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SOLANACEJE. XXXVIII. Cestrum. 
$1. Filaments toothless and naked, and sometimes villous at 
their insertion. 
* Flowers solitary, or aggregate, sessile. 
1 C. suxirórivw (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 57.) 
leaves approximate, elliptic, bluntish, rather cordate, glabrous, 
shining; axillary flowers solitary : terminal ones crowded, ses- 
sile; filaments naked and toothless. ^ $. S. Native of New 
Granada, near the monastery of Mont Serrat, at the altitude of 
650 hexapods. Branchlets clothed with fuscescent tomentum. 
Leaves 7-8 lines long. Corollas white. 
Box-leaved Bastard Jasmine, Shrub. 
2 C. Mariquite’nse (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves oblong, 
acute, membranous, glabrous; axillary flowers solitary: term- 
inal ones crowded, nearly sessile; segments of corolla ovate, 
acute; filaments naked and toothless. h.S. Native of New 
Granada, near Santa Ana and Mariquita, at the altitude of 550 
hexapods. C. Bogoténse, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4, p. 807. Branches downy. Leaves 2-8 lines long. 
Corollas white. Berry ovate-elliptic, size of a pea. 
Mariquita Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
3 C. pENpuLinuM (Jacq. schoenbr. 3. p. 42. t. 327.) branches 
smoothish, leaves ovate-oblong, sub-acuminated, rather hairy ; 
flowers crowded at the tops of the branches, almost sessile ; 
segments of corolla oblong, obtuse, with reflexed edges; fila- 
ments naked and toothless. |. S. Native of New Granada, 
near Turbaco and Mahates; and of Caraccas. H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. 3. p. 97. Branches rather downy. Leaves 2 inches 
long. Corolla greenish white. Berry elliptic, size of those of 
Cornus álba, blue. The branches are said to be pendulous. 
Pendulous-branched Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 
1824. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 
4 C. ravcrziónuM (Nees, et Mart. in act. bonn. 11. p. 79.) 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, downy beneath; flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, sessile ; filaments naked, toothless, h.S. Na- 
tive of Brazil, at the river Ilheos. Young branches muricated, 
but glabrous in the adult state. Leaves 3-4 inches long; peti- 
oles marginate, rather scabrous. Each flower is furnished with 
a lateral, subulate bracteole. Segments of calyx and corolla 
narrow, linear-lanceolate, keeled. Corolla yellowish, 4-5 lines 
long. Berry 2-celled, 4-seeded. C. Mariquiténsis differs from 
this species in the leaves being smaller and glabrous, in the seg- 
ments of the corolla being broader, glabrous, and ovate, and it 
differs from all other species in the axillary, solitary flowers. 
Few-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
5 C. corymBosum (Schlecht. in Linnza, 7. p. 57.) glabrous ; 
leaves elliptic, or obovate-lanceolate, cuneated at the base, 
rather coriaceous, shining ; corymbs terminal, sessile; calycine 
teeth triangular, bearded at the tip; segments of corolla acute, 
very short; filaments villous at the adnate part; berries globose. 
h.S. Native of Brazil, Sello. Branchlets clothed with dirty, 
rusty, curled down. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Berry size of a 
large pea. 
Corymbose-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
6 C. vesrertinum (Lin. syst. 227.) glabrous ; leaves elliptic ; 
flowers aggregate, sessile, terminal, and axillary; filaments 
naked, toothless. kh. S. Native of the West Indies. Jacq. 
scheenbr. 3. p. 43. t. 328. Lher. stirp. 1. p. 72. Murr. nov. 
comm. gætt. 5. p. 41. t. 8. C. confértum, Mill. dict. no. 5. C. 
Jamaicénse, Lam. dict. 1. p. 687. C. ramosíssimum, Hort. 
patav. Jasminum, Sloane, hist. 2. p. 96. t. 204. f. 2.? Plum. 
ed. Burm. p. 150. t. 157. f. 1.  Ixóra alternifolia, Jacq. amer. 
pict. 16. t. 177. f. 8. Branches tomentose. Corolla greenish 
white, with narrow, acute segments; tube long, filiform. Berry 
blue. The flowers are disposed in short, crowded spikes. 
