The Kudda-Mulla of the East-Indies differs from the 

 other varieties of the Arabian Jasmine in so many points, 

 that we might have hesitated whether we should regard it as 

 belonging to that species, unless it had been so decided by 

 those Botanists who have had the opportunity of seeing them 

 together in the East, where they are so universally cultivated. 



The flowers are almost constantly solitary ; the calyx is 

 divided into a greater number of segments ; and the leaves, 

 instead of being regularly opposite, almost constantly grow 

 three together at the extremities of the flowering branches, 

 and in other parts indifferently, singly, opposite, or ternate. 



The flowers of all the varieties are much admired for their 

 exquisite scent, which, though powerful, is said to refresh 

 instead of oppressing the head, as most strong perfumes do. 



The first account we have of the Kudda Mulla, was from 

 Van Rhede, in the Hortus Malabaricus. It is said by Miller 

 to have been in the royal garden at Hampton-Court at the 

 end of the seventeenth century ; but it was little known in 

 Europe till it was imported from the East-Indies to the garden 

 belonging to the academy at Pisa, about the year 1691 ; 

 being, with the common double variety, the only plant that 

 survived the voyage, out of sixteen chests sent from Goa. 

 These, as soon as they were sufficiently recruited, were 

 removed to the garden of the Grand-Duke, where our plant 

 was so highly prized, that, though it might have been easily 

 propagated by suckers which it produced plentifully, these 

 were not permitted to be given to any one, nor were the 

 ordinary visitors of the garden allowed even to see this 

 ninty. Tilli, from whom we borrow this account, thought 

 himself highly honoured by permission to have a representation 

 taken of both plants thirty-four years after their importation. 



The above narrative accounts for the name of Tuscan 

 Jasmine generally applied to this variety. Miller, in 1730, 

 received a plant of it from the Malabar Coast; where he 

 supposes it to grow spontaneously. It is, however, very 

 doubtful whether the Jasminum Sambac be a native of any 

 part of the East-Indies. It seems most probable that it came 

 originally from Arabia. 



Thrives best in the bark stove, but should be placed in a 

 situation where it may have both light and air, as well as a 

 trellis to support it. Propagated by layers, or cuttings ; but 

 the latter are said not to strike readily. Communicated by 

 Messrs. Loddiges and Sons, in July 1814. 



