SC' , 'riANURiA MON'OGVKiA. Jasmlnum<, 



t>f from six to twelve, linear, spreading divisions witlmiargins revo<= 

 lute. — Filaments short. Anthers lodged just within die mouth of the 

 tube of the corol. — Ger.'/i turbinate. Siyle so long as to elevate the 

 tvvo-lobed sti(fma so as to make it level with the anthers. 



Ohs. The species differs from my arbciescens in being scandent, and 

 in the shape of the leaves, as well as in the pubescence ; here they 

 are lanceolate, and very villous -there cordate and smooth. 



4. J. pnlescens. Linn. Spec. PI ed. V/illd. 1. 37. 

 Leaves cordate, downy. Umbels terminal, sessile many-flowered. 

 Katii-Tsjiregam-Mulia. liheed. mal 6. p.Qo. 1. 54. 

 IMyctanthes muUiflora Burni. Flur. Jnd. p. 5. t. 3./. 1. 

 Nyctanthes pubescens. Retz. obs. 5. 9-* 

 Sans, m^, Maghyun, ^^'^', Kooudum. See As. Res. 4. 244. 



Beng. Koonda. 



A vcvj lamous shrub, brought originally from China into the Com- 

 pany's Botanic Garden. It is also indigenous in Bengal. Is in 

 flower during the rains chiefly. 



Stem scarcely any; branches immeroixs, covered with ash-coloured 

 bark; the young parts very downy. — Leaves opposite, short-pe- 

 tioled, cordate, entire, downy, particularly while young; the termi- 

 nal ones crowded (involucre-like) round the umbels. — Umbels ter- 

 minal, sessile, tend,ing to be trichotomous, containing from ten to 

 thirty, sessile flowers; downy in all parts.— i^Voaws large, pure 

 white, fragraiit. — Bractes few, lanceolate. — Calj/x six-cleft ; border 

 of the corol from six to nine-parted ; divisions lanceolate. — Stamens 

 within the tube. Anthers beaked. — Gcrw two-lobed, two-ceiled, 

 with one ovula in each, attached to the upper part of the partition. 

 Stigma entire, clubbed. 



Obs. This is a goodly looking plant, its numerous, large, pure 

 white, fragrant flower, opening in succession make it very desnable. 



* J. hiisutuiu. Sm Exot, Bot. ii. U7. t, 118. J. multifloriim. Aivi'r. Kepos. \uL 



