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been long ago assigned as a native by Solander) it escaped as 
a wild ph, though diligently searched for, the observation of 
myself and every other recent botanist or collector till 5 years 
ago. 
§ 2. Alternifolia DC. ; 1. alternate 1-3-5-7-foliolate ; fl. y. 
2. J. odoratissimum L. Jasmin Amarello. 
Erect, smooth; branches stout stiff straight and woody 
rounded or faintly angular ; 1. 3-foliolate rarely 1- or 5-foliolate, 
lfts. broadly oval ovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, coriaceous 
stiff shining, acute or subobtuse ; cymes axillary and terminal 
few-fld. shorter than the 1. ; pedic. short longer than the’ cal. ;' 
cal. campanulate 5-toothed, the teeth short ovate subobtuse ; 
cor.-tube longer than the broad obtuse lobes; berry 2-lobed, 
lobes distinct large oval horizontally patent or divaricate sub- 
pellucid, each 2-seeded. — Linn. Sp. 10; Lam. Diet. iii. 219: 
BM. t. 285; Pers. i. 8; Hort. Kew. (ed. 2) i. 18; Buch 192. 
no. 167; Spr. i. 32; DC. viii. 312. J. Barrelieri WB. iii. 
165? J. jiamm odor alum v. Gelseminum trifolium odoratis- 
simum &c. Barr. Ic. 123. t. 62. — Shr. per. Mad. reg. 1 and 
ND. |. Sea-cliffs to the E. of Funchal along the Cani^o road 
beyond the 1st ravine (Louros) and up the S. GonQallo and 
other ravines at Funchal for about a mile above the sea; cliffs 
above the Cemetery at S. Vicente and descending to the Rocha 
do Navio at S ta Anna ; central ridge at the top of ND. Febr.- 
June, but almost at all seasons ; fr. May, June. — An evergreen 
upright shr. 4 or 5 ft. high, with bright shining full or often 
yellowish gr. more or less stiff and coriaceous foliage. St. 
quite self-supporting virgate woody and erect. Branches 
brown stiff woody round but striate or subangular. Petioles 
^-1 in. long, petiolules of the 2 side-lfts. very short or none, of 
the terminal larger 1ft. 2-6 lines long. Lfts. dark shining gr. 
above, paler beneath very variable in shape, ranging from 
rounded to lanceolate and from refuse to acute, the terminal 
one 1-2 in. long and about half as broad, the 2 side-lfts. mostly 
nearly or quite sessile. The lower 1. are sometimes 1-foliolate 
and the upper rarely 5-foliolate or with 2 pairs of side-lfts. FI. 
bright rich golden y. rather larger than in J.fruticans L., in 
small few-lid. cymes aggregate at the ends of the branches, 
fragrant, equally by day and night in Mad., like those of Clover 
(Trifolium pratense L.j, but not powerfully or so as at all to 
warrant the specific name. Lobes of cor. shorter than the tube, 
rather broadly oval or elliptic, laterally imbricate, more or less 
obtuse; the tube 4-6 lines long, limb about 3. Cal. (including 
its teeth) 1-1 1 line long. Fr. (from ND. spec.) large hand- 
some and conspicuous in thick bunches or panicles, each con- 
