jaSHTlNE 



liaRTUS JAMAICENSIS. ^^f 



fynthes of Vivowne. Tt has also been pretty geneialiy cultivatea in Jamaira, fornnir.g 

 ])'. sunt t wet t- scented arbours. The tioueis are oi a 'Sue while, wii' n fuliy blown 

 tkey drop Iroui tiieir cups upon being shaken ; they foatinue thruut^h most ot tlie ytar^ 



Jasmine, Bast^\rd .See Poisom Bekpjes, 



Jasmin!., Cape -Set InwjGO Berry 



Jas-mixe, FRE.Nca -.ytc S"vvallow-Wout.' - 



jasmime-tree: plumkrt:!. 



Cl. 5, OR. 1. Pentandria 'monogynia: Nat. or. Contorts. 

 Tliiswas so named in honour of the celebrated Charles Pluniier, of Marseilles, whV 

 Cravelled in South America. 



Gen. char. 'Caly-x a small, bibntiy ilve-parted, perianth ; corolla one petaled^ 

 funnel form; tube long, border five-parted, from erec t spreading; segments 

 ovate-oblong, oblique; the stianens are five a\vUshai)ed fiianicnts, from the mid- 

 dle of the lube, (very short, scarcely nsing.above.the calyx) ; anthers converging, 

 large, triangular; the pistil has an- oblong bifid germ, scarcely any style ; stigma 

 double-acuminate; the pericarp is two long ^cumniaie follicles, ventricose, bent 

 downwards, nodding,, one-celled, one- valved ; seeds numerous, 6hlong, inserted 

 into a larger ovate membrane at the base, imbricate. Two species are natives of 

 Jamaica, both growing wild in the woods. 



!. RUBRA. RED-.' 



Nerium arborcum, Jo/to maxima cbtusiore, flor: incarnato. Sloane,' 

 V. 2, p. 61, t. 185 and '-86, f. 1. AihortSi-ens rainnli.'i cuissis, 

 Joliis oblongo ovatis, petiolis biglancluiis, Jioribus geminatis per 

 spicas lerminalesi Browne, p. 181. 



Lfeaves ovate-oblong ; petioles biglandnlar. 

 This tree rises from fifteen to twenty feet in height, having a- isuceulfent trunk and 

 bruM' hes, full of a milky juice, as are all parts of ilie tree. The bark of the branches 

 is of a dark dirty green colour, with sundry protuberances or marks, where the leaves 

 or branches have tallen off, - The hark of tlie main stem, which is a toot m diam^ ter in 

 old ucxs, is rough, woody, and, on luin^ 'Aounded, yields but a very small quantity 

 of sap. Tlic leaves cume out in clusters ai the ends of the branches, having a large 

 lid-rib and many veins; they are six or eight inches long, and four or five broad, 

 evenly spread out, and stand on round petioles about two iiicnes long, which, as well 

 as the leaf, are stiff and erect. I'lie howers come out from among the leaves, on 

 strong jround peduncles, five or six inches long, vvhicii branch into many pedicels, 

 contauiing'the flowers, something in the form of a trident; the main peduncle again 

 bhoots up from the middle some inches, aiK! again branches imo pedicels of flowers. 

 They are of a pale red colour, and shapeu like tuose oi' oleander, or rose-bay, and have 

 ao agreeaWe odour. Every part n very succulent and brittle, and broken 'jra aches ' 

 readily take root and grow. From the ie.st wound in the branches, leaves, >. r tlower- 

 s^glk^ its mUixJuice tiows very abundanily, and is said to be of a purgative nature. 



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