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subcoriaceis, oblongo-ovatis ad late ovato-lanceolatis, glabris, 

 tenuiter acute acuminatis, basi rotundatis ad subacutis, peniner- 

 viis, usque ad 11 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, petiolo 

 articulato; inflorescentiis terminalibus, paniculatis, multifloris, 

 calycis laciniis 6 ad 8, haud 1 mm longis. 



A scandent shrub, the leaves and branches glabrous, the young 

 branchlets and inflorescence, including the calyces, distinctly pub- 

 escent with short, rather pale hairs. Branches and branchlets 

 dark reddish-brown when dry, smooth, not lenticellate, terete. 

 Leaves opposite, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong- 

 ovate to broadly ovate-lanceolate, 6 to 11 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, 

 dull and brownish-olivaceous when dry, gradually narrowed up- 

 ward to the slender and sharply acuminate apex, the base rounded 

 to subacute ; nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, distinct, 

 obscurely anastomosing, not impressed, the reticulations lax, 

 obscure; petioles glabrous, 8 to 10 mm long, jointed below the 

 middle. Panicles terminal, pubescent, rather many-flowered, the 

 bracteoles and bracts pubescent, acicular or linear, 1 to 2 mm 

 long, partial inflorescences in the axils of the upper reduced 

 leaves, forming a somewhat leafy inflorescence 8 to 10 cm in 

 length. Calyx-tube somewhat funnel-shaped, 2 to 3 mm long, 

 pubescent, narrowed below to the pedicel, the teeth 6 to 8, short, 

 narrow, pubescent, less than 1 mm long. 



Amboina, Hitoe messen, Rel. Robins. 2032, October 10, 1913, climbing 

 on trees at an altitude of about 150 meters. 



This species, apparently not previously described, resembles Jasminum 

 bifarium Wall, in general appearance and in its vegetative, characters. 

 It is distinguished, however, by its very short calyx teeth. 



JASMINUM CELEBICUM sp. nov. 



Frutex ut videtur scandens, glaber vel ramulis junioribus 

 minute puberulis; foliis oppositis, simplicibus, firme chartaceis, 

 oblongo-ovatis ad late oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, 

 tenuiter acute acuminatis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, nervis utrin- 

 que circiter 7, tenuibus; inflorescentiis terminalibus axillaribus- 

 que, paucifloris, pedunculatis, calycis lobis 6 ad 8, linearis, glabris, 

 circiter 6 mm longis, quam tubo triplo longioribus. 



A shrub, apparently scandent, quite glabrous except for some 

 of the younger branchlets, which are minutely puberulent. 

 Branches and branchlets slender, terete, brownish or brownish- 

 red. Leaves simple, opposite, firmly chartaceous, brownish- 

 olivaceous or very dark-brown when dry, dull or slightly shining, 

 4 to 7 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, base rounded to subacute, apex 

 slenderly and sharply acuminate ; lateral nerves about 7 on each 

 side of the midrib, slender, obscurely anastomosing, the reticu- 



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