Apocynaceae. 



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Traohelospermum. Star Jasmine. 

 (Family Apocynaceae). 



Tender twining shrubs with 

 milky sap: evergreen. Stems ter- 

 ete, moderate, red-brown: pith 

 round, spongy. Buds rather small, 

 solitary, ovoid, sessile, appressed, 

 with several fleshy scales. Leaf- 

 scars opposite, raised, half-round 

 or broadly crescent-shaped: bun- 

 dle-trace 1, C-shaped: stipule- 

 scars connected by a transverse 

 line. Leaves elliptical to lanceo- 

 late, acute at both ends, entire. 

 (Rhynchospermum) . 



The genus Traohelospermum is 

 represented in the coastwise na- 

 tive flora from Delaware to Texas 

 by the climbing dogbane, which 

 is slightly woody. The star jas- 

 mine or jessamine the Confed- 

 erate jessamine of the reconstruc- 

 tion period of the South gets its 

 common name from its star-shaped very fragrant flowers. 

 Like allamandas and bougainvilleas, it is grown often in 

 bushy masses under glass, though a strong climber out-of- 

 doors. 



Leaves green, often granular beneath. T. jasminoides. 



Leaves variegated with yellow. T. jasminoides variegatum. 



