Jasmbium. diandrta monogynia. ^,0 



Trunk none, but many, long, ligneous, at first scandent, but final- 

 ly twining, round, smooth branches of considerable extent. — Leaves 

 simple, opposite, short-petioled, cordate-oblong, tapering from near 

 the somewhat re-entering base, fine-pointed, entire, smooth, and ra- 

 ther lucid on both sides ; length from one to six inches, and from 

 half an inch to two inches broad. — Petioles flattened, channelled. — 

 Cori/nihs terminal, sub-globular, dense, that which terminates the 

 larger branches more compound. Peduncles short, with the pe- 

 dides still shorter, all are villous. — Floicers numerous, pure white, 

 delightfully fragrant. — Cah/v villous, border of six, or seven, bristle- 

 shaped, spreading, villous segments. — Tube of tlie corol widening 

 to the mouth, and more than twice the length of tlie segments of 

 the calyx. Border of from six to eight, lanceolate, acute segments, 

 which are rather shorter than the tube. — Germ turbinate, two-cell- 

 ed, with one seed in each, attached to the thickened middle of the 

 partition. 



3. J. elongatum. Lhui. Spec, PL ed. TVIlId. 1. 37. 



Scandent. Leaves opposite, and alternate, lanceolate, villous on 

 bodi sides. Corymbs terminal. Corol eight or twelve-cleft; segments 

 linear. Stigma bifid. 



jMyctanthcs elnngala. Linn, suppl. ^2. 



A native of the forests about Llidgelec, near the mouth of the 

 Hoogly in Bengal. Flowering time the beginning of the hot season. 



Stem woody, jstraggling to a considerable extent, or climbing. 

 Bark of the woody parts light ash colour ; of the i/oung shoots very 

 villous. — Leaves opposite, and alternate, short-petioled, from lan- 

 ceolate to ovate-lanceolate ; very soft widi fine down in bodi sides ; 

 length from one to five inches.— F/on-^^rs terminal, from simply tern 

 to a large compound corymb, pretty large, pure white, fragrant.— 

 Pedicels ciavate, villous.— /j.-ac/es short, subulate, vdlous.— G//V-r 

 villous, five or six-cleft ; divisions short, and subulate.— Co/o/. Tube 

 swelling towards the 'nouth, greatly much than the calyx. Border 



