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plants, belonging to Eugenia, from which 

 it is sometimes separated on account of I 



the throat of the calyx being drawn out 



beyond the ovary, and by the latter being ] 

 many-celled. They are Indian trees, with 

 large edible fruit, the most esteemed being 

 the Malay Apple, J. malaccensis, and the 

 Rose Apple, J", vulgaris, also called Eugenia 

 Jambos. [T. MJ j 



JAMBOSIER. (Fr.) Eugenia or Jam- i 

 bosa. 



JAME3IA. A genus of Eydrangeacea, I 

 from the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains, 

 consisting of a shrub with opposite serrated : 

 I leaves, and small few-flowered axillary and 

 ' terminal cymes, the flowers small, with a i 

 downy bell-shaped five-cleft calyx, and 

 Ave petals. [J. T. S.J 



JAMEST0WN-T7EED. An American 

 name for Datura. 



JAMR08ADE. The Rose Apple, Eugenia 

 Jambos or Jambosa vulgaris. 



JAN. (Fr.) Ulex europams. 

 J ANAPA. An Indian name for Sunn 

 Hemp, Crotalaria jicncea. 



JANCA-TREE. Amyris toxifera. 



JANGI. The Indian Tallisneria attemir 

 folia. 



JANIPHA. A name sometimes applied 

 to a genus of euphorbiaceous plants, other- I 

 wise called Manilwt. Janipha Manihot, and 

 Jatropha Manihot, are other names for Ma- 

 nihot utilissima, the Mandioc plant, which 

 yields cassava and tapioca. 



JANOOL. An Indian wood, Lagerstrce- j 

 mia macrocarpa. 



JANSONIA. A genus of Legwninosm, I 

 peculiar to "Western Australia, and repre- j 

 sented by a single species, J. formosa, an 

 erect branching bush of myrtle-like habit, j 

 with opposite smooth ovate-oblong leaves, I 

 and nodding heads of (apparently) scarlet 

 pea-flowers, terminating the lateral twigs. 

 The heads are surrounded by four ovate I 

 bract.s, clothed externally with silky hairs. 

 The plant agrees with Br achy senna, in the 

 great length of the keeled petal, compared 

 with the very short standard which is 

 here almost wanting, but it differs in the 

 capitate inflorescence, and the great length 

 of the lower lip of the calyx with respect 

 to the upper. On account of the small 

 standard the plant has also been named 

 Cryptosema. [A. A. B.] 



JANTONG. The Malay name for a Plan- 

 tain leaf. 



JAHTTSIA. A genus of Brazilian Malpi- 

 gteiacem, mostly climbing shrubs, with 

 flowers of two kinds (whence the name), 

 as in Gaudichaudia, from which they differ 

 principally in the fruit, consisting of three 

 or fewer carpels, which have a dorsal wing 

 thickened along one edge. [M. T. M.] 



JAPAN LACQUER. A black hard var- 

 nish, obtained from Stagmaria vemicifl.ua 



JAQUIER. (Fr.) Artocarpus. 



JARAT. (Fr.) Lathyrus Cicera. 



JARBAO. Stachytarpha jamaicensis. 



JAREE. An Indian name for the Jujube. 



JAROOL. Lagerstrozmia regince. 



JAROSSE. (Fr.) Lathyrus Cicera. — 

 D'AUVERGNE. Ervum monanthos. 



JARRAH. A durable West Australian 

 wood, like mahogany, the produce of Eu- 

 calyptus rostrata. 



JASIONE. A genus of dwarf herbace- 

 ous plants of the order Campanulacece, 

 bearing their flowers in terminal heads, 

 with much of the habit of the compound 

 flowers, and yet more of the scabious 

 family. The most obvious character of 

 the flowers is that the anthers are united 

 by their bases so as to form a ring, and 

 contain blue or purplish pollen. The spe- 

 cies inhabit mountainous and sandy places 

 in various parts of Europe and the north 

 of Africa. J. montana, Sheep's Scabious, 

 the only British species, bears numerous 

 tufted root leaves, which are oblong, and 

 hairy simple stems which are almost leaf- 

 less, each surmounted by a head of bright 

 blue flowers, all enclosed by a whorl of 

 bracts. It is abundant in many heathy 

 and moorland districts of Britain, and 

 appears to have derived its name from its 

 resemblance to a scabious, and from its 

 abundance in sheep-walks. [C. A. JJ 



JASMIN. (Fr.) Jasminum officinale. — 

 BLANC. Jasminum officinale. — D'AFRI- 

 QUE. Lycium afrum. — D'AMERIQTJE. 

 Quamoclit coccinea. — D'ARABIE. Jas- 

 minum Sambac. — D'ESPAGNE. Jasmi- 

 num grandiflorum. — D'lTALIE. Jasmi- 

 num humile. — DE VIRGINIE. Bignonia 

 radicans. — DU CAP. Gardenia florida. 



— JONQTJTLLE. Jasminum ndorotissimum. 



— ODORANT DE LA CAROLINE. Gelse- 

 minm nitidum. — ROUGE DE L'INDE. 

 Quamoclit coccinea. — TROMPETTE. Big- 

 nonia radicans. 



JASMINACE-E. (Jasminece, Bolivariece, 

 Jasminiooi-ts.) A natural order of corolli- 

 floral dicotyledons, belonging to Lindley's 

 echial alliance of perigynous Exogens. 

 Shrubs, often twining, with opposite or 

 alternate, usually compound leaves ; calyx 

 and corolla regular, with five to eight 

 divisions ; stamens two, included within 

 the salver-shaped corolla ; ovary two- 

 celled. Fruit a double berry or capsule ; 

 seeds with little or no albumen, and a 

 straight embryo. Found chiefly in the 

 tropical parts of India. The fragrant oil of 

 jasmin is procured from several species of 

 Jasminum. There are half a dozen genera, 

 and above 100 species. Examples : Jasmi- 

 num, Nycianthes. [J. H. B.] 



JASMINANTHES. A genus of Asclepia- 

 dacew, containing a single species from 

 the Indian Archipelago. It is a twining 

 shrub, with opposite oblong acuminate 

 leaves, and yellowish flowers growing in 

 few or many-flowered interpetiolar cymes. 



