to the air the fucceeding year, will come tip as well 
as new feeds. 
CESTRUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 231. Jafminoldes. 
Dill. Nov. Gen. 170. Ballard Jafmine. 
The Characters are. 
It hath a Jhort tubular empalement of one leaf which is 
indented at the top into five parts , which are ere ft. Id he 
flower is funnel-jhaped , of one petal , having a long cy- 
lindrical tube , which fpreads open at the top , where it is 
cut into five equal fegments ; it hath five J lender fiamina 
the length of the tube, to which they adhere , and are ter- 
minated by roundifh four-cornered fummits.. The oval cy- 
lindrical germen is fituated in the empalement , fupporting 
a fender ftyle the length of the fiamina , crowned by an ob- 
tufe thick ftigma. The germen afterward becomes an 
oval oblong berry with one cell , inclofing fever al roundifh 
feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion 
of Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Mo- 
nogynia, the flower having five fiamina and one 
ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Cestrum (. Nofturnum ) fioribus pedunculatis. Hort. 
Cliff. 490. Ceftrum with flowers ftanding upon foot- 
ftalks. Jafminoldes foliis Pifhaminis, fiore virefcente 
nodtu odoratiflimo. Hort. Elth. 183. tab. 153. Bafiard 
Jafmine with leaves of Pifhamin , and a greenifh flower , 
fuelling very fweetly in the night. 
2. Cestrum ( Diurnum ) fioribus felfilibus. Hort. Cliff. 
491. Ceftrum with flowers growing to the branches. 
Jafminoides laureolte folio, fiore eandido interdiu 
odorato. Hort. Elth. 186, tab. 154. B aft ard Jafmine 
with a Spurge Laurel leaf \ and a white flower , fuelling 
in the day. 
■3.. Cestrum ( Nervofum ) foliis lanceolatis oppofitis ner- 
vis tranfverfalibus, pedunculis ramofis. Ceftrum with 
fpear-fhaped leaves growing oppofite , having tranfverfe 
veins , and branching foot-ftalks to the flowers. Jafmi- 
noides Americanum, lauri folio, fiore albo odorato. 
Houft. MSS. Bafiard Jafmine of America with a Bay 
leaf and a white , fweet , fuelling flower. 
4. Cestrum (-Spicatum) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, fioribus 
fpicatis, alaribus & terminalibus. Ceftrum with oval 
fpear-fhaped leaves , and flowers growing in fpik.es from 
the flides and tops of the branches. 
5. Cestrum ( Confertum ) foliis oblongo-ovatis, obliquis, 
fioribus alaribus confertis, tubo longiflimo & tenuif- 
fimo. Ceftrum with oblong oval leaves which are oblique , 
and flowers growing in dufters from the flides of the' 
branches , with a very long Jlender tube. 
6. Cestrum ( Venenatum ) foliis lanceolatis obliquis, fio- 
ribus alaribus, pedunculis foliofis. Ceftrum with ob- 
lique fpear-fhaped leaves , flowers proceeding from the files 
of the branches , and leafy foot-ftalks. Jafminum lauri- 
nis foliis, fiore pallide luteo, frudtu atrocasruleo po- 
lypyreno venenato. Sloan. Hift. Jam. 2. p. 196. 
Ja fmine with Bay leaves , a pale yellow flower , and a dark 
blue fruit with many feeds , which are poifonous. 
The firft fort was many years paid raifed in the cu- 
rious gardens of the Duchefs of Beaufort, at Bad- 
mington, in Gloucefterfhire, and was from thence 
communicated to feveral gardens in England and 
Holland, where in the latter it pafies under the title 
of Badmington Jafmine to this time. This grows 
naturally in the iftand of Cuba, from whence I re- 
ceived the feeds by the title of Dama de Noche, i. e. | 
Lady of the Night •, which appellation I fuppofe was 
given it, from the flowers fending out a ftrong odour 
after the fun is fet. 
