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JASMI'NUM caudatum. 



Tail-leaved Jasmine. 



DIAiVDRIA MONOGYNIAt 



Nat. Ord. JASMINACEiE. 



JASMINUM. Supra vol. 1. fol. 89. 



J. caudatum ; scandens, glabrum, foliis oppositis tematis, foliolis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis long& acuminatis petiolulatis, paniculis cymaeformibus termina- 



, r filiformibu^, # „ ^ ^ 



quedentato, corollae limbo 5-partito tubo breviore : laciniis oblongo-line- 

 aribus obtusiusculis. 

 J. caudatum, Wallich cat. herb. ind. no. 2884, 



Frutex gracilis, glaherrimus, scandens. Folia nunc, sed rarissimd, simplicia, 

 soli to trifoliata, petiolo i ad 1 pollicem longo ; petiolulis admodum brevioribus ; 

 foliolis lateralibus tripollicaribus \ intermedio longiore, in caudam sceph spiralem 

 acuminatis. Flores magni, candidi, inodori. 



A very handsome, but scentless, Jasmine, inhabiting the 

 warm valleys of the Sylhet mountains, whence it was intro- 

 duced into the Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 



The only place in which the name exists, as far as I can 

 discover, is Dr. Wallich's Catalogue of the Herbarium of the 

 East India Company, and SteudePs Nomenclator ; a descrip- 

 tion of it I find nowhere. 



It is a graceful, healthy looking plant, with deep green, 

 handsome leaves, which are tapered into very long narrow 

 points, whence the name it bears has been given to it. 

 Although the flowers have none of the perfume of the Jasmine, 

 the masses of them, snow-white, and large, render it a hand- 

 some species well worth having. 



It requires the temperature of a cool stove, where it 

 grows and flowers in great luxuriance. It is well adapted 

 either for planting out in the border of the stove and training 



