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SOLANACE/E. XXXVIII. CESTRUM. 



ovate, acute, with pilose edges. There is also a variety of this 

 having hexamerous, hexanclrous flowers. Very nearly allied to 

 C. Pdrqui and C. conglomeration. 



Allied Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



12 C. DIU'RNUM (Lin. spec. 277. Lher. stirp. 1. p. 74.) 

 leaves oblong, acute, membranous, glabrous ; spikes axillary, 

 on long peduncles ; flowers sessile, approximate ; segments of 

 corolla ovate, obtuse, reflexed ; filaments naked, toothless. 



Jj . S. Native of Cuba, near the Havannah. Jasminoides, 

 Dill. elth. 186. t. 154. f. 186. Leaves 3 inches long. Flow- 

 ers sweet-scented, small, white. Teeth of calyx acute, a little 

 ciliated. 



.Day-smelling Bastard Jasmine. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1732. Shrub 

 10 to 12 feet. 



13 C. ODONTOSPE'RMUM (Jacq. schcenbr. 3. p. 44. t. 331.) gla- 

 brous ; leaves oblong, acute, rather coriaceous ; racemes short, 

 axillary and terminal; flowers nearly sessile; segments of corolla 

 lanceolate, acute, revolute ; filaments naked, toothless. Tj . S. 

 Native country unknown. Nearly allied to C. diurnum, but the 

 flowers are only sweet-scented at night, not in the day time. 

 Seeds small, compressed, marked by a short tooth at the side. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long. Corolla white ; tube cylindrical, 

 with the mouth hardly dilated. Berry blackish, size of a 

 small pea. 



Tooth-seeded Bastard Jasmine. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1793. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



14 C. FASTIGIA'TUM (Jacq. schcenbr. 3. p. 44. t. 330.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acute, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above ; pedun- 

 cles elongated, axillary, spiked at top, equal in length to the 

 leaves ; corolline segments ovate, obtuse, reflexed, 5 or 6 ; fila- 

 ments naked, toothless. Tj . S. Native country unknown. 

 Leaves pale beneath. Spurious stipulas small, obtuse. Flowers 

 white, sessile, sub-fastigiate on the tops of the peduncles, 

 sweet-scented both by day and night. Berry roundish, size of a 

 pea, blackish. 



Fastigiate-fiovrered Bastard Jasmine. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1 Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



15 C. FffiTiDissiMUM (Jacq. schcenbr. 3. p. 43. t. 329.) glab- 

 rous ; leaves ovate and lanceolate, acute, petiolate ; peduncles 

 axillary and terminal, usually 3-6-flowered, racemose ; flow- 

 ers pedicellate, or sessile ; teeth of calyx slender ; segments of 

 corolla short, ovate, emarginate ; filaments bearded at the base, 

 toothless. T? . S. Native of the West Indies. Stem rough 

 from dots, much branched. Leaves 2-4 inches long, very fetid. 

 Flowers sweet-scented at night. Corolla yellowish. Berry 

 oblong-cylindrical, black, containing 2 oblong seeds. 



Very-fetid Bastard Jasmine. Fl. May, Aug. Clt.? Shrub 

 10 feet. 



16 C. TENUIFLORUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 61.) leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, membranous, rather tomentose on the veins 

 beneath ; spikes axillary, very short, sessile, 8-12-flowered ; 

 flowers sessile ; corolla with a very slender tube, and lanceolate, 

 acuminated segments, having the edges revolute ; filaments 

 naked, toothless. T? . S. Native of the Orinoco, on the decli- 

 vities of Mount Duida, near Esmeralda ; and of Para, in Brazil. 

 C. floribundum, Willd. herb, ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 807. C. ovatum, Willd. rel. 1. c. A much branched, suffru- 

 ticose shrub. Branches terete, clothed with powdery tomen- 

 tum. Leaves about 4 inches long. Petioles, branches, and 

 rachis of spikes tomentose. Corollas sweet-scented, white, 

 glabrous. Calyx glabrous, irregularly 4-5-toothed. Filaments 

 pilose at the base. 



