596 OedeB 98.— JASMINAOB^. 



setaceous braotlets at top ; petals (3'' long) oilong, obtuse or acute, minutely pu- 

 berulent outside ; foUioles murioate. — 'Woods, Can. to Pla. and Ala. Lvs. as in 

 the last, from which this species technically differs only in its broader (dark 

 purple) petals and prickly fruit. Lvs. seldom exceeding 4' by 3'. Petals about 

 3" by 1^". May — ^Aug. 

 3 G. prostratus Ell. Branched at base, hirsute-pubesoent; tranches heriaeeous, 

 prostrate ; lvs. small, broadly ovate-reniform, acute, sinus broad, auricles rounded, 

 inflexed ; umbels sessile, 3 to 5-flowered ; Sep. lanceolate, hairy ; cor. segm. ovate, 

 obtuse, (1'' kmg), very hirsute mside; crown 5-lobed, very short. — B. Ga. in sands 

 (Peay). Sts. 6 to 12' long. Lvs. 1' or less long, nearly as wide, the upper some- 

 what acuminate. Pis. dark purple, 3" broad. (Chthlamia pubiiora Decn.) 



9. HOYA, R. Br. Wax Plant. (Named for Thomas Hoy, an 

 English, florist.) Calyx small, 6-sepaled ; corolla rotate, flat, valvate in 

 bud; staminate crown of 5 depressed, spreading segments; anthers 

 membranous at tip ; pollinia fixed by the base, oblong, connivent ; fol- 

 licles smooth, seeds comous.— Shrubs twining, with fleshy lvs. and fls. 

 in extra-axillary umbels. 



H. carnosa R. Br. Branohlets puberulent ; lvs. thick, glabrous, oval- 

 oblong, short-pointed ; ped. shorter than pubescent pedicels ; cor. fleshy, papillous 

 inside, segm. triangular, reflexed at the apex ; corona segm. oval, acute, edges 

 revolute. — Garden and greenhouse. Pis. pink-colored, in dense umbels, very 

 fine. \ E. Ind. 



10. STAPE^LIA, L. (Named for BodcBus d Stapel, a physician of 

 Amsterdam.) Calyx 5-parted; corolla rotate, 6-cleft, fleshy; crown 

 double, the exterior of leaves entire or parted, the interior of horn-like 

 segments ; pollinia erect, 5 pairs, turgid ; follicles smooth, erect ; seeds 

 comous. — Plants of S. Africa, fleshy, branching, leafless ; branches 

 angular, angles toothed, bearing large, fleshy, dark red, rugous flowers, 

 of a most disgusting odor. Some are cultivated in our greenhouses, as 

 A. hirsuta, A. bufonia, &c. 



Oedee XCVIII.— JASMINACEiE. Jasminwobts. 



Shrubs often twining, with opposite or alteffiate, mostly compound leaves. Calyx 



and corolla 5 to 8-parted, the latter imbricated in sestivation. Stamms 2, in the 



tube of the corolla. Ovary free, 2-celled, 2 to 8-ovuled. Fruit a berry or capsule. 



Seeds erect, with little or no albumen. Pig. 18. 



Genera 6, species 100. Ornamental shrubs abounding in tropical India. The essential oil 

 which pervades the order, residing chiefly in the flowers, is exquisitely fragrant. On this ac- 

 count, as "well as for their beauty, these plants are cultivated. "" 



JASMrnUM, L. Jasmine. (Gr. tdafxr], perfume.) Calyx tabular, 

 5 to 10-oleft ; corolla hypocrateriform, tube long, limb flat, 5 to 10- 

 cleft ; berry double ; seeds 2, solitary, ariled. — Shrubs bushy or chmh- 

 ing. Lvs. opposite, rarely alternate, compound. Petioles articulated 

 Fls. paniculate. 



1 J. friitioans L. Tellow Jasmine. Smooth, erect; branches angular; 

 lvs. alternate, trifoliate, rarely simple, Ifts. curved; fls. few, subterminal; eal. 

 segm. subulate ; cor. tube twice longer than the calyx, limb of 5 obtuse lobes. — 

 St. 3f high. Pis. yellow, inodorous, tube about 6" long. Propagated by layers. 

 f S. Kur. 



2 J. oi&cin^le L. "WnrrE Jasmine. Smooth, scarcely climbing ; branches 

 subangulate ; lvs. opposite, compound, Ifls. 3 to 1, lanceolate, acuminate ; pa/ni- 

 cies terminal, few-flowered, oorymbous ; cor. tube twice longer than the calyx. 

 Stem several feet in length. Plowers white. Both species are beautiful and 



