1 62 JASMlNtTJI NUDIFLOEUM. 



character of the organs concerned in fructification is displayed in our figure ; 

 unlike those of most other Phloxworts, the stamens, -which are very short, are 

 attached to the base of the ovary and not to the tube of the corolla — in 

 other words, they are hypogynous; the seed-vessel is elongated into a beak-like 

 form, and crowned with a five-lobed sessile stigma. The plant blooms in 

 August and September, and although the blossoms are not very numerous, 

 they produce some effect from their large size. 



As might be expected, it has proved quite hardy, and appears less fastidious 

 than many other Alpines, being easily cultivated in sandy loam containing 

 a little peat ; an arid soil, or exposure, seems to disagree with the plant, though 

 a sunny border is by no means objectionable, provided a fair proportion of 

 moisture is present. It may be increased by slips planted under a hand-glass 

 in summer, and also by seeds, which ripen in favourable autumns. Messrs. 

 Cunningham and Fraser of Edinburgh have been successful in raising seedlings ; 

 and, although we have not yet attempted to separate the roots, there is no 

 doubt, when strong enough, they will bear division. 



Although a native of the Himalayan, it has hitherto been found only on 

 those ramifications of the chain extending into Chinese Tartary, where it was 

 discovered in 1843, at an elevation of 12,000 feet. It is, therefore, not 

 strictly speaking a new plant, but has only recently become accessible; we 

 observe that most of the leading Florists are now cultivating it, and it may 

 be had for a moderate sum. 



The generic term is derived from Jcyanos, blue, and anthos, a flower, in 

 reference to its colour. 



JASMINUM NUDIFLOEUM. 



Naked-flo wering Jessamine. 

 Linnean Class — Diandiua. Order — Monogynia. Natural Order — Jasminaceje. 



The Jasminum nudiflorum, if no longer a novelty, is yet by no means so exten- 

 sively grown as to render a further notice of its claims altogether superfluous. 

 Though devoid of the exquisite fragrance which characterises the flowers of many 

 of the species, its primrose-like blossoms are so large, so richly coloured, and 

 produced in such abundance that, even among the many rivals which summer 

 brings, it would obtain for itself no mean standing in the list of ornamental 

 shrubs. But, when it is borne in mind that the blossoms are developed literally 



