Kotergherry, and other places about tKe same elevation,
flowering during March and April, but generally
to be met with in flower at other seasons.
This, as may be supposed from the synonyms, is
a polymorphous species. I have it in all forms, and
on comparing a number^ of specimens) but growing-
under different circumstances, find them all mere
variations of the same species. Growing in clifts o f
rocks with but little soil, and stunted in its growth by
the absorbed heat, it becomes I. myrtifolium-. In
rocky places, but with a larger admixture of soil it is
I. rigidum-, while in rich deep soil, sheltered and shaded
by trees, it becomes diffuse with seandent branches*-
and is then Jv tetraphis: The latter, is the form represented
in the plate, and is thus characterized by us.
“ Seandent, glabrous, shining, branches and branchlets
roundish: petiols geniculate, leaves oblong* lanceolate,'
acute at the base, attenuated at the apex,, (obscurely ).-
3-nerved: flowers from 3 to 5,- terminal* sessile, lobes
o f the calyx 4, rarely 2- or 3, subulate, erect, about
half the length of the tube of the corolla; limb of'the
corolla 5-6 lobed* lobes lanceolate, acute, shorter than-
the tube. “ Nearly allied to I. laurifolium, Roxb.,
from which it chiefly differs in its sessile flowers, and
fewer calycine lobes. Flowers white, fragrant, leaves
from 2 to 2£ inches long, and about 12 lines broad;”
— W\ and Gv, Calcutta Journal o f Natural History!
vol. 27, pg- 55.
1348. Jasminum bractiatum1 (Roxb.) seandent,
branches terete, elongated, velvety : leaves ovate, oblong;
acute, -villous, with short petiols ; - fascicles terminal*
subsessile; 3-5-11 flowered, bracts broadly
ovate, cordate, subfascicledcalyx lobes 5-7, subulate:
tube of the corolla twice the length of the calyx*
lobes 5, oblong, obtuse, apiculate : style exserted, entire;.—!)?
C. Prod: Aboo. Stocks.
l am indebted to Mr. J. E. Stocks' for my specimens
of this plant. They upon the whole agree so
well with Roxburgh’s character and description, that
when naming the drawing, I-'felt little hesitation in
adopting his name* the very remote stations, however,
of- the two plants, and the short style now leads me
to doubt its correctness. In the figure the leaves are
represented much too hairy, a fault mainly owing to
the lithographer. They are villous on both sides, and
hairy on the costa beneath. The lobes of the corolla
vary from 8 to 9j the draftsman has generally conferred
the latter number, perhaps because the one
he took for dissection had that number.-
12'49. Jasminum rottlerianum (Wall.) every
where except the flowers hairy, branches terete: leaves
elliptic, obtuse at the base, acute at the apex; petiols
jointed in the m iddle: peduhcles 3* terminal, bearing
fascicules of flowers on the apex: bracts linear lanceolate
acuminate: calyx pubescent, lobes subulate: tube
of the corolla thrice the length o f the calyx lobes,
lobes 5-7, oblong, mucronate, about one-third the
length of the tube.—D; C. Prod. Bracts lanceolate,
of a pale whitish hue, pubescent; the leaves are softly
pubescent rather than hairy, much more so beneath
than on the upper surface, which on old leaves becomes -
nearly glabrous.
Slopes of the Neilgherries rather frequent,, and to
be met with in flower at nearly all seasons. A rather-
extensively seandent species, usually met with in moist
soil among trees.
1250. J asminum Malabaricum (R. W.) scan- ■
dent, tranches terete, leaves broad, cordate, suborbi-
cular, cuspidately acuminate, glabrous: petiol jointed^
in the middle: peduncles axillary and terminal, cymose'
7-9 flowered: flowers crowded, subsessilé, erect: bracts
subulate : ■ calyx campanulate 5 lobed, lobes subulate,-
reflèxed at the apex, about one-third the length of the
tube of thé corolla: lobes-'of the corolla ovate, cuspidate
about half the length o f the tube.
' Malabar Coast- near Calicut, flowering in March
and April.
An extensively seandent species, everywhere except
the inflorescence, glabrous : leaves from 2£ to 3 inches •
in diameter, ending in a short abrupt slender acumen.
1251. Ja sm inum- erectifüorum (Alph. D. C.)-
glabrous, leaves ovato-lanceolate, subcordate, long,
acuminate :■ peduncles on the ends of the branches,
ternate; with from 5-7- erect condensed flowers on
the apex :■ bracts linear, subulate, somewhat longer
than the pedicels globes of the calyx 6, linear subulate
tube of'the corolla 3 lines longer than the calyx ; :
lobes 6-7, oblong, acuminate, half the length of the _
tube. An extensively seandent shrub, extremities of"
the branches 4 sided, leaves- 3-5.' inches long, 15-20 ;
lines broad, petiols 4-6 lines long, jointed near the
base: cymes shorter than the adjoining leaves : -bracts ‘
and lobes of the calyx erect: flowers white, fragrant.-
—Alph. B . C. in D. C. Prod.
Neilgherries, ascending to an elevation of about'
6000 feet* flowering during the hot season.
This when in full flower is a very handsome species.
Its large shining dark green leaverand numerous pure
white fragrant flowers, render it a conspicuous object'
among the dense jungle in which it'usually grows.
1252. Jasminum gourtai/lense (R;W.) friu-
ticose, seandent, glabrous,ramuli ter'ete: leaves petioled,
trifoliolate, leaflets petioled, broadly ovate, rounded at'
thé base, blunt, the lateral'pair a little smaller than
the te-rminal on e: -panicles axillary, numerous towards
the ends of the branches, many flówered, flowers sub-
sessile :'calyx campanulate, 5 toothed : corolla 5 lobed*
lobes obtuse: anthers short, ovate, mucronate: style
exserted, stigma globose:' berries globose, • about the
size of a pea.
Courtallum, flowering August and September. A
beautiful species-nearly allied in habit to J.flexile, but-
abundantly distinct, differing in the form of its leaves,
calyx* corolla, anthers, style and stigma.
1-253. Jasminum fbexile (Vahl.) seandent, glai
brous :• leaves petioled, trifoliolate; leaflets petiolate,
ovate, • oblong, • acuminate, shining, the lateral ones
about half the size of the terminalpetiols flexicose :
racemes axillary, braebiate,. thrice the length of the
leaves : • calyx campanulate, minutely and acutely 5-6
toothed.—I). C. Prod. Tube of the corolla about an
inch and half long, 5-7 lobed, anthers subsessile, oblong,
cuspidate, style shorter than the tube of the
corolla, stigma oblong, obtuse, rough.
Courtallum, in dense jungle, near the bottom of the
falls, flowers nearly all the year, but in greatest per*
fection during the cooler months.
1254. J asminum brevilobuM' (Al. D. C.)
branches terete, pubescent or hairy : leaves trifoliolate,
the lateral-pair ’minute often wanting, the terminal
one ovate, very obtuse, or subcordate at the base,
mucronate at the point, usually hairy on both sides,
more rarely pubescent or subglabrous above; - flowers
;a >.