﻿PLATE ccccxcvir. 



JASMINUM SAMBAC; Far. fore plena. 

 Indian Jasmine ; FuUfowered Variety. 



CLASS II. ORDER I. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal. 



Calyx 5— 8-partita. 



Corolla hypocraterifi 



bilocularis. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement 5— 8-parted. 



Blossom funnel-shaped, 5— S-cleft, berry I 



Seeds solitary, arillated. 



, SPECIFIC 



3M1NUM foliis oppositis, ovatis, saepe apice 

 acutis : floribus in ramis terminalibus, ple- 

 rumque ternis : corollis aggregatis, vel tri- 

 bus in una, involutis, fragrantissimis : ra- 

 mis oppositis, hirsutis, ferrugineis : caule 

 patente, scandente. 



Jasmine with leaves opposite, egg-shaped, and 

 often pointed at the end : flowers 

 the branches mostly by threes : blossoms 

 are aggregate, or three in one folded toge- 

 ther, and very sweet-scented : branches are 

 opposite, hairy, and of a rusty colour : stem 

 spreading, and climbing. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



Tins Jasmine possesses a fragrance of such uneqi 



house plant, one of its best acquisitions. We have preferred the variety before t! 



superior beauty, and the opportunity of displaying the singular construction of its flowers, 



separate into three distinct parts ; the inner one bearing the stamens pr: 



esteeim 1 ill ovc I lia, c i.i ,*• !, ind v 1 i 



a perfumed water, like that extracted from the rose. The Indian women macerate the flowei 

 :hose of Michelia champacca ; the Uvaria odoratissima, and tne common Jasmine, in r:1 ot a! 

 oil of benzoin, and then expose it to the sun t >i tin -e d s, idd ,i 1 h t! >\vers every day. _ It 



•house of J. Vere, esq. 



