1254 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
App. ii. Half-hardy Species of Jasminum. 
J. odoratissimum L., the Jasmine of Goa (Bot. Mag., t. 285.), is a well-known inhabitant of the 
green-house ; and, being a native of Madeira, it may be kept through the winter in a pit, or 
against a conservative wall. The flowers are yellow, and extremely odoriferous. 
J. glaticum Vahl is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, with lanceolate leaflets like the leaves of 
the privet, and white flowers resembling those of J. officinale, but longer. 
J. axéricum Vahl (Bot. Mag., t. 1889.) is a native of the Azores, and Madeira, with trifoliolate 
Pak bg and white flowers. The shoots twine, as well as climb; and the plant is, doubtless, half- 
ardy. 
CHAP. LXXVII. 
OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE 
ORDER APOCYNA‘CER. 
Genus I. 
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VYNCA L. Tue Pertwinkte. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 295.; Juss., 144.; Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., 2d edit., p. 301.; Don’s Mill., 
4. p. 
Synonymes. Pervinca Tourn., t.45.; la Pervenche, Fr. ; Sunngriin, Ger. 
Derivation. In Don’s Miller, this word is said to be derived from vinco, to conquer; because the 
species subdue other plants by their creeping roots, or bind them by their runners: but a my/h 
better origin seems to be from winculum, a band, on account of the suitableness of the shoots f6\ 
the purpose of making bands. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx 5-cleft; segments linear or subulate, acute. Corolla 
salver-shaped ; tube longer than the calyx; throat bearded; segments of 
of the limb flat, oblique, truncate at the apex. Stamens 5, inserted in the 
throat, enclosed. Filaments short. Anthers ending each in a hairy mem- 
brane at the apex, which connive over the stigma. Stigma bearded, seated 
ona flat orbicular disk, which is grooved round the circumference. Glands 2, 
alternating with the ovaries, glabrous, as well as they. ollicles 2, erect, 
terete, narrow, dehiscing lengthwise, few-seeded. Seeds cylindrical, naked. 
Albumen fleshy. (Don’s Miil., iv. p. 95.) —The hardy ligneous species 
are creeping evergreens ; natives of Europe, in shady places; of the easiest 
culture ; and readily propagated by division, layers, or cuttings. 
% 1. V. ma‘sor L. The greater Periwinkle. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 304.; Don’s Mill., 4. p.95.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Rene’, hata média Delile; Pervinca major Scop. Carn., No. 274., Garid. Aiz, t. 81., Lob 
gon., t. G36... , 
Engravings: Eng.-Bot., t. 514.3 Curt. Lond., 4. t:19.; Plenck Icon., t.114 ; Baxt. Brit. Fl. Pl, 
vol. 2. t. 158. ; and our figs. 1082, 1083. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stems erectish. Leaves ovate, acute, ciliated. _Calycine 
teeth linear-subulate, ciliated, usually with a small tooth on each side at the 
base. Segments of corolla broad, obovate. This species is larger in all its 
parts than the preceding. Corollas fine purplish blue. Flowering stems 
erect; barren ones trailing: There is a variety of this with variegated 
leaves. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 95.) A low, trailing or creeping, suffruticose 
evergreen ; a native of the middle and south of Europe, and apparently 
wild in some parts of Britain. It grows as high as 2 ft., forming a dense _ 
dark green, low, trailing bush, growing freely under the shade of other 
trees; and producing its fine blue flowers from March to September. 
Variety. : 
%, V. m. 2 variegdta Hort. has the leaves variegated with white and 
yellow. 
