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ovate, acute, with pilose edges. There is also a variety of this 
having hexamerous, hexandrous flowers. Very nearly allied to 
C. Párqui and C. conglomeratum. 
Allied Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. á 
12 C. piv/nxvw (Lin. spec. 277. Lher. stirp, 1. p. 74.) 
leaves oblong, acute, membranous, glabrous ; spikes axillary, 
on long peduncles; flowers sessile, approximate; segments of 
corolla ovate, obtuse, reflexed ; filaments naked, toothless. 
b. S. Native of Cuba, near the Havannah. Jasminóides, 
Dill. elth. 186. t. 154. f. 186. Leaves 3 inches long. Flow- 
ers sweet-scented, small, white. "Teeth of calyx acute, a little 
ciliated. 
Day-smelling Bastard Jasmine. 
10 to 12 feet. 
13 C. oDONTOSPE'RMUM (Jacq. schoenbr. 3. p. 44. t. 331.) gla- 
brous; leaves oblong, acute, rather coriaceous ; racemes short, 
axillary and terminal; flowers nearly sessile; segments of corolla 
lanceolate, acute, revolute ; filaments naked, toothless. h. S. 
Native country unknown. Nearly allied to C. diúrnum, but the 
flowers are only sweet-scented at night, not in the day time. 
Seeds small, compressed, marked by a short tooth at the side. 
Leaves 3-4 inches long. Corolla white; tube cylindrical, 
with the mouth hardly dilated. Berry blackish, size of a 
small pea. 
Tooth-seeded Bastard Jasmine. 
Shrub 6 feet. 
14 C. rasricta‘rum (Jacq. schoenbr. 3. p. 44. t. 330.) leaves 
ovate-oblong, acute, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above ; pedun- 
cles elongated, axillary, spiked at top, equal in length to the 
leaves ; corolline segments ovate, obtuse, reflexed, 5 or 6; fila- 
ments naked, toothless. h. S. Native country unknown. 
Leaves pale beneath. Spurious stipulas small, obtuse. Flowers 
white, sessile, sub-fastigiate on the tops of the peduncles, 
sweet-scented both by day and night. Berry roundish, size of a 
pea, blackish. 
Fastigiate-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Fl. Nov. Clt.? Shrub 
4 to 6 feet. 
. 15 C. rariisstuum (Jacq. schoenbr. 3. p. 43. t. 829.) glab- 
rous; leaves ovate and lanceolate, acute, petiolate ; peduncles 
axillary and terminal, usually 3-6-flowered, racemose; flow- 
ers pedicellate, or sessile; teeth of calyx slender; segments of 
corolla short, ovate, emarginate ; filaments bearded at the base, 
toothless. h. S. Native of the West Indies. Stem rough 
from dots, much branched. Leaves 2-4 inches long, very fetid. 
Fl. Nov. Clt. 1732. Shrub 
Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1798. 
Flowers sweet-scented at night. Corolla yellowish. Berry 
oblong-cylindrical, black, containing 2 oblong seeds. 
Very-fetid Bastard Jasmine. Fl. May, Aug. Clt.? Shrub 
10 feet. 
16 C. reNurrzóRUM (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 61.) leaves 
ovate, acuminated, membranous, rather tomentose on the veins 
beneath; spikes axillary, very short, sessile, 8-12-flowered ; 
flowers sessile; corolla with a very slender tube, and lanceolate, 
acuminated segments, having the edges revolute ; filaments 
naked, toothless. h.S. Native of the Orinoco, on the decli- 
vities of Mount Duida, near Esmeralda ; and of Para, in Brazil. 
C. floribindum, Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 
p. 807. C. ovàtum, Willd. rel. 1. c. A much branched, suffru- 
ticose shrub. Branches terete, clothed with powdery tomen- 
tum. Leaves about 4 inches long.  Petioles, branches, and 
rachis of spikes tomentose.  Corollas sweet-scented, white, 
glabrous. Calyx glabrous, irregularly 4-5-toothed. Filaments 
pilose at the base. 
