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brous, with short, obtuse teeth, which are densely ciliated on 

 the margins ; corollas glabrous outside, 6 times longer than 

 the calyx ; segments of the limb reflexed, triangular, acute ; 

 filaments inserted in the middle of the tube, where they are 

 also villous ; tube of corolla marked by a villous ring inside 

 at the base, fj . S. Native of Brazil, Sello. C. multi- 

 florum, Schlecht. in Linnsea, 8. p. 59. but not of Rcem. et 

 Schultes. Leaves 3| to 5 inches long. This species differs 

 from C. loecigatum, in the shorter corolla, in the flowers being 

 more copious, and in the leaves being coriaceous, &c. 

 Many-Jlotvered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



* Racemes compound, or panicled ; or the peduncles are 

 racemosely panicled. 



23 C. PA'LLIDUM (Lam. diet. 1. p. 688.) glabrous; leaves 

 ovate, acute ; racemes compound, axillary ; filaments tooth- 

 less ? ; berry obovate. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica. C. vene- 

 natuin, Mill. diet. no. 6.- Plukn. aim. 35. t. 64. f. 5. - 

 Sloane, hist. 2. p. 96. t. 204. Flowers small, like those of C. 

 diurnum, pale yellow. Leaves like those of C. laurifolium, 

 and the fruit like that of C. vespertlnum. Leaves lg inch 

 long, dark green. Racemes dense, shorter than the leaves. 

 Segments of corolla short, bluntish. Berry violaceous, or dark 

 blue, poisonous, ex Sloane. 



/We-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 



24 C. PANICUL.VTUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 62. Willd. rel. 

 ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 807.) twining; leaves twin, 

 ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous ;* panicles terminal, simple ; 

 branches divaricate ; flowers pedicellate ; tube of corolla very 

 slender ; segments linear-lanceolate, acuminated ; filaments 

 naked, toothless. J; . w . S. Native in humid places, on the 

 banks of the river Guayre, near Caraccas. Branches trian- 

 gular, glabrous. Leaves sometimes solitary, 3-4 inches long, 

 and 2 broad. Flowers sweet-scented. Teeth of calyx ovate, 

 acute, ciliated. Corolla greenish white. 



Panjc/crf-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub twining. 



25 C. SCA'NDENS (Vahl, eclog. 1. p. 24. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 1055.) branches scandent; leaves ovate, attenuated, glabrous ; 

 racemes axillary, rather compound ; filaments naked, toothless. 

 ^ . ^. S. Native of St. Martha, Rohr. Branches terete, gla- 

 brous. Leaves petiolate, remote, solitary. Spurious stipulas 

 none. Segments of the limb subulate. 



Climbing Bastard Jasmine. Shrub climbing. 



26 C. RACEMOSUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 29. t. 154. f. 

 b.) leaves lanceolate-ovate, acute, glabrous ; racemes short, 

 compound, solitary, or by threes ; the middle one very long ; 

 filaments toothless. ? f? . S. Native of Peru, in groves. 

 Trunk glabrous, li foot high ; branches elongated. Petioles 

 twisted a little. Calyx small. Berry violaceous, globose, con- 

 taining 4 oblong brown seeds. 



/facemose-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



27 C. LONGIFLORUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 28. t. 154. f. 

 a.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute, shining and glabrous above, but 

 woolly beneath while young ; peduncles terminal, paniculately 

 racemose ; corolla with a very long, curved tube ; filaments 

 toothless. ? fj . S. Native of Peru, in groves. Branches 

 downy. Branches of panicle bearing 4-6 pedicellate flowers. 

 Bracteas solitary, lanceolate. Corolla 1| inch long, purplish ; 

 margins of limb woolly ; tube glabrous. Berry rather large, 

 ovate, obscure, purple, containing many small, angular seeds. 



