Koterghetry, and* other places a^out tBe same eleva-. dent, brandies terete leaves troad^ cordate, suliorBN 



tioD, flowering during March and April, but generally 

 to be met with in flower at other seaaons. 



This, as may be supposed from the synonyms, is 

 ft polymorphous species. I have it in all forms, and 

 on comparing a number ,of specimens, but growing 

 under different circumstances, find thera all 



variations of the same species. 



mere 

 Growing in clifts of 

 rocks with but little soil, and stunted in its growth by 

 the absorbed he^t, it becomes /. myrtifolium. In 

 rocky places, but with a larger admixtvire of soil it is 

 J* rigidam, while in rich deep soil, sheltered and shad- 

 ed by trees, it becomes diffuse with scandent branches,, 

 and is then /. tetrapkis. The latter is the form repre- 

 sented in the plate, and is thus characterized by us, 

 •'Scandent, glabrous, shining, branches and branchlets 

 roundish : petiols geniculate, leaves oblong, lanceolate, 

 acute at the base, attenuated at the apex, (obscurely) 

 3 nerved : flowers from 3 to 5, terminal, sessile, lobes 

 of the calyx 4, rarely 2. or 3, subulate, erect, about 

 half the length of ijie tube of the corolla; limb of the 

 corolla 5-6 lobed, lobes lanceolate, acute, shorter than 

 the tube. "Nearly allied to I. laurifoUum, Roxb., 

 from which it chiefly differs in its sessile flowers, and 



fewer calycine lobes. Flowers white, fragrant, leaves lines broad, petiols 4-6 lines long, jointed near the 

 from 2 to 2^ inches long, and about 12 lines broad/' base : cymes shorter than the adjoining leaves : bracti 

 W. and G., Calcutta Journal of Natural History^, and lobes^of^the calyx erect : flowers white, fragrant. 

 vol. 27 i pg* 55. .---^~._-^_- 



cular, cuspidately acuminate, glabrous: petiol jointed 

 in the middle : peduncles axillary and terminal, cymos*^ 

 7-9 flowered : flowers crov/ded, eubsessile, erect : bracti . 

 subulate : calyx campanulate 5 lobed, lobes subulate,' 

 reflexed at the apex, about one-third the length of th« 

 tube of the corolla : lobes of the corolla ovate, cuspidata 

 about half the length of the tube. 



Malabar Goaist near Calicut, flowering in March' 

 and April. 



An extensively scandent species, everywhere except 

 the inflorescence, glabrous : leaves from 2j to 3inchci' 

 in diameter, ending in a shortabrupt slender acumen, 



1251. J^ASMINUM EBECTIFLORUM (Alph. D. C.) 



glabrous, leaves ovato-lanceolate, subcordate, long,- 

 acuminate : peduncles on the ends of the branches, 

 ternate; with from 5-7 erect condensed flowers on^ 

 the apex : bracts linear, subulate, somewhat longer 

 than the pedicels : lobes of the calyx 6, linear subu« 

 late :. tube of the corolla 3 lines longer than the calyx ; 

 lobes 6-7, oblong, acuminate, half the length of the 

 tube. An extensively scandeiit shrub, extremities of 

 the branches 4 sided, leaves 3-5 inches long, 15-20- 



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Alph. D. e. in D. C. Prod. 



Neilgherries, ascending to an elevation of about 

 1248. Jasminum bracti atum (Roxb.) scandent, 6000 feet, flowering during the hot season, 

 branches terete, elongated, velvety :: leaves ovate, ob- _ This when in full flower is a very handsome species; 

 long, acute, villous, with short petiols :- fascicles ter* 

 minal, subsessile, 3-5^11 flowered, bracts broadly 

 ovate, cordate, subfascicled :. calyx lobes S-^T, subu- 

 late : tube of the corolla twice the length of the caly.Yj 

 lobes 5, obloncr, obtuse, apiculate : style exserted, en-« 

 tire.— jD. CProd. Aboo, Stocks. 



Its large shining dark green leaves and numerous pure 

 white fragrant flowers, render it a conspicuous object 

 among the dense jungle in which it usually grows. 



I am indebted to Mr. J, E. Stocks for my speci- 

 mens of this plant. They upon the whole agree so 

 well with Roxburgh's character and description, that 



when naming the drawing, I felt little hesitation in 

 adopting his name ; the very remote stations, however, 

 of the two plants, and the short style now leads me 

 to doubt its correctness. In the figure the leaves are 

 represented much too hairy, a fault mainly owing to 

 the lithographer. They are villous on both sides, and' 

 hairy on the costa beneath. The lobes of the corolla 

 vary from 8 to 9, the draftsman has generally con- 

 ferred the latter number, perhaps because the one 

 he took for dis^iection had that number. 



1249^ Jasminum ROTTLERiANUM (Wall.) every 

 where ^^ept the flowers hairy, branches terete : leaves 

 elliptic, obtuse at the base, acute at the apex; petioh 

 jointed iu the middle: peduncles 3, terminal, bearing 

 fascicules of flowers on the apex : bracts linear lanceo- 

 late acuminate: calyx pubescent, lobes subulate : tube 

 of the corolla thrice the length of the calyx lobes, 

 lobes 5-7, oblong, mucronate, about one^third the 

 length of the tube.— D. C. Prod. Bracts lanceolate, 

 of a pale whitish hue, pubescent ; the leaves are softly 

 pubescent rather than hairy, much more so beneath 

 than on the upper surface, which on old leave* becomes fection during the cooler months. 



nearly glabrous. 



Slopes of the Neilgherries rather frequent, and to 

 be met with in flower at nearly all seasons. A rather 

 extensively scandent species, usually met with ia moist 

 soil among trees. 



1250. Jasminum Malababicum (R. W.) scan- 



1252. Jasminum courtallense (R. W.)fruA 



ticose, scandent,glabrous,ramuli terete: leaves petioled, 

 trifoliolate, leaflets petioled, broadly ovate, rounded at 

 the base, lilunt, the lateral pair a little smaller than 

 the terminal one ; panicles axillary, numerous towards 

 the ends of the branches, many flowered, flowers sub- 

 sessile : calyx campanulate, 5 toothed : corolla 5 lobed, 

 lobes obtuse : anthers short, ovate, mucronate : style 

 exserted, stigma globose; berries globose, about the 

 sise of a pea. 



Courtallum, flowering August and September. A* 

 beautiful species nearly allied in habit to Ljlewile, but 

 abundantly distinct, difiering in the form of its leaves, 

 calyx, corolla, anthers, style and stigma. 



1233. Jasminum flexile (Vahh) scandent, glai 



brous : leaves petioled, trifoliolate ; leaflets petiolatc, 

 ovate, oblong, acuminate, shining, the lateral ones 

 about half the size of the terminal; petiols flexicose r 

 racemes axillary, brachiate, thrice the length of the 

 leaves : calyx campanulate, minutely and acutely 5-6- 



toothed. — D. C. Prod. Tube of the corolla about an 

 inch and half long, 5^7 lobed, anthers subsessile, ob-« 

 long, cuspidate, style shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla, stigma oblong, obtuse, rough. 



Courtallum, in dense jungle, near the bottom of the 

 falls, flowers nearly all the year, but in greatest per* 



1254. Jasminum beevilobitm (A1, D. C.) 



branches terete, pubescent or hairy : leaves trifolio.1^ 

 late, the lateral pair minute often wanting, the termi- 

 nal one ovate, very obtuse, or subcordate at the base, 

 mucronate at the point, usually hairy on both sidea^ 



more rarely pubescent or subglabrous above ; flowers 



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