» DIANDRIA MONOGYNI \. JasmilllliU. 



ries one or two, superior. Seed solitary. Embryo erect, 

 without perisperin. 



1. J. Zambac Wil/d. 1. 1 35. 



Shrubby, twining. Leave* opposite, sub-sessile, from 

 cordate to oblong, acute, or obtuse. Segments of calyx 

 subulate. Berries globular. 



Magorium Sambac. Lamarck. Encycl. iv. '210. 



Of this we have three varieties, viz. 



1st, Singh flowered Arabian Jasmine, which I suppose 

 to be, 



Jaaminum undulatum. Wiild. 1.36, 



Tsjiregam-Mulla, Rheed. MaL <'. />. 97. /. •">•"). 



Mallica, and Asphota, A%. Res. 4. p. 215, are I suspect 

 both tln> rariety. The first is found in gardens, though a 

 Email flower, and the second wild in hedges, 8cc. 



Beng, Ban-nudtka ; or Desht-mvUtka. 



'2d. Double-Jlourrcd . Irabian Jasmine. 



Nalla-raulla. Rheed. Mai. 6. />. 87. /. 50. 



Jasmin nm Limonii folio coajugato. Harm, zeyi, 128. t. 58. 

 /. 2. 



Flos Manores. Rumph. Amb. 5. ;/. 52. /. -'JO. 



»///>. Swptala, Nttvo-mitUcka. See As, Res. I. c. 



Ili nq. I»t la, or maltka. 



'3d. Great double Arabian or Tuscan Jasmine. 



Beta/. Mootta-bela ; Bara-bela, or Patna nudltka. 



Kudda-inulla. Rheed. Mai. ti. p. 6F& /. 51. 



Flos Manorae plenus. Rumph. ibid. 



Septala. As. Res. I. c. 



All the varieties flower during- the rains chiefly. 



The single variety of* this plant, (which is the one describ- 

 ed,) is one of the most common in every forest on the Coast. 

 Birds eat the berries, and drop the seeds, which vegetate. 

 In this way, I account for its being so general. Flowers 

 during the hot season. 



Stem and branches woody, twining. Bark scabrous on 



