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JASMINUM hirsutum, 
Bright-leaved Indian Jasmine. “ 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
JASMINUM. Supra fol. 1. 
J. hirsutum, foliis numerosis, cordatis, utrinque villosis, lucidis, ramis 
petiolis bracteis calycibusque hirsutis ; inflorescentia umbellato-aggre- 
gata, pedunculis brevissimis, subtrichotomis. — ee 
Jasminum hirsutum. Willd. sp. pl. 1.36. Vahl. enum.1. 30. Smith. 
exot. bot, 117. t. 118. TFlort. Kew. ed. 2: 1. 16. (Evel. passim 
allegatis Rheede, Ray, & Osbeck.) 
J. pubescens. Willd. sp. pl, 1.37. . Vahl. enum. 1. 26. 
J. multifloram. Andrews's reposit. 496. - 
Nyctanthes hirsuta. Linn. sp. pl. 1.8; (excl. syn.) 
NN. pubescens. Retz. obs. bot. fasc. 5.9. 
N. multiflora. Burm. ind. 5. t. 3. f.1; (excl. syn.) 
Caulis diorgyalis, lignosus, flexilis, teres, scandens, griseus, opposito- 
ramosus ; ramuli teretes, virides, @ villis copiosis hirti.. Folia numerosa, 
interstitiis duplo longiora § pro genere densa, patentia, cordata, acuminata 
mod) cum mucrone ». ramea nonnulla rotundata, saturate viridia, nitida, 
nervosa, wbringue villosa sed juniora manifestins presertim subtis & in nervis, 
ad summum 2 uncias longa g sesquiunam lata: petiolus incurvus. Flores ex 
apice ramulorum, in pedunculis curtis subtrichotomis quam bractez lineari- 
lanceolate pluriés brevioribus cymoso-aggregati, 3-30, inter majores generis, 
nivet, odoratissimi. Calycis dentes su septent, longi, carinato-subulati, tubo 
breviores, erecti. Tubus crassins cylindricus, laciniis subequalis ». longior : 
limbus feré unciam transversus, sub 8-nartitus, laciniis oblongis, basi cordatis. 
Anth. magne, oblonga, lutece, subsessiles, in tubo inferne. Stigma tubo sub- 
emicans, clavato-oblongum, viridulum, pruinulatum. 
Linneus, in recording. this plant by the present specific 
name, has adduced a false synonym, truly belonging to 
Guerranna speciosa; and had thus involved the Species’ in 
an obscurity, that could never have been dispersed by his 
accompanying vague specific phrase; but which has been 
lately cleared up by a reference to the specimen in his 
Herbarium, made by the present possessor of that botanical 
treasure. By whom also the synonymy has been reformed, 
and completed by recalling to it the authors the mistake 
had misled. Among those usually cited, however, we have 
omitted Osbeck, who describes his plant as having undulate, 
elliptic-lanceolate, ovate leaves; by which he should seem 
rather to point to wndulatum, another closely allied East In- 
dian species, than to hirsutum. Dr. Roxburgh, among whose 
