A _- DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Jasminum. 
- &. J. bracteatum. R. | fet 
Twining. Leaves. opposite, ovaeadinn era ili 
Flowers in terminal bracted fascicles of three, five, or eleven 
flowers. Calycine segments. from five to seven, subulate; 
those of the corol from five to eight, oblong, with réunded 
acuminate apices. Style longer than the tube. Stigma en- 
tire. : 
A native of the island of Sumatra: From Bencoolen: Dr. C. 
Campbell sent plants to the Botanic garden, under the name 
Coast Jasmine. In Bengal they blossom during the cool, and 
the beginning of the hot season; the seed ripens in April. 
Stem scarcely any ; branches numerous, ligneous, climbing 
and twining, extending up and over trees of considerable 
size; tender parts rourdi, and clothed with much, very soft, 
short, pale green down. Leaves simple, opposite, short-petiol- 
ed, ovate-oblong, acute, entire, downy, two or three inches 
Jong, and one or two broad, Flowers numerous, pretty large, 
white, fragrant, in terminal fascicles of generally three, or five, 
sub-sessile ones, or growing on short, axillary branchlets; em- 
braced by one, or two pair of large: bractes, and by a greater 
number, when the fascicle termmates a primary branchlet; 
the addition in this, as in most of the other Indian species, 
proceed in opposite pairs of three-flowered peduncles. Brae- 
tes opposite, always two, generally unequal pairs, of an ovate- 
cordate shape, under. each fascicle, and some small subulate 
oes within them, all villous, like every other. tender. part of 3 
the plant. Calyx downy. Tube short. Segments five, six, or — 
seven, subulate. Corol smooth, Tube twice the length of the e 
calyx, sub-eylindric. Border’ of from five to eight, oblong 
segments, rounded at the apex, with a small point in the mid-— 
dle. Germ two-celled, one ovulum in each. Style longer than 
the tube of the corol, Stigma entire, linear, with a groove on. 
each side. Berries one or two, united from the middle down- 
wards, size of a large pea, oval, smooth, succulent, and of a a 
~ sha sini ; black colour when ripe, one-celled. Seed single,. - 
oval. Integuments two ; exterior composed of: moaligabren; 
