[ 935 ] 
Mr. George Dionyfius Ehret, F. R. S. has lately 
publifhed a mod elegant plate of this plant, by the 
name of, Jafminum ? ramo uniflore pleno, petalis co- 
riaceis, with a note of interrogation, as a quaere, be- 
fore the word Jafminum ; leaving the determination, 
whether it is a Jafmine or not, to a future inquiry. 
The charadters of the Gardenia are, 
[ Vide Tab. XXIII.] 
CAL. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquangu- 
lare, quinquepartitum : laciniis enfifor- 
mibus, verticalibus, ftridtis, eredtiufcu- 
lis, perfiftentibus. 
COR. Petalurn t hypocrateriforme j tubus fubcy- 
lindricus, calyce longior; limbus quin- 
quepartitus, planus : /tf«7zmobovatis,lon- 
gitudine tubi, altero margine redtiore. 
STAM. Filamenta quinque, tubo corollas adnata, in 
fauce breviffime libera ; Anther £ lineares 
fuberedlae, longitudine dimidii limbi. 
PIST. Germen infra receptaculum, oblongum. 
Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi co- 
rollse, definens extra faucem in Stigmata 
duo, magna, craffa, obtufiffima. 
PER. Bacca ficca, oblonga, bilocularis. 
SEM. plurima, minima. 
There is but one fpecies known. 
Jafminoides . i. Gardenia. 
I am. Dear Sir, 
Your moll affedlionate 
humble fervant, 
John Ellis. 
London, Nov. 20, 1760. 
