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NYCTANTHES Arbor tristia. 



Square-stalked Nyctanthe* or Night- Jasmine. 



DIANDMA MONOOYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Jasmine.*:. Jussieu gen. 104. Div. I. Fructua capiulari*/ 



Jasmines. Broxun prod. I. 520. 



NYCTANTHES. Cat. tubulosus, integer. Cor. tubuloga limbo 

 3-Jobo, lobis obliquis obcordatis. Anth. subses&ilea intrii tubum. Cap**. 

 2 ovate compressce erecUe, hinc planee et in unatn coadunatae, indS paulu- 

 lilm convex®, Moc. 2-spermae non dehiscentes; tent, ovata plana, infimo 

 loculo annexa. Rami \>+goni ; pedune. axillares et terminates multtftori, ptdi- 

 eellis SJZoris %~bracteatis ; jlores plures abortivi. Juss* I. c. 



Nyctanthea Arbor tristis. Lin* sp.pl. ed. 2. 1. 8. Willd. sp. pi. 1. 35. TaW 



raum. I. 25. //or/. Xeu;. erf- 2. 1. 15. 

 Parilium Arbor tristis. Gdsrt. sem. 1. 234. #; 57. Jig* 2. ; 



Scabrita triflora. Linn. mant. 97. Scabra. syst. veg* 152. FoA/ lyrai. to#« 



2. 28. Gcerf. sem. 2. 265. f. 138. . 

 Sephalica. Asiat. research. 4* 244. 

 Manjapumeram, Rheede maL 1. 35. t. 21. 

 Arbor tristis. CJws. <?jo*. 225 ^ 279. 



Arhiscida caule erecto ; ramis numerom undique sparsis* noveUU 4>'go*iu 

 FoK oppositct^ brevh pet io fata t cot 'data , proxima Jhribus oblonga, acuminata* 

 internum integra, interd&m grossissimi serrala v.inierd&m im& parte angu* 

 losa, scabra, 3~5~unciatia latitudine 1-3-unciali. Inflon Jbliosa, terminate, 

 brachiato*panicidata, umbelUtlis ierminalibus $<Bp& S^fioris constitute. Floret 

 numerosif suaveotentissimi, man% expandentes, vesper^ cadentes; tubus au~ 

 rnntiaco-jlavescen$ f limbus candicans. Umbeliuktrtint involucra ±*phytta:, 

 foliola opposite, obcordata f tessilia. Cal. catnpanulatus ore altqutniulum a* 

 arttatus levissimeque 5*dentatu$> viUosus, emarcescens. Cor*, tubus cglmdrkm* 

 longitudine limhi: limbus explanatus, 8*8*partitus 9 contortu$ % lac. triangula' 

 ribus v. oblique truvcatis 9 emarginath. Fil.JerS obsoleta : anth. 2'hb<#, tubo 

 inelusce. Germ, superutn, compressum .* stylus aquans tubum : stig. capita* 

 low, glandulosum. Caps, amplitudine unguis voUiois, obcordata t>. tttborhi* 

 adata f cjwpres$a % %valvt4 f ab apice transoersi aehi&tn$* Sera, exalbuminom. 

 Ilosb. MSS. (ex angtico verso.) 



Th6 drawing of this rare and curious plant was taken at 

 the nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, in 

 June ltfst* when we believe it flowered for the first time in 

 this country, although introduced by Sir Joseph Banks as 

 for back as the year 1781, if not long before, by Miller. It 

 is usually kept in the tan-bed of the hothouse; but Mr, 

 Sweet thinks, that if it were kept in a cboler situation there 

 would be a better chance of ensuring Us flowering. The 

 following account of the species is taken from Dr. Rox- 

 burgh'* manuscripts. 



