SOLANACEJE. XXXVIII. CESTRUM. XXXVIII. fa) ACOKANTHERA. 



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Long-leared Bastard Jasmine. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



44 C. VESTIOI'DES (Schlecht, in Linnaea, 7. p. 65.) branches 

 downy ; leaves oblong, nearly sessile, much attenuated at the 

 base, bluntish at apex, rather coriaceous, glabrous above, and 

 puberulous beneath ; racemes terminal, leafy ; calyx glabrous, 

 with short, broad, subbarbately mucronulate teeth ; corollas gla- 

 brous, 3-4 times longer than the calyx: segments of the limb 

 ovate, bluntish ; filanknts furnished each with a villous tooth at 

 their insertion, villous upwards to the middle of the tube. J} . 

 S. Native of Brazil, Sello. This is an elegant and showy 

 species. 



I'estia-like Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



45 C. HIRTE LLDM (Schlecht, in LinnEa, 4. p. 62.) branchlets 

 hairy; leaves acute, and attenuated at the base, acuminated at the 

 apex, membranous, shining, petiolate, downy on the primary nerves 

 while young, but at length glabrous ; racemes short, axillary, 

 subspicate ; calyx hairy, with elongated, triangular, very acute 

 teeth, having the edges ciliated ; corolla glabrous outside, 8 

 times longer than the calyx : segments of the limb narrow, 

 acutish ; filaments inserted in the superior part of the tube, gla- 

 brous, each furnished with an emarginate or 2-lobed toothlet. 



(7 . S. Native of Mexico, in the province of Jalapa, near the 

 Hacienda de La Laguna. Corolla slender, greenish-white. 

 Habit of C. dumetorum. 



Hairy Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



46 C. DUMETORTJM (Schlecht, in Linnaea, 7. p. 61.) branches 

 glabrous ; leaves elliptic, acuminated, acute at the base, and 

 rather unequal, opaque, downy beneath, usually bearded at the 

 axils, petiolate ; racemes axillary and terminal, usually twin ; 

 calyx villous, with acute, rather unequal segments, which are to- 

 mentose at top ; corollas glabrous outside, 3 times longer than 

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

 the upper part of the tube, glabrous, furnished each with a 

 toothlet ; lower part of tube clothed with retrograde down. Ij . 

 S. Native of Mexico, among bushes near Vera Cruz and San 

 Pablo, Schiede and Deppe. Tube of corolla slender. Leaves 

 4-5 inches long. Fruit ovoid, conical, glabrous. 



Bush Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



47 C. LAURIFOLICM (Lher. stirp. 1. p. 69. t. 34.) glabrous; 

 leaves coriaceous, shining, ovate or elliptic, obtuse ; flowers fas- 

 cicled, pedicellate, on common peduncles, which are shorter than 

 the petioles ; filaments each furnished with a toothlet at the 

 base, Lam., or naked, ex Willd. enum. 1. p. 245. t; . S. Na- 

 tive of South America. Smith, spicil. 2. t. 2. C. venenatum, 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 688. no. 5. exclusive of the syn. of Burm. and 

 country. Laureola latifolia floribus albicantibus odoratis Plukn. 

 phyt. t. 95. f. 1. ex Willd. ; but according to Lam. it refers to 

 C. diurnum. Leaves dark green, 1^ inch long; petioles rufes- 

 cent. Flowers yellowish, in axillary, subsessile fascicles at the 

 tops of the brandies ; segments ovate, bluntish, spreading. 



Laurel-leared Bastard Jasmine. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1691. 

 S.irub G to 9 feet. 



f Species hardly known. 



48 C. FCE'TIDUM (Medic, act. palat. 4. phys. p. 192.) corymbs 

 sessile, leafy, terminating the branches. J? . S. Perhaps the 

 same as C. tetperlinum. 



Fetid Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



49 C. NERVOSLM (Mill. diet. no. 3.) leaves lanceolate, oppo- 

 site, with transverse nerves ; peduncles branched. I; . S. Na- 

 tive of Carthagena. Jasminoides Americanum lauri folio, flore 

 ali o odorato, Houst. mss. Leaves 4 inches long, smooth, pale 

 green. Peduncles axillary, 4-5-flowered. Corolla inflated in 

 the middle of the tube, and coarctate above ; segments broad- 

 flat, spreading, white, scentless. 