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481 
Evening Bastard Jasmine. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1759. Shrub 
10 to 12 feet. 
7 C.? roseum (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 59. t. 197.) leaves 
oblong, bluntish, clothed with soft down on both surfaces; 
peduncles axillary and terminal, ? 4-6-flowered ; flowers sessile, 
crowded into involucrated heads ; calyx tubular, 5-cleft, downy ; 
segments of the corolla ovate, narrow-acuminated ; filaments 
naked, toothless. 5. S. Native of Mexico, in frigid places, 
near Real del Moran and Hacienda de Regla, at the altitude of 
1200 hexapods. Young branches clothed with villous down. 
Leaves 2 to 24 inches long. Calycine segments lanceolate, 
acute, unequal, reflexed at top. Corolla glabrous, rose-coloured. 
Segments of corolla reflexed. Berry unknown. 
Rose-coloured-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 6 feet. 
* * Flowers spicate, or racemose. Spikes and racemes 
axillary and terminal. 
8 C. caryci num (Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
809. H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 58.) branches and under sides of 
leaves clothed with canescent, stellate tomentum ; leaves ovate- 
elliptic, glabrous and shining above, sub-acuminated, stiffish ; 
peduncles axillary and terminal, many-flowered, short, spicate ; 
flowers sessile; calyx elongated, 5-cleft; corollas tomentose ; 
filaments naked, toothless. h. S. Native of Peru, near 
Gonzanama; and of Brazil, Sello. Leaves 2-3 inches long. 
Calycine segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminated. Corolla pale 
green. Stamens inserted at the top of the tube, glabrous. 
Habit of Séssea. Very like C. stipulatum, Ruiz. et Pay. 
Large-calyxed Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 10 feet. 
9 C. periota‘re (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) branches and the 
nerves on the under sides of the leaves clothed with powdery 
tomentum; leaves on long petioles, glabrous above, elliptic- 
oblong, sub-acuminated, costately veined; peduncles axillary 
and ‘terminal, few-flowered, very short, spicately approximate ; 
flowers sessile; filaments naked, toothless. ? h.S. Native of 
Peru, in shady places between Ayavaca and Yanta, at the alti- 
tude of 800 hexapods. C. vendsum, Willd. herb. no. 4438. ex 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 807.  Séssea petiolaris, Spreng. 
syst. l. p. 584. Branches glabrous: floriferous ones clothed 
with fuscescent tomentum. Leaves 5-7 inches long, and 2-3 
broad. Petioles of the upper leaves biauriculate at the base ; 
auricles lunate.  Peduncles spicately approximate at the tops of . 
the branches, tomentose. Teeth of calyx short, acute. 
Petiolate-leaved Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
10 C. conctomera‘tum (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 29. t. 156. 
f.a. H.B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 60.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, reticulately veined, stiff, glabrous, having the veins be- 
neath prominent ; spikes axillary, short, sessile ; calycine teeth 
ovate, acute; filaments naked, toothless. h. S. Native on 
the western declivities of the Andes of Peru, among the debris 
of rocks. C. reticulàtum, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
Syst. 4. p. 808. Branches subtrigonal. Leaves 3-4 inches 
long. Spikes approximate at the tops of the branches. Co- 
rolla greenish yellow, with ovate, acute segments. The plant 
of Ruiz. et Pav. is probably the same as that of H. B. et 
Kunth, 1. c. 
Conglomerate-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
11 C. arrine (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) leaves lanceolate, or 
lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, membranous, glabrous; spikes 
axillary, short, sessile, approximate ; flowers sessile ; segments 
of corolla ovate, acute; filaments naked, glabrous. kh. S. 
Native of Peru, on Mount Tinguragua: also near Ayavaca. 
C. Peruviànum, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. P. 
807. Branches trigonal, smooth. Leaves 5 inches long, 
and 1j inch broad. Spikes approximate at the tops of the 
aara Corolla whitish green, glabrous. Teeth of calyx 
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