92 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. ` Jasminum,, 
ved bidon: Flowers axillary and terminal, solitary. Ca- 
nts six or seven, subulate ; those of the corol six or eight, 
See e of the us near Silliet, due itblossoms in March 
and April, and the berries ripen in June. 
_ Stem, aud branches. together, some fathoms in extent, running up, 
and over large shrubs and trees. „Bark of the old woody parts. 
ash-coloured and rather rough ; tender shoots polished deep green. 
—Leaves opposite, petioled, Sante uei ie long, fine-pointed, 
firm and glossy, three-nerved, three or four inches ni and one or. 
one anda half broad. — Pelioles short, with a remarkable joint near the 
middle.— Zowers terminal and axillary, solitary, sub-sessile, very 
large, white and sweetly. fragrant — Calyx witha short, smooth tube, 
border of about six subulate segments which are nearly half the. 
length oí the. tube of. the. corol.—Corol ; Tube long, widening above. 
the middle for the stamina ; Border of six to. eight slender, spread« 
ing segments, which are an inch and a, half in lengtb.— Filament - 
short, - Anthers linear, lodged about the middle of the tube of the: e 
corol —Germ oval, two-lobed, two-celled, with one ovudum i in each, — 
attached to the partition. shk length of the tube of the corol, 2 
Stigma bifid, . — x 
Obs. The flowers were solitary the first year the Pres were in 
the Botanic Garden, but daring the rainy season of the scoti bee E 
there were usually nine. " 
bracteatum.R. =. i Jin qa 
- Twining. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, ow T Flowers 
in stapia fascicles of three, five, oreleven flowers. Calycim 
segments from five to sev en, subulate ; those of the corol from five io, 
eight, oblong, with rounded acuminate apices. Style longér than the z 
tube. Stigma entire. F 
A native of the island of-Swmatra. From. Bencoolen’ Dr. c 
‘ fort sent plants to the Botanic Garden, under the name Coast i 
