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SOLANUM JASMINOiDES. 
(jASMXNE- LIKE NIGHTSHADE.) 
CLASS. 
, PENTANDRIA. 
,, *RDER. 
MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
SOLANACEtE. 
Generic Character — Calyx permanent ; five, rarely four-cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely campanulate ; five, 
rarely four-cleft. Anthers oblong, connivent, dehiscing by two pores at the apex. Berry almost 
globose, two, three, or four-celled, but usually two-celled. Don's Gard. and Botany. 
Specific Character. — Plant a climbing shrub, evergreen. Stems slender, having a greenish appearance. 
Leaves alternate, with long petioles, ovate-lanceolate, slightly heart shaped at the base, obtuse, 
smooth, deep green above, rather paler beneath. Calyx five-cleft. Flowers disposed in a panicle. 
Corolla between campanulate and cup-shaped, small, pale blue. 
Climbing shrubs comprise, for the most part, some of the most elegant forms 
of vegetation, and present claims to regard of which few are unconscious. As they 
are far from being cultivated in England to the extent they merit, we are gratified 
to find that the Council of the Horticultural Society announces its intention of 
awarding prizes for their exhibition as a distinct class. 
Among the species of Solanum , there are scarcely any now grown which make 
the slightest approach to a climbing habit, and a still less number that exhibit the 
gracefulness of the one here brought forward. Being likewise an evergreen, it 
is rendered doubly valuable. 
We have been unable to procure any certain information relative to its native 
country or introduction to Britain. All the intelligence of this kind which we 
have obtained is that the species was sent to Messrs. Young, of Epsom, from the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden, about two or three years since, and that it is considered 
a South American plant. The first time we saw its interesting flowers was at the 
Epsom Nursery, in the month of November 1839. It was there kept in a 
Camellia-house, planted in a pot, and trained round a small circular wooden 
trellis. The blossoms were borne liberally in copious clusters, each having from 
eight to twelve opened at the same time, and exhaling a delightful fragrance. 