Long-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



28 C. STRIGILLA'TUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 29. t. 156.) 

 clothed with short strigose tomentum ; leaves cordate, acute ; 

 peduncles twin, racemosely panicled, the one shorter than the 

 other ; filaments naked, toothless. 1? . S. Native of Peru, in 

 groves. Leaves pendulous, glabrous above. Flowers almost 



sessile, furnished each with 3 small bracteas. Corolla white, 

 with a long, incurved tube, very like Jasmine. Berry truncate, 

 ovate, obscure violet. 



Strigillate Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



* * * * Peduncles corymbose, axillary, or terminal. 



29 C. THYRSOI'DEUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 63.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous above, but clothed with fine down 

 beneath ; panicles terminal, corymbose, much-branched, leafy ; 

 flowers sessile ; tube of corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx ; 

 segments of corolla ovate, acute, with indexed edges ; filaments 

 naked, toothless, f; . G. Native of Mexico, in the high plains 

 near the town of Chalco, at the altitude of 1170 hexapods. 

 Branches trigonal, canescent from powdery down. Leaves 

 3-4 inches long, running into the petioles at the base. Teeth 

 of calyx short, ovate, acute, unequal. Corolla white. Said 

 to be nearly allied to C. Pdrqui. 



Thyrsoid-&owered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



30 C. AURICULA'TUM (Lher. stirp. 1. p. 71. t. 35. Ruiz, et Pav. 

 fl. per. 2. p. 28. t. 155. f. a. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 63.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; petioles biauriculate ; co- 

 rymbs axillary and terminal, approximate ; corolla downy, with a 

 very slender tube, and ovate-oblong, acute segments, having in- 

 flexed edges ; filaments naked, toothless, fj . S. Native of Peru, 

 in temperate places between Loxa and Malacates, at the altitude 

 of 1040 hexapods : and about Lima, where it is used by the 

 natives externally to cleanse foul ulcers, and internally in the 

 venereal disease ; they also look upon it as a pectoral ; but it 

 seems to be a plant of suspicious character, on account of its 

 belonging to Solanacece. Cestrum Hediunda, Lam. diet. 1. p. 

 687. Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 551. C. auriculatum afflne, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 230. Hediunda Jasminiano flore, Feuill. per. 

 2. p. 25. t. 20. f. 2. Branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 4 

 inches long. Calyx, peduncles, and pedicels downy. Corolla 

 white. 



^un'c/ed-leaved Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1774. 

 Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



31 C. MULTIFLORUM (Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 553.) 

 leaves ovate- lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; corymbs axillary, pe- 

 dunculate, one-half shorter than the leaves ; filaments toothless. 



J? . S. Native country unknown. Branches quite smooth, 

 green. Leaves rather membranous, 2| inches long. Peduncles 

 downy ; pedicels glabrous. Segments of corolla erect, acute, 

 rather connivent. 



Many-jlonered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



2. Filaments furnished each nith a sessile gland at the base. 



32 C. TOMENTOSCM (Lin. suppl. p. 150. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 

 3d. vol. 2. p. 3.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, smoothisli 

 above, but clothed with pilose down beneath, and canescent ; 

 peduncles axillary, short, 4-6-flowered, approximating in the 

 manner of a spike ; flowers sessile ; calyx tubular, 5-cleft, and 

 is, as well as the branches, villously tomentose ; filaments fur- 

 nished each with a gland. I? . S. Native of Peru, between 

 Vinayaca and the town of Loxa, at the altitude of 1060 hexa- 

 pods. C. Granadense, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 807. Branches terete, villously tomentose, hoary, as well as 

 the peduncles. Leaves membranous, green above, glabrous, 

 and rather scabrous, about 5 inches long, and 2 broad. Seg- 

 ments of corolla lanceolate, oblong, acute, nearly equal. Corolla 

 glabrous, greenish ; segments ovate, acute, with reflexed edges. 

 Stigma capitately peltate. Berry oval, bisulcate at top, 2-4- 

 celled, many-seeded, small, almost covered by the permanent 

 calyx. 



Tomentose Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1790. 

 Tree 12 to 18 feet. 

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