Refugium Botanicum.] [September, 1869. 
TAB. 156. 
Natural Order JASMINACE. 
Genus JASMINUM, Linn. 
J. HELEROPHYLLUM (Row. I'l. Ind. i. p. 99). Arborescens, late vagans, 
petiolis prope apicem articulatis, foliis firmis coriaceis nitidis inte- 
eris utrinque viridibus omnino levibus, superioribus simplicibus 
ovato-cordatis, inferioribus trifoliolatis foliolis similibus, lateralibus 
subsessilibus, centrali petiolulato, floribus in paniculas terminales 
subcorymbosas dispositis, pedicellis gracilibus breviter  griseo- 
pubescentibus, calycibus campanulatis dentibus brevissimis parvis, 
corollis flavis, lobis oblongis obtusis tubum cylindraceum subequan- 
tibus.— Wall. Pl. Asiat. t. 275 ; D.C. Prodr. vii. p. 312. 
A native of the Himalayas. 
A wide-spreading shrub, the shoots in cultivation at Reigate 
attaining a length of ten feet in a year, straight, woody, green, 
terete, the young branches flexuose, the whole plant, except the 
pedicels, quite naked. Lower leaves trifoliolate. The petioles an 
inch and a half to two inches long, articulated near the apex, the 
central leaflet ovate-acuminate, six to eight inches long, three to 
four inches broad, on a petiolule six to eight lines long, the 
lateral ones nearly sessile, similar in shape but smaller and the 
base subcuneate, the texture coriaceous, the upper surface a 
bright dark green, the lower paler with the veins in slight relief. 
Upper leaves simple, cordate-ovate. Flowers in ample terminal 
corymbose panicles with often thirty to forty flowers in each. 
Pedicels erect, slender, a line to half an inch long, slightly gray- 
downy. Calyx campanulate, membranous, not more than a line 
deep, with five very minute teeth. Corolla pale yellow, protruded 
eight to nine lines beyond the calyx, the patent oblong obtuse 
lobes the same length as the slender cylindrical tube. Stamens 
and stigmas just reaching the summit of the tube. Berry the 
size of a pea, round, naked. 
Tab. 156.—1, separate flower; 2, corolla opened; 38, calyx and pistil: 
all magnified.—J. G. B. 

I cultivate this' plant in.a cool greenhouse, where, grown in 
strong turfy loam and allowed plenty of pot room, it grows very 
freely, and produces abundance of its pretty yellow flowers in 
rather large loose panicles. I have had it many years in culti- 
vation. It was reared from seed furnished me by the late Dr. 
Royle.—W. W. S. 
