from the mountains of Kemaon, which he has referred to 
this species, and which are very similar to some I have 
gathered in such mountains as Dhunoultee, Suen, Acharanda, 
Kedar-kanta, and Urrukta. These I have been in the habit 
of considering as J. officinale, as it is not usual to find the 
same shrub common in the plains and at 7000 and £000 feet 
of elevation in 30° of N. latitude. The other mountain 
species are J. dispermum found in Nepal, Kemaon, and at 
Mussooree, and which I found in great abundance in descend- 
ing from Bechur-bagh on the Suen range to the Giree river. 
The other mountain species are yellow-flowered, as J. pubi- 
gerum, Don, glandulosum, Wall, and chrysanthemoides, 
nob., as well as J. nanum, allied to J. humile, which descends 
from Mussooree to the Deyra Doon; in the latter are also 
found J. hirsutum and arborescens.  'The species most 
commonly cultivated in gardens are J. chrysanthemum and 
grandiflorum. J. laurifolium from Chirrapoonjee is highly 
ornamental, and J. Zambac is remarkable for frequently 
exhibiting several corols, one contained within the other, 
with the innermost only occasionally bearing stamens. 
‘‘ Nyctanthes arbor tristis or Hursinghar, cultivated in 
‘every garden, with the native site of which Dr. Roxburgh 
expresses himself as acquainted, is extremely common along 
the foot of the mountains which skirt the Deyra Doon, and 
may be seen for several hundred feet above Rajpore in the 
ascent to Mussooree. I have also met with it further north 
on the Suen range in the descent to the Giree. Dr. Wallich 
also found it in a wild state near the banks of the Irrawaddy, 
on the hills near Prome ; and as there can be no doubt about 
this species even to the most sceptical, it affords a very 
satisfactory.instance of the extensive distribution of the same 
species along the base of the mountains, even when separated 
by 12° of latitude, or from 18° to 30°. 
‘ The Jasmines like the Olives, though in a less degree, 
are possessed of a slight degree of bitterness in their leaves, 
but are conspicuous for their delicate fragrance, which is, 
however, of so evanescent a nature, as only to be fixed by 
the flowers being immersed in some of the finer of the 
expressed oils. The Hursinghar scents the gardens with its 
delightful perfume only during the night, covering the ground 
in the morning with its short-lived flowers, which being 
collected like those of the Chumbelee, are strung on threads 
and worn as necklaces, or entwined in the hair of the native 
women. The tubes of the corols are moreover dried and 
used for dyeing an orange colour.” 
