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house speci 



parts loam and peat. 



J. auriculatum (auriculate). fl. white ; corolla seven-parted. 

 May to September. I. mostly simple, ovate, some trifoliolate ; 

 leaflets ovate, lateral ones small, h. 10ft. India to Mauritius, 

 1790. Stove climber. (B. E. 264.) 



J. azoricum (Azores), fl. white ; petals five, equal in length to 

 the tube. Summer and autumn. I,, leaflets ovate and sub-cordate, 

 undulated. Branches terete. Azores, 1724. Greenhouse shrubby 

 twiner. (B. M. 1889.) 



J. didymum (twin), fl. pure white, iin. to 3in. long; cymes 

 scattered along slender panicles, which usually much exceed the 

 leaves, and are axillary or terminal on short branches. Winter. 

 I. trifoliolate, very variable in size and form ; leaflets oblong, ovate, 

 or orbicular, rarely ovate - lanceolate and acute or acuminate, 

 coriaceous and shining, acute or rounded at the base, usually 

 feather-nerved, and also three-nerved at the base. Tropical Aus- 

 tralia and the Pacific Islands. An elegant hothouse climber, 

 usually glabrous and shining, but sometimes more or less pu- 

 bescent, especially on the inflorescence. (B. M. 6349.) 



FIG. 340. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF JASMINUM FLORIDUM. 



J. floridum (florid). /. yellow, iin. in diameter, in lax cymes ; calyx 

 teeth long, subulate. I. alternate, pinnately trifoliolate. Japan and 

 China, 1884. A hardy ornamental shrub. See Fig. 340. (B. M. 6719.) 



J. fruticans (shrubby), fl. yellow, with oblong, obtuse petals. 

 Summer. I. alternate, ternate, and simple ; leaflets obovate or 

 cuneiform, obtuse. Branches angular, h. 10ft. to 12ft. South 

 Europe, 1570. A hardy evergreen shrub. (B. M. 461.) 



J. gracile (slender). A synonym of J. simplicifolium. 



J. gracillimum (very slender).* fl. white, large, sweet-scented ; 

 petals nine, elliptic-oblong ; panicle many-flowered, globose, droop- 

 ing. Winter. I. opposite, petiolate, ovate-cordate, acute, hirsute. 

 Northern Borneo, 1881. A most desirable and elegant small-grow- 

 ing stove species, with long, slender branches. (B. M. 6559.) 



FIG. 341. FLOWERING SPRAY OF JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM 

 (reduced). 



Jaaminnm continued. 



J. grandiflorum (large-flowered).* fl. white, reddish underneath. 

 June to October. I. opposite, pinnate ; leaflets bluntish, outer 

 three to five confluent. Wild at 2000ft. to 5000ft. elevation in sub- 



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the tropics. 1629. A w 



tropical North-western Himalaya. Cultivated widely throughout 

 the tropics. 1629. A warm greenhouse bush (hardly a climber), 

 very like J. offieinale, but differing in the equal size of the leaflets, 

 and in the exterior ones being confluent, also in the larger flowers 



See Fig. 341. (B. E. 91.) 

 J. hlrsutum (hairy). A synonym of J. pubescent. 

 J. humile (humble), fl. yellow, with oblong, obtuse segments ; 



peduncles terminal, twin, or tern, three-flowered. Summer. 



t. alternate, acute, trifoliolate or pinnate. Branches angular. 



A. 3ft. to 4ft. India, 1656. Hardy deciduous shrub. (B. E. 350.) 

 J. multiflorum (many-flowered). A synonym of J. pubescens. 



342. FLOWERING BRANCH OF JASMINUM NUDIFLORUM. 



J. nudiflorum (naked-flowered).* fl. yellow, solitary, opposite. 

 Winter. I. small, ternate. Branches flexible, reen. China, 

 1844. A well-known and most desirable hardy deciduous climber, 

 producing its flowers in great abundance throughout the winter 

 months. It thrives in almost any situation, and grows with great 

 rapidity. See Fig. 342. (B. M. 4649.) 



J. odoratissimum (sweetest-scented), fl. yellow, with five oblong- 

 obtuse segments ; peduncles terminal, by threes, three-flowered. 

 Summer. I. alternate, bluntish, ternate and pinnate. Branches 

 terete. Madeira, 1656. Hardy climber. (B. M. 285.) 



FIG. 343. SMALL INFLORESCENCE OF JASMINUM OFFICINALK. 



