APOCYNACEAE. 325 
TRACHELOSPERMUM. Star Jasmine. 
(Family Apocynaceae). 
Tender twining shrubs_ with 
milky sap: evergreen. Stems ter- 
ete, moderate, red-brown: pith 
round, spongy. Buds rather small, 
solitary, ovoid, sessile, appressed, 
with several fleshy scales. Leaf- 
scars opposite, raised, half-round 
or broadly crescent-shaped: bun- 
dle-trace 1, C-shaped:  stipule- 
scars connected by a transverse 
line. Leaves elliptical to lanceo- 
late, acute at both ends, entire. 
(Rhynchospermum). 
The genus Trachelospermum is 
represented in the coastwise na- 
tive flora from Delaware to Texas 
by the climbing dogbane, which 
is slightly woody. The star jas- 
mine or jessamine—the Confed- 
erate jessamine of the reconstruc- 
tion period of the South—gets its 
common name from its star-shaped very fragrant flowers. 
Like allamandas and bougainvilleas, it is grown often in 
bushy masses under glass, though a strong climber out-of- 
doors. 
Leaves green, often granular beneath. T. jasminoides. 
Leaves variegated with yellow. T. jasminoides variegatum. 
