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ARBORETUM KT FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, 



mountains. Height 10 ft. to 15ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers bright 

 yellow, very fragrant ; May to October. 

 Readily propagated by cuttings, and a free grower 

 and flowerer in any common soil and exposure. 



& * 5. J. (R.) PUBI'GERUM D. Don. The downy 

 Nepal Jasmine. 



Identification. D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 106. ; Don's Mill., 4. 



p. 64. 

 Synonymes. J. Vfallichitlnum Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1409. ; Climali- 



swa, Nepalese. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1409. ; and owe fig. 127G. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves alternate, pinnate. Leaflets 

 7 9 . ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acuminated, 

 sessile, downy while young. Branches angular, 

 downy. Peduncles elongated, 1-flowered, termi- 

 nal, subcorymbose, downy. Teeth of calyx short. 

 Segments of corolla 5 6, obtuse. Flowers yel- 

 low, and smaller than those of J. revolutum. 

 (Don's Mill.) A rambling sub-evergreen shrub. 

 Nepal. Height 10 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 



1827. Flowers yellow ; May to October. me , {j) pubigerum . 



So closely resembles the preceding one, that we cannot doubt its being only 



a variety of it. 



JL L 6. J. OFFICINA^LE L. The officinal, or common, Jasmine. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1. p. 9. ; Vahl Enum., 1. p 34. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 63. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 31. ; Schmidt Baum., 3. t. 150. ; and our fig. 1277. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves opposite, pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, ter- 

 minal one longest. Young buds erection. Plant glabrous. Branches 

 angular. Calycine segments 5, subulate. Corolla white, 4 5-cleft, sweet- 

 scented. (Don's Mill.} A climbing shrub, evergreen from the colour of its 

 shoots. Malabar to Georgia and Mount Caucasus, in woods. Stems 40 ft. 

 to 50 ft. Introd. 1596, or long before. Flowers white, highly odoriferous ; 

 June to August. Fruit black, only produced occasionally in England. 

 Varieties, 



1 fl- J. o. 2 foliis argenteis Lodd. Cat. Leaves 



striped with white. 

 JL A. J. o. 3 foliis aureis Lodd. Cat. Leaves 



striped with yellow. 



1 fi. J. o. 4 floribus plenis Hort. Flowers 

 double, very rare. 



The common jasmine generally loses its leaves in 

 the winter season, especially in exposed situations; 

 but, as its young shoots are of a fine deep green, and 

 the plant is generally covered with them, it has the 

 appearance at that season of an evergreen. The 

 shoots are frequently produced 7 or 8 feet in length, 

 and upwards, in one season. 



1277. J. officinWe. 



ORDER L. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx 5-cleft, persistent. Corolla 5-lobed, deciduous ; Eestiva- 

 tion imbricate. Stamens 5, epipetalous. Ovarium solitary or twin, usually 

 many-seeded. Styles 1 or 2. Stigmas, where 2, applied to each other. 

 Fruit follicular, drupaceous, or baccate ; solitary or twin ; 1- or many- 

 seeded. Albumen generally present. Distinguished from Asc\epiade<z in the 

 structure of the anthers and stigmas. {G. Don.) 



