SOLANACE/JE. XXXVIII. Cestrrum. 
brous, with short, obtuse teeth, which are densely ciliated on 
the margins; corollas glabrous outside, 6 times longer than 
the calyx; segments of the limb reflexed, triangular, acute ; 
filaments inserted in the middle of the tube, where they are 
also villous ; tube of corolla marked by a villous ring inside 
at the base. kh. S. Native of Brazil, Sello. C. multi- 
flórum, Schlecht. in Linnea, 8. p. 59. but not of Roem. et 
Schultes. Leaves 34 to 5 inches long. This species differs 
from C. levigdtum, in the shorter corolla, in the flowers being 
more copious, and in the leaves being coriaceous, &c. 
Many-flonered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
jeled 
* * ® Racemes compound, or p ; or the peduncles are 
racemosely panicled. 
23 C. PAa'LLIDUM (Lam. dict. 1. p. 688.) glabrous; leaves 
ovate, acute; racemes compound, axillary ; filaments tooth- 
less?; berry obovate. h. S. Native of Jamaica. C. vene- 
nàtum, Mill. dict. no. 6.—Plukn. alm. 35. t. 64. f. 5.— 
Sloane, hist. 2. p. 96. t. 204. Flowers small, like those of C. 
diárnum, pale yellow. Leaves like those of C. laurifolium, 
and the fruit like that of C. vespertinum. Leaves 1i inch 
long, dark green. Racemes dense, shorter than the leaves. 
Segments of corolla short, bluntish. Berry violaceous, or dark 
blue, poisonous, ex Sloane. 
Pale-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 
24 C. panicuta’rum (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 62. Willd. rel. 
ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 807.) twining; leaves twin, 
ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous; panicles terminal, simple ; 
branches divaricate ; flowers pedicellate ; tube of corolla very 
slender ; segments linear-lanceolate, acuminated ; filaments 
naked, toothless. h.. S. Native in humid places, on the 
banks of the river Guayre, near Caraccas. Branches trian- 
gular, glabrous. Leaves sometimes solitary, 3-4 inches long, 
and 2 broad. Flowers sweet-scented. Teeth of calyx ovate, 
acute, ciliated. Corolla greenish white. 
Panicled-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub twining. 
25 C.sca'wpENs (Vahl, eclog. 1. p. 24. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
1055.) branches scandent; leaves ovate, attenuated, glabrous ; 
racemes axillary, rather compound ; filaments naked, toothless. 
h. S. Native of St. Martha, Rohr. Branches terete, gla- 
brous. Leaves petiolate, remote, solitary. Spurious stipulas 
none, Segments of the limb subulate. 
Climbing Bastard Jasmine. Shrub climbing. 
26 C. RAcEMOsuM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 29. t. 154. f. 
b.) leaves lanceolate-ovate, acute, glabrous; racemes short, 
compound, solitary, or by threes; the middle one very long ; 
filaments toothless.? h. S. Native of Peru, in groves. 
Trunk glabrous, 13 foot high; branches elongated.  Petioles 
twisted a little. Calyx small. Berry violaceous, globose, con- 
taining 4 oblong brown seeds. 
Racemose-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
27 C. LoNerrLORUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 28. t. 154. f. 
a.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute, shining and glabrous above, but 
woolly beneath while young; peduncles terminal, paniculately 
racemose; corolla with a very long, curved tube; filaments 
toothless.? ^ b. S. Native of Peru, in groves. Branches 
downy. Branches of panicle bearing 4-6 pedicellate flowers. 
Bracteas solitary, lanceolate. Corolla 13 inch long, purplish; 
margins of limb woolly; tube glabrous. Berry rather large, 
ovate, obscure, purple, containing many small, angular seeds. 
