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JASMINUM paniciilatum. 



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Small-flowered China Jasmine. 



DIANDRIA MOSOGYNIA. 



Nat. wtL Jasminee. Jumeu gen. 104. Div, IL Brcwn prod. 1. 620. 

 JASMINUM. Suprd vol. 1. M 1. 



Div. PtHis tematu. 

 3. panicubitumf fniticoftum, erectum^ imdiqiie leve; foliis (coriaceis) ter- 

 natis; foUolis ovalibus, obtus^ acuminalis ; paniculis termmalibus; (co- 

 rolla 6-fida.) Roxlmrghjlar. md 1. 97; (ex anglvers,) ' 

 Sam-yeip-son-luiig. Sinic^; (Jide jRoxb. L c.) 



Fratex erectus, glaber; rami HrUti teretesfoUaque subtdi atamzM calhm 

 nigrU crebri punctata. VoX.paUidiiiA virentia, c&rtacea^ temata (rarb fo- 

 Itonun lateralivm ubartu timpHcia)t decnssato-dhtantiat divarwUa, enervia, 

 petiolata: ioHols. ovaU-oblonga, acuminata, biuncialia laHtudine ^ unci4E vel 

 drdth^, petiolulatow Paniculte terminales, lax(B, muUyior^, hrachiatee, di- 

 varicatWf infemh folian^ pedunculis imu trifiaris axique communi angu- 

 taris, pe^cellis uHifioris ccmce vix hmgwribm: bractese w6ulaf <c breves pe- 

 dtfn€ulo9 pedicellosque iateraks arct^ si^tendeutes. flores parvij aUn^ gratis- 

 nmd olentes. CaL cofore et tub$tantid foUcerum^ obbrngus, cglindraceus, 

 estriatus, enervis, coroUa tubo plwHs bretiort minuti b-dentatus. Cor. \ 

 tmcuB hmga v. dTcithr, limbus b'partitus, steOatus, tubo stricto gracilt $em- 

 wtcialt denique flaveseenie firerior, Uk^oHs 2 jnfmori6m su6ai|^iufion6tu 

 cum aeumine conspicmare. Antherae inclustB, fiaviB^ ^'n^arsi^vfilamentis 

 parism Umgiofres : pollen jrvanutositin, ^atmm. Sti^a inclvxtA, ianceolato- 

 compressum^ pruinomm, stylo pix brevius. 



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Introduced^ according to Dr. Roxburgh^ into the Bo- 

 tanic Garden at Calcutta^ from Canton; and within three 

 or four years into the collections of this country, where it 

 is treated as a hothouse plant. 



The blossom, perhaps the smallest of the genus, dif- 

 fuses a rich, but delicate, fragrance. 



Drawn at Mr. ColvilFs Nursery, in the King's Road, 

 Chelsea ; where it is in flower for months together. 



An upright branching polished shrub, and, in this cli- 

 mate at least, of a palisb green : brcmcki$ stiff, straight, 

 cylindrical, and as well as the unde^ide of the foliage 

 thickly speckled with minute black dotlike calli. Leaves 

 temate (seldom, by the fmlare of the two lateral leaflets, 

 simple), leathery, firm, decussately distant, divaricate, 



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