ; stigmas clavate, two-lobed ; drupe 
size of a walnut, containing a two-valved putamen. Native of the Is- 
lands of Pulo-Penang and Singapore, on the hills. 
Gardenia cornifolia. Dogwood-leaved Gardenia. This is a shrub 
about five feet high, shrubby and spinose ; branches glabrous ; leaves 
accuminated, ovate, rather coriaceous, and are, as well as the branches, 
downy ; flowers white, sweet-scented, six to eight together at the tops 
of the branches, sessile, subcorymbose, each furnished with a bifid 
involucel; calyx four-toothed; corolla villose on the outside, with a 
terete tube, and a spreading four-parted limb. The ovarium and fruit 
being unknown, it is doubtful whether it belongs to the genus. Na- 
tive of the temperate parts of New Granada, near Gaudua. 
There are about forty species more belonging to the genus, most 
of which, however, are of but little value. 
Propagation and Culture. All the species of Gardenia bear ele- 
gant sweet-scented flowers, which in most of the species are large. 
They are generally free flowerers. The soil best suited for them is a 
mixture of loam, peat, and sand. The stone species thrive best in a 
moist heat ; and cuttings of all root readily if taken off* while not too 
