R. 



J. 



Jasmimim.'] ' LXXIV. JASMINES. "^'^ 



toothed. Corolla-tube 3 to 4 lines long ; lobes 5 or 6 or rarely 4, less tlian 

 half as long as the tube. Berry usually globular and 1-seeded, about_5 hues 

 diameter, rarely didyraous and 3-seeded. Seed globular, the urner integu- 

 ment formed of an undulated network in the Australian as well '^^ ^n the 

 Taitian specimens.— DC. Prod. viii. 311; /. divancatum,'Br.¥voi\.5-^l; 

 DC. Prod. viii. 311 ; LabiU. Sert. Austr. Caled. t. 27 ; /• parvijtortm, Dene. 

 Herb. Tim. 77 ; DC. Prod. viii. 310. 



N. Australia. Victoria river, F. Mueller; islands of the Gulf of ^^^n'^^tam 

 Brown, Henne; Port Essingtou. Armstrong; Qnail Island, Flood; ^scnpet lilts j^«^'^- 



Queensland. Keppel Bay, R. Brown ; Rodd's Bay, A. Cmnmglam ; Eockhampton, 

 QShanesy; Moreton Bay, F. Mueller. 



The species is also in the S. Pacific and Society Islands. 



'^^r.'pulescem. Branches and foliage pubescent or villous with spre.^iug ^'^'^---J- 



Lallachii, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 150.-Seaview Range, I^«f^i"S^^'H, ,^7^' ,f "but m 

 Among the Taitian specimens are some almost if not quite as villous as UaUatny s , 

 both countries the more frequent state appears to he quite or very nearly glam ouh. 



2. J. racemosum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 19. A slender g^^'™"^^^^^^";;^ 



bushy or the branches elongated and somewhat t. urm • 



^...... .,.p.=.. or alternate, 3 -foliolate with short Pf ^'^ " ^^ ^/^^^f ^l,?"^' 



hroadly ovate to narrow-oblong or the lateral ones orbicidar, all vei\ obtu e, 

 finely and often obscurely penniveined, shining above, the tei'mmal one ottea 

 above 1 in. long, the lateral ones shorter or rarely all snnilar. 1 lowers small 

 in axillary and terminal panicles, sometimes trichotomous, ^^^ .^-^^ ""[^ 

 simple and almost reduced to slender racemes. Calyx truncate ^^J^ f 'J='y 

 short teeth. Corolla-tube nearly 3 lines long ; lobes 5 to 8 '^t ^^^ ha" '^^ 

 long us the tube. Berry usually globular and 1-seeded, rarely didjmou=. 



Queeusland. Thirsty Sound, R.^ Bro.n ; Arauearia R^^gcs^n^ ^y^SoS 



either erect and 

 leaves opposite or 



*^- Hneare, 



An erect slirub, either quite dwarf 



3. J.lineare, R. Br. Frod. 521. An erect snruo, *=^":;,\ L^ in. 

 or bushy and attaining 6 to 8 ft., or with elongated, some^| 1 a t« n n^^^^^ 



l>.-anches, minutely hoaiy-pubescent or rarely qmte gl^^™"^. . , ^T^J Xf- 

 site or the upper ones alternate, 3-foliolate, the common F^^le ^J'or ' |ea 



ets usually lanceolate or linear, obtuse or acute, ^^^^ '^'•^l^\";;,r„;,^3 'oblo 

 long, the lateral ones shorter, or rarely all, especially the l^^^^al ones obloi 



or elliptical. Flowers 

 rarely exccedlnac the leaves 



lorter, or rarei^ nu, ^^^^ y „,„riprniis but 



in axillary- trichotomous panicles, often n^«^' ^^^^ 



.-V.X.UU1, uie .eaves. Calyx-teetb exceedingly sho t ^^^^^^^^^ 



lender 3 lines long ; lobes 5 or 6, scarcely shorter than the tub^ ^ J! 

 solitary in each cell of the ovary. Berry simple and ^^f « /; ^^ n 1. 

 ?ous.-DC. Prod. viii. 311; Hook. Ic PI. *„ ^31 ; /• ^^ /^^gts 6 

 in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 36.5 ; J. Bidwiim, Vis. PI. Hort. Patav. 18o8, b. 



I Australia. Nichol Bay, Gregorfs Expedition ,^ Gregry 'j-;^f «£f ^f "ear 

 Queeusland. Dawson and Burdekin rivers, F. Shteller i>dua 

 Mount Kennedy. Mitchell; head of the Suttor river, f «'/'™;^; . j^j, ^. CunniugJiam ; 

 N S. WaUs. Liverpool plains and hushv country on the Lachlan, a. 



