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acuminate at apex, obtuse or nearly cordate at base ; margins entire, 

 recurved ; 5 to 7 in. long, 3 to 4 in. broad ; midrib very prominent, 

 impressed above, much raised beneath ; two lowest main-nerves very 

 prominent, similar to the midrib, curved upwards to form a pair of 

 intramarginal nerves meeting at the apex ; remaining main-nerves 

 irregular, 3 to 4 pairs, inconspicuous; secondary nerves and reticulations 

 raised above ; petiole -75 in. long, twisted, articulate in the middle. 

 Inflorescence of axillary 5-20-fiowered cymes ; rachis jointed, terete ; 

 bracts spathulate, -1 to -2 in. long ; bracteoles smaller, linear ; pedicels 

 •2 to Z in. long, greatly enlarged in fruit ; flowers white, tinged with 

 pink. Calyx campanulate, tube -15 in. long; teeth 5, "05 in. long. 

 Corolla-tube slender, cylindrical, -75 to 1 in. long ; lobes oblong, acute 

 or apiculate, -75 in. long, -2 in. broad. Stamens inserted in the throat 

 of the tube; filaments short; anthers linear-oblong, -25 in. long, 

 mucronate. Drupe didymous ; carpels ellipsoid, •! in. long, -3 to 

 •4 in. broad, smooth, shining. 



Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 3698 ; Maingay (K.D.) 997. 



11. Jasminum IN3IGNE, Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I. 278 (1849). 

 An extensively climbing shrub ; branches obscurely quadrangular with 

 pale-grey corky bark ; branchlets acutely quadrangular, glabrous, the 

 edges pale-corky-winged. Leaves chartaceo-coriaceous ; opposite, occa- 

 sionally whorled; elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute at apex, cuneate at 

 base; glabrous on both surfaces; margins recurved; 2 to 8 in. long, 1 to 

 4 in. broad ; midrib slender, raised beneath ; main-nerves 6 to 7 pairs, 

 the basal pair faint, opposite, at about 30° with the midrib, produced in 

 an intramarginal nerve -1 to -2 in. from the margin, looped where the 

 others, which are at 50° to the midrib, join it ; secondary nerves and 

 reticulations obscure ; petiole -4 to 1*2 in. long, twisted, the upper part 

 bordered for a short distance by the decurrent margins of the blade. 

 Flowers white, in compact, many-flowered, glabrous cymes from the 

 axils of the leaves or (more usually) from the stem ; bracteoles sub- 

 ulate, -1 to -15 in. long, caducous ; pedicels stout, -2 in. long, somewhat 

 angular. Calyx-tube campanulate, -25 in. long ; lobes 4 to 5, linear- 

 subulate, unequal, -25 to -35 in. long, points hooked. Corolla-tube 

 slender, -75 to 1 in. long, somewhat inflated above ; mouth shghtly 

 thickened ; lobes 4 to 5, spreading, ovate-oblong, apiculate, -5 in. long, 

 •3 to -4 in. broad. Stamens in the tube of the corolla; filaments 

 flattened; anthers oblong, mucronate, "25 to -3 in. long. Ovary 

 glabrous, rounded; style slender, clavate, obscurely cleft in 2 short 

 stigmas ; cells 2. Fridt didymous; carpels oblong, smooth, white when 

 ripe. Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. II. 541. /. caulifloritm, Scortechini MS. in 

 Herb. Calcutta. 



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