two plants might have fuinished the means of satisfactory 

 discrimination; but we have not yet met with any cex'tain 

 one of angitstifolimn ; though the plant is said to be in our 

 gardens, and very common in India, where it is found 

 in everv forest on the Coast of Coromandel. 



In Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, there is a closely allied 

 species found at Sembu, in Nepaul, by Dr. Buchanan, and 

 inscribed dichotomum ; but which may be at once distin- 

 guished from the present species by segments of the calyx, 

 which are subulate and shorter than the tubular portion. 



(fi) laurifolium is a twining slu'ub with a simple bright- 

 green shining leaf, and a large exquisitely fragrant flower, 

 diffusing a perfume whicli in some degree reminds us of 

 frankincense. It is found in the mountainous country to 

 the East of Bengal, and has been very lately introduced, 

 having flowered in October last, for the first time, in the 

 hothouse of the nursery of Messi-s. Colvill, in the King*s 

 Road, Chelsea. 



The following description is by Dr. Roxburgh: 



" Leaves opposite, subsessile, ovate-lanceolate, firm and 

 " glossy; margins entire, somewhat thick; faintly 3-nerved; 

 " from two to four inches long, and from one to two 

 ** broad. Peduncles terminal and axillary, sometimes single, 

 " sometimes several together, and sometimes, when termi- 

 " nal, subracemed; long and slender. Bractes opposite, 

 " subulate. Calyx from 5 to 7-cleft; segments long, slen- 

 " der, filiform and smooth. Corolla: ^?<6e twice the length 

 " of the calyx, subclavate; limb of from 9 to 12, ensiform, 

 " spreading segments which are as long as the tube. Sia~ 

 " mina wittiin the tube. Germen 2-celled, with one ovulum 

 " in each cell, attached to the middle of the partition. 

 " St^le and stigma clavate, scarcely reaching to the an- 

 " thers." 



We find by the Flora Indica ttiat twenty native species 

 of Jasmine are cultivated in the Botanic Garden of Cal- 

 cutta; of which some, from the mountainous and conse- 

 quently cooler regions of India, have never flowered in 

 tlmt establishment. 