Slender-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



17 C. TINCTORIUM (Jacq. schcenbr. 3. p. 45. t. 332.) leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, shining ; racemes axillary and term- 

 inal ; flowers on short pedicels ; segments of corolla lanceolate, 



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acute, at length reflexed, but at first spreading ; filaments naked, 

 toothless, adhering the whole length of the tube of the corolla. 

 Tj S. Native about Caraccas. Leaves coriaceous, 3 inches 

 long. Corollas white, sweet-scented. Berry deep violet, 

 roundish. 



Dyer's Bastard Jasmine. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 4 feet. 



18 C. LATIFOLIUM (Lam. ill. 2. p. 5. no. 2275. Vahl, eclog. 

 p. 25.) leaves elliptic, acute, glabrous above, clothed with pow- 

 dery villi beneath ; racemes axillary, very short ; filaments 

 toothless. \? , S. Native of the Island of Trinidad. Peti- 

 oles and branches clothed with powdery villi, as well as the 

 peduncles, pedicels, and calyxes. Corolla with a filiform tube, 

 and lanceolate, acute segments. Stigma capitate. Vahl says 

 this species differs from C. hirtum in the leaves not being cordate 

 at the base, and in the segments of the corolla being acute, not 

 obtuse, and in the stigma being capitate, not bifid. 



Broad-leaved Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



19 C. L.KVIGA'TUM (ScMecht. in Linnsea, 7. p. 58.) glabrous ; 

 leaves elliptic, acuminated, rather papery, and rather opaque, 

 petiolate ; racemes subspicate, axillary, much shorter than the 

 leaves, but sometimes these racemes are reduced to axillary fas- 

 cicles ; calyx nearly glabrous, ciliated on the margin, with 

 very short, or no teeth ; corolla glabrous, 6 times longer than 

 the calyx ; segments of the limb obtuse ; filaments inserted in 

 the upper part of the tube, rather pilose in the middle of the 

 tube ; berry ovoid, fy . S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro 

 and elsewhere. Cestrum racernosum, Ruiz, et Pav. ? Leaves 

 4-6 inches long. Spurious stipulas sometimes present. Corolla 

 an inch long. Hairs on the filaments retrograde. 



Var. a, evolutum (Schlecht. 1. c.) leaves larger, on longer peti- 

 oles ; and the racemes axillary, and on longer peduncles than 

 in var. /3. 



Var. j8, pauperculum (Schlecht. 1. c.) leaves smaller, on shorter 

 petioles ; racemes short ; flowers sometimes sessile in the axils 

 of the leaves. ' 



Smooth Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



20 C. AMI'CTUM (Schlecht. in Linnsea, 7. p. 64.) quite gla- 

 brous ; leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, shining, petiolate ; 

 racemes subspicate, short, bracteate ; calyx glabrous, with acute 

 teeth, which are ciliated at top ; corolla with a wide, glabrous 

 throat, 6 times longer than the calyx ; and the segments of the 

 limb are ovate, acutish, with tomentose sides ; filaments inserted 

 in the upper part of the tube, furnished with fascicles of retro- 

 grade hairs at their insertion. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, Sello. 

 Spurious stipulas small, reniform. This is distinguished from 

 C. bractedtum in the smoothness of the parts. Corollas greenish 

 yellow, an inch long. Leaves almost 5 inches long. 



Decked Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



21 C. BRACTEA'TUM (Link, et Otto, abbild. 1. p. 11. t. 6. 

 Graham, in bot. mag. t. 2974. Schlecht, in Linnsea, 7. p. 64.) 

 leaves lanceolate, undulated, downy ; flowers fascicled, axillary 

 and terminal, pedicellate ; false stipulas obliquely cordate, 

 reniform ; bracteas spatulate ; filaments bearded at the base. 

 J? . S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro and elsewhere. 

 Length of racemes variable, but hardly ever exceeding the 

 leaves. Nearly allied to C. petiolare. Branches covered with 

 dense, greenish tomentum. Peduncles an inch long ; pedicels 

 short. Corolla salver-shaped, pale yellow ; tube an inch long ; 

 segments ovate, acute. 



Bracteale-fiowered Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1818. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



22 C. SCHLECHTENDA'HLII ; glabrous ; leaves elliptic, acumi- 

 nated at both ends, acute at apex, rather coriaceous, opaque, 

 on short petioles ; racemes axillary, sub-spicate ; calyx gla- 