Slender-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
17 C. TixcrónivM (Jacq. schoenbr. 3. p. 45. t. 332.) leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, shining; racemes axillary and term- 
inal; flowers on short pedicels ; segments of corolla lanceolate, 
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SOLANACEJX. XXXVIII. Cestrum. 
acute, at length reflexed, but at first spreading ; filaments naked, 
toothless, adhering the whole length of the tube of the corolla. 
h. S. Native about Caraccas. Leaves coriaceous, 3 inches 
long.  Corollas white, sweet-scented. Berry deep violet, 
roundish. 
Dyer's Bastard Jasmine. Fl. April, June, Clt. 1823. Shrub 
4 feet. 
18 C. ramrróriuM (Lam. ill. 2. p. 5. no. 2275. Vahl, eclog. 
p. 25.) leaves elliptic, acute, glabrous above, clothed with pow- 
dery villi beneath; racemes axillary, very short; filaments 
toothless. h. S. Native of the Island of Trinidad. Peti- 
oles and branches clothed with powdery villi, as well as the 
peduncles, pedicels, and calyxes. Corolla with a filiform tube, 
and lanceolate, acute segments. Stigma capitate. Vahl says 
this species differs from C. hértum in the leaves not being cordate 
at the base, and in the segments of the corolla being acute, not 
obtuse, and in the stigma being capitate, not bifid. 
Broad-leaved Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 
Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 
19 C. rzvica’tum (Schlecht. in Linneea, 7. p. 58.) glabrous ; 
leaves elliptic, acuminated, rather papery, and rather opaque, 
petiolate ; racemes subspicate, axillary, much shorter than the 
leaves, but sometimes these racemes are reduced to axillary fas- 
cicles ; calyx nearly glabrous, ciliated on the margin, with 
very short, or no teeth; corolla glabrous, 6 times longer than 
the calyx; segments of the limb obtuse; filaments inserted in 
the upper part of the tube, rather pilose in the middle of the 
tube; berry ovoid. L.S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro 
and elsewhere. Céstrum racemósum, Ruiz. et Pav.? Leaves 
4-6 inches long. Spurious stipulas sometimes present. Corolla 
an inch long. Hairs on the filaments retrograde. 
Var. a, evoliitum (Schlecht. l. c.) leaves larger, on longer peti- 
oles ; and the racemes axillary, and on longer peduncles than 
in var. B. 
Var. B, paupérculum (Schlecht. 1. c.) leaves smaller, on shorter 
petioles ; racemes short; flowers sometimes sessile in the axils 
of the leaves. 
Smooth Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
20 C. Aur'cruM (Schlecht. in Linnza, 7. p. 64.) quite gla- 
brous; leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, shining, petiolate ; 
racemes subspicate, short, bracteate; calyx glabrous, with acute 
teeth, which are ciliated at top; corolla with a wide, glabrous 
throat, 6 times longer than the calyx ; and the segments of the 
limb are ovate, acutish, with tomentose sides ; filaments inserted 
in the upper part of the tube, furnished with fascicles of retro- 
grade hairs at their insertion. b. S. Native of Brazil, Sello. 
Spurious stipulas small, reniform. This is distinguished from 
C. bractedtum in the smoothness of the parts. Corollas greenish 
yellow, an inch long. Leaves almost 5 inches long. 
Decked Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
2156. BRACTEA TUM (Link, et Otto, abbild. 1. p. 11. t. 6. 
Graham, in bot. mag. t. 2974. Schlecht, in Linnea, 7. p. 64.) 
leaves lanceolate, undulated, downy ; flowers fascicled, axillary 
and terminal, pedicellate; false stipulas obliquely cordate, 
reniform; bracteas spatulate; filaments bearded at the base- 
5.S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro and elsewhere 
Length of racemes variable, but hardly ever exceeding the 
leaves. Nearly allied to C. petiolàre. Branches covered with 
dense, greenish tomentum. Peduncles an inch long ; pedicels 
short. Corolla salver-shaped, pale yellow; tube an inch long; 
segments ovate, acute. 
Bracteate-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 
1818. Shrub 8 to 10 feet, > 
22 C. SCHLECHTENDA`HLII ; glabrous; leaves elliptic, acumi- 
nated at both ends, acute at apex, rather coriaceous, opaque 
on short petioles; racemes axillary, sub-spicate; calyx gla- 
