Jasminvm. diandria monogynia. 93 



climb. It is the first simple-leaved Indian Jasmine I have 

 found which has not that habit. Is a native of the hills near 

 Chittagong, where it flowers in April and May ; may be 

 readily known, without any other mark, by the great number 

 of flowers which form the little dense corymbs. 



7. J. trinerve. Vahl. Si/mb. 3. p. '2. 



Scandent, polished. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, long-acu- 

 minate, three-nerved, polished. Flowers axillary and ter- 

 minal, solitary. Cahjcine segments six or seven, subulate ; 

 those of the corol six or eight, sub-filiform, and longer than 

 the long tube. 



A native of the forests near Silhet, where it blossoms in 

 March and April, and the berries ripen in June. 



Stem and branches together, some fathoms in extent, 

 running up, and over large shrubs and trees. Hark of the 

 old woody parts ash-eoloured and rather rough ; tender shoots 

 polished, deep green. Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, long*, fine-pointed, firm and glossy, three-nerved, 

 three or four inches long-, and one or one and a half broad. 

 Petioles short, with a remarkable joint near the middle. 

 Flowers terminal and axillary, solitary, sub-sessile, very 

 large, white and sweetly fragrant. Calyx with a short, 

 smooth tube, border of about six subulate segments which 

 are nearly half the length of the tube of the corol. Corol ; 

 tithe long, widening above the middle for the stamina ; border 

 of six to eight slender, spreading segments, which are an 

 inch and a half in length. Filament short. Anthers linear, 

 lodged about the middle of the tube of the corol. Germ 

 oval, two-lobed, two-celled, with one ovulum in each, attach- 

 ed to the partition. Style length of the tube of the corol. 

 Stir/ma bifid. 



Obs. The flowers were solitary the first year the plants 

 were in the Botanic garden, but during the rainy season of 

 the second year there were usually nine. 