Nerted- leaved Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



50 C. SPICA'TCM (Mill. diet. no. 4.) leaves ovate-lanceolate; 

 flowers spicate, alar, and terminal. Ij . S. Native of Cartha- 

 gena. Leaves 2j inches long, and Ij broad. Flowers inodor- 

 ous. Berry globose, purplish, size of a pea; pulp grateful to 

 the taste. Seeds flat. 



S/>icate-flowered Bastard Jasmine. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



51 C. MUTI'SII (Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 807.) leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, lateral, aggregate. Ij . S. Native of America, on 

 Mount Quindiu. Humb. et Bonpl. 



Mutts' s Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



52 C. PARVIFOLIUM (Willd. rel. ex Roam, et Schultes, 1. c. p. 

 808.) leaves elliptic, subundulated, glabrous, coriaceous, shining 

 above ; flowers aggregate, sessile, nearly terminal. ^ S. Na- 

 tive country unknown. 



Small-leaced Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



53 C. PAUCIFLORUM (Willd. rel. ex Rcetn. et Schultes, syst. 

 4. p. 808.) leaves oblong-ovate, downy ; heads terminal, few- 

 flowered, fj . S. Native country unknown. 



Fcir-florrercd Bastard Jasmine. Shrub. 



54 C. AUGUSTIFOLICM (Lodd. bot. cab. 618.) ^ . S. Native 

 of the West Indies. Flowers white. This species is hardly 

 known, and may be synonymous with some other species. 



Xarroic-leaced Bastard Jasmine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. These are shrubs of the most easy culture ; they grow 

 well in any rich light soil ; and are readily increased by cut- 

 tings, under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XXXVIIIfa;. ACOKANTHE^RA (from a^ K r,, acoce, a mu- 

 crone ; and avdqpo, anthera, an anther ; anthers mucronate.) 

 Lycium species, Thunberg. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx divided even to 

 the base into 5 segments. Corolla with a villous throat. 

 Anthers terminated by a mucrone. Stigma elongated, papilli- 

 form, pilose. Ovariurn 2-celled ; cells 1-ovulate. Shrubs, na- 

 tives of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves nearly opposite, as in 

 Apocyneae. Branches terminated by a sp<ne, as in Lycium. 

 Flowers in axillary, sessile fascicles, rarely solitary. 



1 A. VENEJSA'TA ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, coriaceous ; 

 corymbs sessile, axillary, usually 8-flowered ? fj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Cestrum venenatum, Thunb. prod. 

 1. p. 36. fl. cap. 1. p. 193. Cestrum citrifolium, Retz. phyt. 

 bl. 1. p. 36. Leaves shining, glabrous. Bracteas subulate. 

 Corolla yellowish. Segments of corolla convolute, subulate, 

 erect, tipped with brown, expanding in the afternoon. C. fasci- 

 cularis, Hort. berol ? 



Poisonous Aconanthera. FL Feb. April. Clt. 1787. Shrub 

 6 to 7 feet. 



2 A. LAMA'RKH ; leaves lanceolate, nerved, rather coriaceous ; 

 flowers in axillary sessile fascicles. ^ . G. Native of Africa, 

 Sonnerat. Cestrum oppositi folium, Lam. ill. x!. no. 279. t. 

 112. f. 2. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 182. Branches terete, striated. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, 2 inches and more long. Corolla small, 

 with a slender tube, and short segments. 



Lanark's Aconanthera. Shrub. 



3 A. LYCIOI'DES ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, narrowed at the 

 base, in fascicles ; flowers axillary, solitary, almost sessile. ^ . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cestrum lycioides, 

 Lichtenst. spici 1 . fl. cap. mss. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 558. Branches obsoletely tubercular, when young glabrous and 

 leafy. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments erect, linear, acute, hardly at- 

 taining the height of the middle of the corolla. Corollas white : 

 tube an inch long ; segments of the limb acute, revolute. An- 

 tliers incumbent, exserted. Stigma capitate. 



Box- Thorn- tike Aconanthera. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



