1248 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART 111. 
CHAP. LXXVI. 
OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE 
ORDER JASMINA‘CE. 
Genus I. 
lalla l\) 
JASMI'NUM Forskoel. Tue Jasmine. Lin. Syst. Diandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Forskoel Egyp. Arab., p.59.; Dodon. Pempt., p.1557.; Tourn. Inst., 368.; Lin. 
Gen., No. 17.; Juss, Gen., 106.; R. Br. Prod., p. 521.; Gertn. Fruct., 1. p. 196, t.42.; Lam. IL, 
t.7.; Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., 2d edit., p. 309.; Don’s Mill, 4 p. 59. 
Synonymes. Mongorium Lam. ; Jessamine; Jasmin, Fr. and Ger.; Schasmin, Ger.; Gelsomine, 
Ital. ; Jazmin, Span. 
Derivation, Linnzus derives this name from Zon, a violet, and osmé, smell: but the scent of the 
flowers has no resemblance to that of the violet. Forskoel, in his #gyp. Arab., p.59., says that 
it is taken from the Arabian name of the plant, Yssym, which appears much more probable. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx tubular, 5—8-toothed or 5—8-cleft. Corolla 5—8-cleft. 
Stigma 2-lobed or bifid. Berry didymous, having one of the lobes usually 
abortive. Seeds without albumen. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 59.)—Twining or 
rambling shrubs. Leaves simple or compound, mostly evergreen. Petioles 
articulated. Flowers white or yellow, odoriferous. Propagated readily 
by cuttings in common garden soil, and usually grown against walls. 
%1,J.FRru‘ticans L. The sprig-producing, or shrubby, Jasmine. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1. p. 9., Syst., ed. 14.; Vahl Enum.,1. p. 33; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 63. 
Synonyme. J. heterophyllum Mench, Lob. Adv., p. 389. f. 390. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., 13. t.461.; Schmidt Baum., 3. t. 148. ; and our fig. 1073. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate, and simple, glabrous; leaflets 
obovate or cuneiform, obtuse. Branches angular. Calycine segments subu- 
late. Peduncles terminal, by threes. Corolla 
yellow, with oblong obtuse segments. (Don’s 
Mill., iv. p. 63.) A shrub, a native of the south 
of Europe, and throughout the Levant, where it 
grows from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high, and flowers from 
May till October. It was introduced in 1570, 
and is frequent in British gardens, where it forms 
avery desirable subevergreen, either for planting » 
in borders, or against walls; flowering freely, 
and ripening abundance of fruit, which is black 
when ripe. It sends up numerous suckers ; 
which, when it is desired that the plant should 
assume a gardenesque character, should all be 
removed, leaving the branches to proceed from 
a single stem, or from two, three, or any other 
small and limited number of stems. On the 
other hand, when the plant is intended to as- m 
sume a picturesque or natural habit, it should be allowed to throw up suckers, 
unlimited by any thing but the circumstances in which it is placed with 
reference to soil and other plants. In the last character, it is a very suit- 
able plant for the front of a picturesque or wild-looking shrubbery. Plants 
of this species, in the London nurseries, are 25s. a hundred ; at Bollwyller, 
half a franc per plant ; and at New York, 50 cents each. 
Variety. A semi-double flower has been observed on a plant of this species, in a garden in Suffolk, 
but we are not aware that it has been propagated. The existence of double-flowered varieties 
of J. Sambac and J. officinale shows a tendency in this genus to vary into double flowers. 

a . 
OE EO EE a 
