Tab. 6349. 



JASMINUM DIDYMUM. 



Native of tropical Australia and the Pacific Islands. 



Nat. Ord. Oleaceje.— Tribe Jasmines. 

 Genus Jasminum, Linn. (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 67f) 



J.smikhm dutpmum; frutex alte scandens glaWma V g *g*^JS*» 

 rula foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis petiolulatis late °Y atls .P^ on r - 3-nerviis, 



maturis solitaries v. didymis ellipsoideo-rotundatis purpmeis. 



r, j ,,. nA p rn j.. vol viii. p. 311 ; -Bentft. 2*W- 



J. didymum, JPori*. Proir. p. 3 ; 1>0. i^rort/. voi. w. f 



Austral, vol. iv.p. 295- 

 J.diwicatan, Br.P^.p. 521; «* l.i £*«• **** «** '' * 

 J. parviflorum, Dom. Herb. Timor, ft: BO. I. ft P- 31°. 



This very pretty jasmine is a native of tropical and sub- 

 tro^al luXlia! and extends into the Pacific mhab^ ng 

 Lord Howe's Island, New Caledonia *?. £j"' H^ ' 

 in all these conntries frequenting sandy ^^"J^ 

 near the sea. It forms a yery elegant ^^J^^ 

 with bright green glossy ^^^^Z^noZ^t 

 white flowers which appear in ,™"7„» was introdnccd 

 indication of the source from which. y. dutijmumv 

 into cultivation, hut rather think it was »^ by Mr 

 Milne, the collector in Captain Denham's suryeying voyage 

 to the Pacific about 20 years ago; since which timers 

 been known in the Palm House at Kew as , m o d >nh ab tent. 



Descr. A tall woody climber, usually g^« d •»£ 

 but sometimes more or less pubescent, ^fl^Z 

 infloresence; branches slender, f smooth tow ^ohok*, 

 yery variable in size and form wi th slenae P 

 petiolules ; leaflets one and a half to three ana a u 



MARCH 1ST, 1878. 



