CALYX duplex; exterior 3-phyllus. Arilli plurimi, monospermi. CUP double; outer three-leaved. Seed-coats many, one-seeded. See MALVA REFLEXA, Pl. CXXXV. Vol. II. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Malva foliis lobatis, plicatis, dentatis, scabridis; ramis ramulisque divaricatis, flexuosis. Mallow with lobed leaves, plaited, toothed, and rough; the large and small branches grow straddling, and zig-zagged. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The double Cup. 2. A Flower spread open, with the threads remaining. 3. The Chives cut open, and magnified. 4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits, magnified. As a lively, but little, green-house plant, this species of Mallow has not many equals; and its property of continuing to flower from June, till December, must considerably enhance its value. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced to us, about four years since. Most collections now possess it, from its facility of increase, may be planted in rich earth, and is increased by cuttings, or seeds, which ripen perfectly in this country. The drawing was made at the Nursery, Hammersmith. [Illustration] PLATE CLXXXIII. GARDENIA TUBIFLORA. _Tube-flowered Gardenia._ CLASS V. ORDER I. _PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, superum, laciniis erectis, persistentibus. COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus cylindricus, calyce longior; limbus planus, quinquepartitus. STAMINA. Filamenta nulla. Antheræ quinque, ore tubi insertæ, lineares, striatæ, longitudine dimidia limbi. PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis seu clavatus. Stigma exsertum, ovatum, obtusum, bilobum, sæpe sulcatum. PERICARPIUM. Bacca sicca, uni bis seu-quadrilocularis. SEMINA plurima, depressa, per series imbricatim sibi imposita. EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, five-cleft, above, segments upright, permanent. BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped; tube cylindrical, longer than the cup; border flat, five divisions. CHIVES. Threads none. Tips five, fixed into the mouth of the tube, linear, striped, half the length of the border. POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped or club-shaped. Summit standing out, egg-shaped, obtuse, two-lobed, often furrowed. SEED-VESSEL. A dry berry, one, two, or four-celled. SEEDS many, flattened, lying upon one another in tiers. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Gardenia inermis; foliis elipticis, undulatis, floribus ternis; corollæ laciniis tortis, linearibus, reflexis, tubo filiformi, longissimo. Gardenia without thorns; with eliptical, undulated leaves; flowers grow by threes; the segments of the blossom are twisted, linear, reflexed, the tube thread shaped, very long. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Cup and Seed-bud. 2. A Blossom cut open, with the Chives remaining at the mouth. 3. The Shaft and its Summit, the summit detached and magnified.