﻿PLATE CCCCXCVI. 



JASMINUM MULT1FL0RUM. 



Many-flowered Jasmine, 



CLASS II. ORDER I. 

 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Calyx 5— 8-partita. II Empalement 5— 8-parted. 



Corolla hypocrateriformis, 5— 8-fida, bacca Blossom funnel-shaped, 5-8-cleft, berry t 



bilocularis. locular - 



Semina solitaria, arillata. II Seeds solitary, arillated. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



\sminum folus oppositts, cordatis, giabns, 



bellatis, quaternis vel octonis, in singula 

 umbella: corollis albis, magnis, octofidis, 

 odoratissimis. 

 Habitat in Calcutta. 



Jasmine with opposite heart-shaped leaves, 

 smooth, and hairy: flowers terminate the 

 branches in umbels of 4 to 8 in each um- 

 bel : blossoms are white, large, eight-cleft, 

 and very sweet-scented. 



Native of Calcutta. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open. 



3. The empalement spread open with the seed-bnd and pointal, 



This fine new Jasmine was introduced by Lady Hume from the East Indies, and is the largest- 

 Cowering species of the genus as yec known. It is highly scented, and of the odour of the Gardenia, 

 or Cape Jasmine. It is a handsome hot-house plant, but from its recent introduction is at present 

 scarce. We find a small rude figure of it in Burman, under the title of Nyctanthes multiflora : but 

 it is now better accepted under the softer-sounding appellation of Jasminum, an old fragrant and ever 

 favourite genus. 

 The drawing was made from a luxuriant specimen communicated to the author by A. B. Lam- 



