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JASMINUM* acuminatum. 

 Pointed-leaved Jasmine. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Jasmin e^e. 



JASMINUM. — Suprci, vol. 1. fol. 89. 



J. acuminatum ; foliis (simplicibus) ovatis acuminatis glabris, petioli articulo 

 superiori 5-6ies longiore, calycibus campanulatis : dentibus brevissimis. — 

 R. Brown prodr. 521. 



Rami teretes, scandentes, glabri. Folia simplicia, ovata, acuminata, 

 lucida, glaberrima, petiole in medio articulato : dimidid superiore inferiore 

 pauVo longiore (an igitur species nostra revera Brunoniana). Flores pani~ 

 culati, paniculis nunc diffusis, nunc corymbosis, ramis pedunculisque divari- 

 catis. Calyx campamdatus, dentibus obsoletis. Corolla alba, limbo scepiks 

 6-partito : laciniis ovatis. 



Raised from seeds from the banks of the Hastings, in 

 New South Wales, by the Honourable and Rev. William 

 Herbert, to whom we are obliged for specimens. It is 

 probably the species to which we have referred it, although 

 we cannot reconcile that part of Mr. Brown's character in 

 which the upper joint of the petiole is described as live or 

 six times as long as the lower, with the specimens we have 

 examined. 



A greenhouse plant, propagated by cuttings, and flower- 

 ing in November, 



Branches taper, climbing, smooth. Leaves simple, ovate, 

 acuminate, shining, quite smooth ; the petiole articulated 



* Linnaeus ingeniously derives this word from /«v, a violet, and o«7ti, 

 scent ; but, according to De Theis, it is rather an alteration of ysniyn, the 

 Arabic name of one of the species. 