Long-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
28 C. sTRIGILLA`TUM (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 29. t. 156.) 
clothed with short strigose tomentum ; leaves cordate, acute ; 
peduncles twin, racemosely panicled, the one shorter than the 
other; filaments naked, toothless. b. S. Native of Peru, in 
groves. Leaves pendulous, glabrous above. Flowers almost 
483 
Corolla white, 
Berry truncate, 
sessile, furnished each with 3 small bracteas. 
with a long, incurved tube, very like Jasmine. 
ovate, obscure violet. 
Strigillate Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
* ® ** Peduncles corymbose, axillary, or terminal. 
29 C. ruvnsorpEuM (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 63.) leaves 
ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous above, but clothed with fine down 
beneath; panicles terminal, corymbose, much-branched, leafy ; 
flowers sessile; tube of corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx; 
segments of corolla ovate, acute, with inflexed edges; filaments 
naked, toothless. h. G. Native of Mexico, in the high plains 
near the town of Chalco, at the altitude of 1170 hexapods. 
Branches trigonal, canescent from powdery down. Leaves 
3-4 inches long, running into the petioles at the base. Teeth 
of calyx short, ovate, acute, unequal. Corolla white. Said 
to be nearly allied to C. Párqui. 
Thyrsoid-flowered Bastard Jasmine, Shrub. 
30 C. AunicuLA'TUM (Lher. stirp. 1. p.71. t. 35. Ruiz. et Pav. 
fl. per. 2. p. 28. t. 155. f. a. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 63.) 
leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; petioles biauriculate ; co- 
rymbs axillary and terminal, approximate ; corolla downy, with a 
very slender tube, and ovate-oblong, acute segments, having in- 
flexed edges; filaments naked, toothless. 5. S. Native of Peru, 
in temperate places between Loxa and Malacates, at the altitude 
of 1040 hexapods; and about Lima, where it is used by the 
natives externally to cleanse foul ulcers, and internally in the 
venereal disease ; they also look upon it as a pectoral; but it 
seems to be a plant of suspicious character, on account of its 
belonging to Solandcee. Céstrum Hediünda, Lam. dict. 1. p. 
687. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 551. C. auriculàtum affine, 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 230.  Hediünda Jasminiàno flore, Feuill. per. 
2. p. 25. t. 20. f. 2. Branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 4 
inches long. Calyx, peduncles, and pedicels downy. Corolla 
white. 
Auricled-leaved Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1774. 
Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
31 C. muxtirLorum (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 553.) 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous; corymbs axillary, pe- 
duneulate, one-half shorter than the leaves ; filaments toothless. 
h.S. Native country unknown. Branches quite smooth, 
green. Leaves rather membranous, 21 inches long. Peduncles 
downy; pedicels glabrous. Segments of corolla erect, acute, 
rather connivent. 
Many-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 
§ 2. Filaments furnished each with a sessile gland at the base. 
32 C. romenrosum (Lin. suppl. p. 150. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 
2d. vol. 2. p. 3.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, smoothish 
above, but clothed with pilose down beneath, and canescent ; 
peduncles axillary, short, 4-6-flowered, approximating in the 
manner of a spike ; flowers sessile ; calyx tubular, 5-cleft, and 
is, as well as the branches, villously tomentose; filaments fur- 
nished each with a gland. b. S. Native of Peru, between 
Vinayaca and the town of Loxa, at the altitude of 1060 hexa- 
pods. C. Granadénse, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 
p. 807. Branches terete, villously tomentose, hoary, as well as 
the peduncles. Leaves membranous, green above, glabrous, 
and rather scabrous, about 5 inches long, and 2 broad. Seg- 
ments of corolla lanceolate, oblong, acute, nearly equal. Corolla 
glabrous, greenish ; segments ovate, acute, with reflexed edges. 
Stigma capitately peltate. Berry oval, bisulcate at top, 2-4- 
peed, many-seeded, small, almost covered by the permanent 
calyx. 
Tomentose Bastard Jasmine. 
Tree 12 to 18 feet. 
3a 2 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1790. 
