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33 fa e \JASMINUM auriculatum, 
3 ye ae Eared-leaved Jasmine, 
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DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. JasmInem, Jussieu gen.104. Div. I. Fructus baccatus, 
Jasminem. Brown prod. 350. 
JASMINUM. Supra vol. 1. fol. 1. 
: Div. Foliis compositis. 
J. auriculatum, foliis ternatis ; ramulorum floriferorum simplicibus, calycibus 
angulatis ramisque teretibus pubescentibus. Vahl symb. 3.1. - 
Jasminum auriculatum. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 38. Vahl enum, 1, 30. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. 1. 17. : : 
Mogorium trifoliatum. Lamarck encyc. 4. 114, illustr. 1. 24, 
Yuthica. <Asiat. research. 4. 246. ; 
Frutex cano-pubescens: caulis lignosus, flexuoso-erectus, pallido-fuscus, 
cortice rimoso: rami ¢eretes, oppositi, non floriferi volubiles flexiles cum foliis 
ternatis, floriferi non volubiles strictiusculi cum foliis simplicibus, Folia 
disticho-opposita, patentissima, villositatem densam viridi-pellucentia, subtis 
Sere lanata; foliola ovata, costato-nervosa, supra acuminata cum mucrone, ter- 
‘minale multoties majus lateralibus 2 exiguis: majora sesquiunciam longa, inter- 
dium elliptica v. subrotunda:’ petioli hirsuti, communes 4-plo breviores foliolo 
terminali, pattiales brevissimi. Panicule breves, terminales, in hortis nose 
tratibus sepiis ex floribus nonnullis abortientes : pedunculi decussato-tricho- 
‘tomi pedicellique teretes tomentosi. Bractew parvule, patule. Flores in- 
singula trichotomia subsessili-congestt, & minimis generis, candidi, odorts 
jucunditate congenerthus praestantes. Cal. angustus, turbinato-cylindraceus, 
“rassus, tomentosus, suturis quingue tenuissimis membranosis verticalibus dena 
tibus totidem alternantibus obtusulis utrinque pubescentibus notatus. Corolle 
limbus 5-7-partitus, brevior tubo, laciniis stellato-distantibus, lineari-oblongis, 
* obtusis cum brevi acuminulo, margine revolutis,  partem uncieé longis: tubus 
cum fauce simul 4-plo longior calyce, > partem uncic subequans, striatulus, 
punctis ubi inseruntur filamenta extis utringue protuberans faux coarctatos 
turbinata compressa vix brevior tubo. Fil. brevia, Jiliformia, basi abrupte 
introrsum flexa axique faucis convenientia: auth. lineares, lutee, 3-pla 
longiores jilamento, mucronate, fauce recondite. Stylus @guans faucem, 
pirens: stigma viride, clavato-crassum, compressum acumine subulato, hinc 
Slexum, utringue saturatum quasp ex 2 conferruminatis. S Germ. glabrum, 
Bacca globosa, ut in J, Sambac, 
Perhaps the least ornamental species of the genus. The 
flowers are small and nof numerous, and the white appears 
Jess clear than in others of the same colour, owing to a 
cinereous hue imparted to the foliage by the short dense 
fur that clouds its green; but the fragrance they diffuse 
‘seems to us the most grateful of any of the species. Native 
‘of the East Indies, where however it is said not to be 4 
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