844 JASMINUM 



Sumniei-. Madeira. B.M. 285. — It is an erect, glabrous 

 shrub with straight, stiff, terete or faintly angular 

 branches. 



12. nudlfldrum, Lindl. {J. Sieholdkhium, Blume). 

 Twiggy, nearly erect shrub with i-angleii glabrous stiff 

 branchlets: Ivs. opposite, small, with 3 little ovate cili- 

 ate Ifts., the entire foliage falling in autumn or when 

 the growth is completed: fls. solitary, in early spring (or 

 winter), from long, scaly buds, subtended by several or 

 many smnll leaf-like bracts, yellow; calyx lobes leafy 

 and sprercfiTiL'- *>r retie\-p<l, shorter than the corolla tube; 



corolla <•■■ - '.nvnte, often wavy. China. B.B. 



32:48. I. I i.ij 1,11.1852:201. G.C. III. 11:181. -A 

 mostiiii, . ic/iiiindingone of Fonsythia when 



in bl n. l!,iiH_\ i.iiih of Washington, and blooming 



nearly all winter. With protection, it will stand as far 

 north as Hudson river valley, and bloom very early in 

 spring. In northern glasshouses, used mostly as a late 

 winter and early spring bloomer. Strong-growing speci- 

 mens iiei-il sujiport. 



J. tniip'f'ir^ . V;ihl. Fls. very long-tubed, white: Ivs. opposite- 

 tnn.iic' s A!r. B.M. 6S65.-J. calcareum, Muell. (J. Novss 

 7,._-i;iiLi|iriini, I'.nssp). is n sprinff- and summpr-bloomine Aus- 



Indii 





L. H. B. 



JATBOPHA (Greek, referring to .ts medicinal use). 

 M;iiphorbi(icece. This includes the French Physic Nut, J. 

 Gtircas, which is grown commercially in the Cape Verde 

 Islands for the seeds, which yield a purgative oil re- 

 sembling castor oil. It is also grown for ornament in 

 S. Fla. and S. Calif. About 68 species of tropical herbs 

 or tall shrubs : Ivs. alternate, petiolate, usually palmately 

 lobed: fls. at the tips of branches in forking cymose 

 panicles, monoecious; calyx 5-parted; corolla twisted; 

 stamens 10 or fewer: column surrounded by 5 glands: 

 capsule 2-3-seeded. 



multifida, Linn. Shrubby, 5-10 ft. high: Ivs. long- 

 petioled, 7-9-parted, glabrous, not glandular; segments 

 pinnatifid; stipules many-parted, the divisions bristly: 

 cymes umbel-like: petals distinct, 3 times as long as the 

 calyx; stamens 8-10. Tropics; naturalized in Jamaica 

 and common there.— Cult, at Santa Barbara, by Pran- 

 ceschi,who says its curiously divided leaves and scarlet 

 flowers are very ornamental, and adds that it is called 

 "Coral Bush." 



Ciircas, Linn. French Physio Nut. Subshrub, 6-12 

 ft. high : Ivs. subcordate-roundish, angular or obsoletely 

 3-5-lobed, glabrous ; stipules deciduous : corolla 5- 

 parted, villous inside, twice as long as the calyx; sta- 

 mens 10-15. Tropics. — A weed at St. Vincent. Reasoner 

 says it grows 20 ft. high. 



gossjpifolia, Linn. Subshrub, a few feet high: Ivs. 

 long-petioled, 5-parted, with prominent gland-tipped 

 hairs on the margin, petioles and many-parted stipules, 

 those on the petioles branched: petals distinct, dark 

 purple; stamens 8-10. Tropics. L. B.C. 2:117. B.R. 

 9:746.— Long cultivated for ornament. Has been re- 

 cently advocated as a specific for leprosy. 



J. stimulfisa, Michx.,the Spurge Nettle, is a common weed 

 in the South. J. B. S. Norton. 



JEFFEESONIA (after;!!, :.- JHiw^.m, third presi- 



plant, growing about 8 in. !ii h, \iili >li,ir:ic-teristic foli- 

 age and a naked scape, bearing a solitary white (some- 

 times reddish) flower in May. Distinguished from the 

 group of cultivated allies mentioned under Epimediuiu 

 by the following characters: Ivs. 2-parted: sepals 4; 

 petals 8, largerthanthesepals, and flat; stamensS: ovules 

 in an indefinite number of series along the venter. The 

 capsule is half-circumscissile near the top. making, with 

 the scape, an object resembling a pipe. Mn. 5, p. 220. 



binita, Bart. (J. aiphi/Ua, Pers.). Fig. 1192. Becom- 

 ing 16-18 in. high in fruit: Ivs. glaucous beneath, 3-6 in. 

 long, 2-1 in. wide: fls. 



JESSAMINE is Jasminin; off,, 

 iil<-. Cape Jessamine is (lanh/n 

 isniiiiniffis. Malayan Jessamine 



JEWEL WEED. Ji 



JOB'S TEARS. Coi. 



JOE-PYE WEED. Jiiipatorium 

 pnrpureum. 



JOHNNY APPLESEED. See Appleaced, John 



JOHNSON GRASS. A ndropogon Ralepensis. 



JONQUIL, See Ifarcissus. 



JOVE'S FRUIT. Bei. 



elissifoU 



3VBX&. (after Juba, king of Numidia). PalniAcea;. 

 This includes the Wine Palm of Chile, J. spectabilis, 

 which in this country is cult, outdoors in S.Calif, and 

 iu the North under glass. "It is one of the hardiest 

 palms," says Frauceschi, "and can endure drought and 

 many degrees of cold. If liberally treated, it makes a 

 large tree in a few years." A full-sized trunk yields 

 about 90 gallons of sugary sap, which is boiled by the 

 Chileans and called palm honey. There is some danger 

 of the species being exterminated in Chile. The fruits 

 look like diminutive cocoanuts, and are called Coquitos, 

 or by the trade "Monkey's ('o.-nnnnis " Tn Europe, it is 

 cult, under glass, and also n^t, I i ^ hLm ..lical l)eddiitg. 



Jubcea spectabilis is a li ■ satisfactory 



palm for the cool palm hous. :i iiMii he treated 



in common with such plain- :, - ' / ' , y-.s hiimilis, 



llie sJ.il- :iiii| f-'iftcrpe rnoiit'niri , winch may he graven 



\v I . ii iriiiperature of 50°, providing the plants 



:n I -lalilished. In general appearance, t/. 



.</'..'•'''. I rill in. Is one of some kinds of Pho'nix. and, 

 like thorn, does not show the true charaeter of its foli- 

 age in avery small state, the seedling Jubiea iirodncing 

 several simple Ivs. before developing foliage of the pin- 

 nate type. In Jubiea, however, the lower pinnie do not 

 revert to spines, as is usually the case with Plicenix, 

 and the pinufe are also arranged irregularly on the mid- 

 rib, thus giving the fronds a feathery effect. The cul- 

 ture of Jubfea is by no means difficult, propagation be- 

 ing effected by means of imported seeds, which usually 

 give a fair percentage of germination, providing they 

 are started in a warmhouse and kept moist. The seed- 

 lings should be potted as soon as the second leaf ap- 

 pears, and kept in a warmhouse until they are large 

 enough for a 4inch pot, and from this time forward 

 cooler treatment will give the best results, always re- 

 membering the fact that while many palms (and JubR»a 

 among the number), will bear much neglect, yet the 

 best results are only to be had by giving plenty of nour- 

 ishment. 



Jubsea has 2 species of tall, unarmed S. American 

 palms: caudex thick, covered with the bases of the 



