Tas. 7981. 
JASMINUM primutinum. 
” Native of Western China. 
Nat. Ord. OLEacEa.—Tribe JasMINER, 
Genus Jasminum, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p, 674. 
_JAsMINUM primulinum; frutex alte vagans, omnino fere glaber, ramis elon- 
gatis angulatis viridibus, foliis trifoliolatis graciliter petiolatis, foliolis 
subseasilibus oblongo-lanceolatis 1-2 poll. longis integris subcoriaceis 
_ supra atroviridibus nitidis apiculatis, floribus in foliorum axillis solitariis 
vel in ramulis -brevibus lateralibus terminalibus luteis 13-2 poll. 
diametro, pedunculis vel ramulis bracteis foliaceis integris instructis, 
calycis lobis lanceolatis acutis puberulis, corolla lobis swpius 6 obovato- 
spathulatis rotundatis interdum duplicatis, staminibus inclusis, stylo in 
floribus simplicibus exserto, fructu ignoto. ere 
J.primulinum, Hemsl. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, p. 109. Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. 
~ t. 2384. Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. vol. xxviii. p. liii. Journ. of Hort. series 3 
vol. xlvi. p. 295, cum figura nigra. Gard. Chron. 1903, vol. i. p. 197, 
f ; : Veitch, Catalogue of Novelties, 1903, p. 5. Rev. Hort. 1904, pp. 182- 
? ¥ 2, to; . 
When I described this species nine years ago from a 
dried specimen, presented to Kew by Mr. W. Hancock, 
F.L.S., F.R.G.S., of the Chinese Imperial Customs, I used 
the following phrase :— J. nudifloro valde affinis et hujus_ 
Speciei forsan varietas speciosissima,” and Dr. A. Henry, 
who subsequently collected it in the same locality, is of 
the opinion that it is a race of J. nudiflorum, Lindl. (B. M. 
t. 4649). He supplies the following note :—“ I found the 
plant both at Szemao and Mengtze, in the Province of 
Yunnan; but I am of opinion that it occurs always, in the 
districts where it has hitherto been found growing, culti- 
vated or as an escape from cultivation. The shrubs were 
Seen in gardens, or more frequently in hedges or amidst 
other shrubs, in the vicinity of villages, and never were 
met with in woods or forests. It apparently never set 
any fruit, as I searched for it. assiduously in vain; but 
propagated itself freely by suckers. Semi-double flowers 
were often seen, and varied very much in size. Several - 
_ other species of Jasminum were plentiful in the woods and 
_ forests of South Yunnan, and these produced fruit freely 
and never showed any variation in the size of the flowers 
OctoBEr Isr, 1904, 
