1296 
JASMÍNUM* acuminátum. 
Pointed-leaved Jasmine. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. JASMINEE. 
JASMINUM.— Suprà, vol. 1. fol. 89. 
J. acuminatum ; foliis (simplicibus) ovatis acuminatis glabris, petioli articulo 
superiori 5-6ies longiore, calycibus campanulatis : dentibus brevissimis.— 
R. Brown prodr. 521. 
Rami teretes, scandentes, glabri. Folia simplicia, ovata, acuminata, 
lucida, glaberrima, petiolo in medio articulato: dimidid superiore inferiore 
paulo longiore (an igitur species nostra reverà Brunoniana). Flores pani- 
culati, paniculis nunc diffusis, nunc corymbosis, ramis pedunculisque divari- 
catis. Calyx campanulatus, dentibus obsoletis. Corolla alba, limbo sepiüs 
6-partito: laciniis ovatis. 
Raised from seeds from the banks of the Hastings, in 
New South Wales, by the Honourable and Rev. William 
Herbert, to whom we are obliged for specimens. It is 
probably the species to which we have referred it, although 
we cannot reconcile that part of Mr. Brown's character in 
which the upper joint of the petiole is described as five or 
six times as long as the lower, with the specimens we have 
examined. 
A greenhouse plant, propagated by cuttings, and flower- 
ing in November. 
Branches taper, climbing, smooth. Leaves simple, ovate, 
acuminate, shining, quite smooth; the petiole articulated 
* Linneus ingeniously derives this word from f», a violet, and in 
scent; but, according to De Théis, it is rather an alteration of ysmyn, the 
Arabic name of one of the species. 
