96 diandria monooynia. Jasmhmm. 



or twelve feet. Leaves opposite, rarely three- Told, or alter- 

 nate, short-petioled, ovate-cordate, acuminate ; margins en- 

 tire, and often waved, smooth on both sides; from two to four 

 inches long-, and from one to three broad. Petiole* chan- 

 nelled, jointed near the middle. Flowers on terminal, tri- 

 ehotomous, three-flowered peduncles, often forming large, 

 Corymbiform panicles; they are large, white, and very' fra- 

 grant. Braefes subulate, villous. CalyfcCrowned with five 

 or six subulate, incurved, villous divisions. Corol; tube 

 longer than the calyx. Border of ten or twelve, somewhat 

 acute, linear division*. Anther* ovate, within the tube. 

 Germ turbinate, two-lobed, two-celled, with one ovuldtn in 

 each, attached to the upper pari of the partition. Stigma 



tWO-lobed, about hall' way up the tube of the corol. 



Ob*. This species is nearly allied to my J. latifoHum, and 

 indeed the only specific difference I have yet been able to ob- 



seri e, is. that this species has no tendency to rw ine or climb ; 



that is tw hung. 



1 1. .1. angustifoKitm. Vahl. en, jil. 1. 29. Litm.sp. pi. erf. 

 W 1 1 hi. 1.96. 



shrubby, twining; polished. Leaves opposite, petioled, 

 ovate, smooth, of a shining deep green. Flowers terminal, 

 one, two, or three; corol eight or nine-parted. Berries single, 

 ovate. 



Nyctanthes triflora, Bwrm. ind. 4. /. 2. 



J. vimineam. Willd. foe. cit. 



Katu-pitsjen;iin-.Mulla. Rlivctl. Mai. (>. ]). 93. t. 58. 

 litis is much like Illinium's figure quoted above, but does 

 not accord with his character of alternate leaves; it is very 



Common, and at the same time one of the most beautiful spe- 

 cies of Jasmine I know . It abounds in every forest on the 

 coast of Coromandel. Blossoms during the hot season ; but 

 in a state of cultivation flowers are produced the greatest part 

 of the year. 

 Stem and branches woody, twining-, smooth. Leaves opposite 



