88 d ep m pIAKDRIA MONOGYNIA. ait 
as in some species of Gardenia. Flos terminal, generally forme | 
ing small, trichotomous umbellets, white, fragrant —Calyx border- 
ed with from five to nine, long, subulate, permanent segments. Stig- 
ma clubbed. Germ two-labed, one ovulum in each, attached to the: 
lower part of the partition.— Berries: twin ; each round, smooth, — 
juicy, 'oné-seeded, when ripe ofa beautiful shining black .— Seed con- 
form to the berry; integument single.—Perisperm none.—Linbryo , 
erect.—Co/yledons conform to the seed.— Radicle small, inferior. ^: * 
‘Obs. From this species we have the common double; and rose, or 
great flowered, and full Moozaries, (Arabian, or Tuscan Jasmines D 
these are always raised frónx layers, and have been improved by cul- - 
ture into their present state as above noted. : 4 
The plant that bears the common double sort still retains its 
twining habits, but it is lost in the great rose, or full lowered sort: 
here the branches are erect, or spreading, but never twining. | : 
„Iam inclined to think that Nyctanthes undulata, Sp. Pl. 2. p38. 
is only a variety of this species, arising from.soil, culture, &c. for 
with the utmost attention, I could never discover any thing like &- 
fixed specific cisci to distinguish it from Zambac, as the number 
of petals or divisions of the corol are inconstant, and at most mark. 5 
only the Nuits Pues ; ; E i 
j : 
2. J. scandens. Willd. 1. 37. : ; 
- Shrubby, twining, and scandent, smooth,- Lenis ajii sim- 5 
| ple, cordate-oblong, entire, taper-pointed. Corymbs terminal, glo~ 
bular, trichotomous. Calycine segments six or seven, bristlé-shaped,. 
of the corol six to eight, lanceolate, very acute, — the ue of. 
the. clavate tube. Stigma bilobate. |... + 
Nyctanthes scandens. | Retz. obs. fasc. 5. p9. : 
A native of the southern parts. of Bengal. The ee in the Bo- 2 
tanic Garden near Calcutta were reared from seed sent from Chitta- 
gong; which after they: were two years old began to blossom in Janu- 
ary aud February; and: ‘continue. so to do, but have not produced 
let seed. T | = 