It rifes with an upright ftalk about fix or feven feet 
high, covered with a grayifh bark, and divides up- 
ward into many flender branches, which generally 
incline to one fide *, and are garnifhed with leaves 
placed alternate, which are near four inches long, 
and one and a half broad, fmooth on their upper fide, 
of a pale green, and on their under- fide they have 
feveral tranfverfe veins, and are of a fea-green colour, 
having fhort foot-ftalks. The flowers are produced 
at the wings of the leaves, in flu all clufters, ftanding 
upon fiiort foot-ftalks, each fuftaining four or five 
flowers, which have very fhort empalemefits, vfitil 
long flender tubes* which are enlarged at the top, 
where they are cut into five parts which are reflexed % 
thefe are of an herbaceous colour ; they appear in 
Auguft, but are not fucceeded by berries in this 
country •, but thofe which I received from America 
were finall, and of a dark brown colour, inclofing 
feveral feeds. , ' . . ■ : 
The feeds of the fecond fort were fent me from the 
Havannah, by the title of Dama de Dio, or Lady of 
the Day this rifes with an upright ftalk to the height 
of ten or twelve feet, covered with a fmooth light 
green bark, dividing upward into many fmalier 
branches, garnifhed with fmooth leaves near three 
inches long, and one and a half broad, of a lively 
green colour, and the confiftence of thofe of the 
Spurge Laurel *, thefe are ranged alternately on the 
branches. Toward the upper part of the {boots come 
out the flowers from the wings of die leaves, ftanding 
in clufters clofe to the branches ; they are very white, 
ftiaped like thofe of the former fort, and fine!! fweet 
in the day time, from whence it had the appellation 
of Lady of the Day. The berries of this are fmalier 
than thofe of the firft fort. This flowers in Sep- 
tember, October and November. 
The third fort was fent me from Carthagena in New* 
Spain, near which place it grows naturally •, this rifes- 
with a fhrubby ftalk five or fix feet high, covered 
with a brown bark, and divides upward into many 
fmall branches, garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves, 
about four inches long, and little more than one 
broad * they are fmooth, of a light green, and have 
many horizontal veins running from the midrib to 
the fides, and are placed oppofite. From the wings - 
of the leaves, toward the upper part of the branches, 
are produced the flowers, ftanding upon branching 
foot-ftalks, each fuftaining four or five flowers, whofe 
' tubes are fwelling at their bafe, juft above the em- 
palement, but contrail upward to the mouth, where 
- the petal is cut into five broad fegments which fpread 
flat ; they are white, but without (cent. 
The fourth fort was fent me from Carthagena with 
the former. This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk ten or 
twelve feet high, covered with a light gray bark, and 
fends out many branches the whole length, gar- 
nifhed with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, ftanding 
without order; they are two inches and a half long, 
and one and a half broad, of a light green, 
with flender foot-ftalks. The flowers come out in 
loofe fpikes from the fide, and alfo the end of the 
branches, which are fhaped like thofe of the firft fort, 
and are of a whitifh green colour, without (cent. 
Thefe are fucceeded by roundifh purple berries, the 
fize of large Peafe, which have afoft juicy pulp, filled 
with fiat feeds. 
The fifth fort riles with feveral fhrubby ftalks eight 
or ten feet high, covered with a white fmooth bark, 
fending out many irregular branches, garnifhed with 
oblong oval leaves, which at their bafe are longer on 
one fide, fo that the foot- ftalk is oblique ; they are 
placed on the branches ’without order, and are of a 
pale green. The flowers come out in clufters from 
the fide of the branches, many of them arifing from 
the fame point ; thefe have very flender long tubes, 
. which are cut at the top into five acute fegments 
which are erect. They are of a pale yellow, and 
without fcent. 
The fixth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 
whence it was lent me by the late Dr. Houftoun, 
This rifes with a woody item eight or nine feet hi gh, 
covered with a fmooth brown bark, and fends taut- 
many branches on the fide which grow eredl, gar- 
nifhed with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, wfaofe foot-ftalks 
are fiiort ; they are five inches Jong, and two broad, 
fmooth, of the confiftence with Bay leaves, and are, 
placed alternate on the branches. From the wings 
of the leaves the flowers are produced, moil part of 
the , length of the branches ; the foot-ftalks of the 
flowers are garnifhed with fmall leaves, {landing 
between each flower in a lingular manner, the flowers 
N n n rifing 
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