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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



lands; 



inns; It abounds along the roads, covering the shrubbery with its 

 ich foliage aad flowers, and perfuming the air with its delisrhtful 



fragrauce. 

 Flowers February 



P 



March ; sometlines October — November. 



Yellow Jessamine* 



^ The flowers, root, &a. of this shrub are narcotic. A spirituous 

 tincture of tl)e root lias been used successfully in Rheumatism. The 

 effluvia of the flowers are said sometimes to induce stupor. 



ECinTES. Gen. pl. 421. 



Folliculi duo, distincti 

 teretes. Semina pappo 



Corolla infimdibuU 



P 



formis, limbo i 

 Jintherce medio 



cohaerentes. Sqiiamie 



Follicles two, distinct 



ete 



Seed 

 pappus 



} 



d 



C 



to 



y 



carnosae, hypogyn 



; 



funnel shaped, Avitli the 



parted. Anthers 

 adhering in the middle 

 to the stigma, Scaler 5, 

 flesh^j surrounding; the 

 base of the 



'O 



Lacin 



a 



Ollcc (E- 



qnUateris. 

 Brown Tr 

 Soc, l.p. 64.) 



CP^ 



Wei 



Segments of the co- 

 ecnial sided. 



1. 



DiFFOltMIS 



Walt 

 fo- 



^ E. caule volubili 

 liis infimis sublinea 



superioribus ovali- lance- 

 olatis, acuminatis : 



Stem 



climbin"" 



ibus, lowest leaves 



o ? 



KUs corymbosis ; stamini 



near, the upper 

 race- [ ceolate, acumln 



the 



ly li- 



bus 



E 



ceme corymbose 

 mens included. 



ra- 



sta- 



Echites difFormis, Walt. p. 99. Pursh, 1. p. \7% 



E* puberula, Mieh. 1. p. 120, 



Flowers small^ pale yellow, in three 



Leaves opposite, pu- 



bejcent on the under sm face. 



parted corymbs ; corymbs axillary o^ between thiTpetioles. ^.-..- 

 parted J segments very acute. Corolla funnel shaped ; the throat 

 naked, but marked with 5 furrows 3 the border 5 deft, with segments 

 ovate, contracted at the base, equilateral. Filaments inserted into 

 thfe base of the corolla, and scarcely more than half its lengtli. ^«- 



•wters sagittate, th« base or auricles destitute of pollen, adhering in 



