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JASMINUM angustifolium ; [3; hurifolium 

 Aleoeandrian-laurel'leaved Jasmine. 



DIANDRIA MO^'OGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Jasmineje, Jiistieu gen. 104. Div. 



Jasmines. Brown prod. I. 620. 

 JASMINUM. Svjnd vol. 1. foL 1. 



Div, Folih iimpUci&us. 

 X angustifolium^ foliis ovatis mucronatts subtrinctriis, podnnculi;) terminali- 



b(i8 subtemis unifloris. Vaklenum. 1. 39. 

 Jasminum angustifoliuin. WilltL sp, pi 1. 36, 

 Jasmmum Timioeum. WiUd. sp. ph 1. 3G. 

 Nyctanthes angustifolia. Linn» sp. pL ed. 2. 1, 8. 

 Nyctanthes viminea. Retz. obt/fasc. 6. 9. 

 Nyctanthes triflora. Burm, ind. 4. t. 2? 

 Katu-pitsJegam-muUa. Rheedemalab. 6. 93, t, 53. 



(a) angvijitifolium t fruticosum, volubile, Ixve: foiiis oppositis, pefiolatis, 

 ovatis, glabris nitid^ et saturate virentibus; floribus terniinalibus 1-2-3; 

 corollBe limbo 8-9-partito; calyce 8-9-fido; baccS simplici. Roxk Ji. 

 inA 1. 95; (ex anglico), 

 (0) laurifolium, scaadens^ laeve; foliis oppositis ovato-lanccolatis lucidis 

 trinervibus; floribus axillaribus terminalibusque, 1-5^ elongate peduncu- 

 latis; laciniis calycis 6-7 filiformibus» corotlse 9-12 linearibus longitudine 

 tubi. Roxb.ioccit, 91; (exanglico)- 



(0) laurifolium* Rami teretes^ basi ad divimras membrand brevi va- 

 ginatis? Fol, cormeea^ ovato-hmceolata cuspidata^ divaricata, nitida, satu- 

 rate virentia, S-nefvia Tiervis 2 lateralibus obsoktis, subavenia, %4r-unciaiia 

 latitudinepiits minus unciali: j^eL subsemiamplexicaulis, brevis crassus cana- 

 licuiatusj harizantaii'pafens, articulatus geniculato-ascendms. Flores fra- 

 grantissimiockroleuco-albicantes^ maximi^ Siepius trichotomo-irini, pcduncu- 

 lis^rmis sulmncialibuSy lateralibus divaricatis. Bracteee oppoHtt^, subulate, 

 caducce* Cal. viridiSy pedunculi subtsgnicras$i continuus, y cited 6ret'im' 

 iubo corolke^ ad ^ partes usque partitus, tubo bremsaimoy segmentis senis 

 radiato-divaricatis semitereti-setaceis canaliculatis. Cor. nun<; extus purpurd 

 nimbata; tuh\i% erectus striatulus j ud \ partes uncice loiigus ; Mmhus steflato- 

 recurvus suh-ll-partitus diametro sesquiundali v, majore, laciniis angitstis 

 Hneari-acuminatis, Stam. demerse inclusa; tiL tnedio tubi inserta linearia 

 erecta alba ^ circa bremara andieris lineari-oblongis mucrojiatist poUine 

 fuko-Jlavescente* Germ, breve conienm bicolk: stylus brevis: sti^, clavato- 

 continuum obhngum bilobum. 



Laurifolium of Dr. Roxburgh, which we have included 

 in angustifolium, as a variety, is most probably of a distinct 

 specific type, although we can find no mark, in the descrip- 

 tion given by the above botanist^ that in our view will 

 justify the separation. A comparison of samples of the 



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