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JASMINUM aurlculatum, 



JEared-leaved Jmniine. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



NaL ord, Jasmtke-e^ Jussteu getu 104, Div* //. Frtictus biccatus* 



Jasmines. Brown prod, 350, 

 JASMINUM. Supra vol. l.foL 1, 



Dh, Foliis compositis. 

 J. attriculatum^ foliis ternatis ; ramulorum flonferorum simplicibuSi calycibut 



angulatis ramLsqUe teretibus pubei^centibus. Vahl ^mb. 3- 1. 

 Jasminum auriculatum. WUld, sp, pL 1. 33. Vahl enum. 1, 30. Hort^ 



Kew. ed. % 1. 17. 

 Mogorium trifoiiatum. Lamarck encifc.4. 114. illmtr^ !• 24, 

 Yutnica. Asiat, research* 4. 246- 



Frutex cano-pubescens : caulis Ugnosusy Jlexuoso-erectus^ pallido^fuscuSf 

 cortice riinoso.' rsLvtii tereteSf onpositi^ non Qonfevi volubtles Jlex lies cum Jbliis 

 ternatiSf floriferi non volti biles strictiusctdi cum Jbliu simplicibus. Folia 

 disticho'Oppositai patentisdma^ vitlositatem densam viridi-pellucentia, subtus 



Jer^ lanata; foliola ovata^ costato-nervosay supr^ acuminata cum mucrone^ tet' 

 tninale multoties majus lateralibus 2 exiguis: majora sesquiunciam longa, inter-' 

 dum elliptica v, subrotunda: petioli hirsutit communes i^-plo breviores Jbliolo 

 terminaliy partiales brevissimi. Paniculae breves, terminates^ in hortts nos* 

 tratibus Sispius ex Jloribus nonnutlis aborttentes: pedunculi decussato-tricho* 

 tomi pedicellique teretes tomentosi. Bracte^e parvtdtB, patuIcB. Flores in 

 singula trichotomia subsessili-congesttf e minimis generis, candidly odoris 



Jucunditate congeneribus pr^stantes. Cal- angustus, turbiHatO'CylindraceuSy 

 crassus, tomenlosus^ suturts quinoue ienuissimis membranosis verticalibus den* 

 tibus totidem alternantibus obtusulis tUririque pubescentibus notatus, Corollte 

 limhus 5^7 -partitusj breviortubo^ \acinm steUato-distantibus, lineari^oblongis, 

 obtusis cum brcvi acuminulo, margine revolutist } partem uncice tongis: tubus 

 cum fauce simul ^-plo longior catyce, j partem uncite subtequans, striatutus, 

 ptinctis ubi inseruntur Jtlamenta extus utrinque protuberans ; f&u^ coarctato* 

 turbinata compressa vix brevior tubo. Fil- brevia, JUiJormia^ bast abrupt'^ 

 introrsum flexa axique Jaucis convenicntia : antlu linearesy lutea^ S-plo 

 longiores JilamentOy mucronat^E^ Jauce reconditee. Stylus cequans Jaucem^ 

 virens: stigma viride^ clavato-crassum, compressum acumine subulato, kino 



Jlexum, utrinque saturatiim quasi ex 2 conferruminatis. Germ, glabrum, 

 Sacca globosoy ut in J. Saivbac* 



Perhaps the least ornamental species of the genus. The 

 flowers are small and not numerous, and the white appears 

 . less clear than in others of the same colourj owing to a 

 cinereous hue imparted to the foliage by the short dense 

 fur that clouds its green; but the fragrance they diffuse 

 seems to us the most grateful of any of the species. Native 

 of the East Indies, where however it is said not to be a 



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