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JASMINUM RIVULARE.
TAB.
Jasminum caule lævi: foliis simplicibus ; petiolis medio articulatis ; laminis lanceolatis, mucro-
nulatis, utrinque lævibus : pedunculis 1-3-7 floris: calycibus ad medium 5-8-fidis: corollæ tubo
calyce bis longiore, striato : limbo tubo 4tâ parte breviore recurvo, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis
mucronulatis : stigmate furcæformi.
Jasminum glaucum. Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew, v . 1. p. 9. Nyctanthes glauca. Linn. Suppl.
p. 82. Jasminum africanum &e. Commel. PI. Rar. p. 5. t. 5. Mala.
Sponte nascentem in Promontorio Caap legit Franciscus Masson.
Frutex 5-15-pedaIis.
Radix patois, ramosissima, lignosa.
Caulis erectus; inferne fuscus, teres—Rami oppositi vel suboppositi, iniequales;
alii longissimi, plus minus volubiles; patentes—superne flavo-viridis, paululum compressus, adhuc
tenellus minutissime pubescentulus, adultus leevis, obsoletissime bifariam canaliculatus; lignosus.
Folia opposita vel subopposita, simplicia—Petioli flavo-virides, patenti-
inflex®, semiteretes, medio articulati, supra minutissime pubescentuli, canaliculati, paululum
cartilaginei—Laminae flavo-virides prsesertim subtus, petiolis multo longiores, recurvul®, lanceolate,
integerrime, mucronulat®, adhuc tenelle minutissime ut vix pubescentule, adult®
utrinque laeves, planiuscul®, coriacese—Nervi plures, 3 majores, paululum decompositi, utrinque
prominuli—biennia, tabescentia.
Flores suaveolentes, erecti.
Panicula rara, plerumque S-flora, rarius 1-vel 7-flora.
Pedunculi solitarii, ramorum termin'ales, foliis breviores, erecti—Rami impare
dichotomi, apice incrassati, teretes—ceterum structure caulis.
Bracte® flavo-virides, ad basin singuli rami excepto impari solitari®, sensim
minores,inferne incurv®, superne recurv®, lineari-attenuat®, integerriin®, acut®, adhuc tenell®
minutissime ut vix pubescentes, versus basin canaliculat®, persistentes.
Calyx flavo-viridis, semi-3-8-fidus, inferne cylindricus: Lacini® erecto-
recurv®, lineari-attenuat®, integerriin®, acut®, versus basin canaliculat® : extus I®vis, intus
minutissime pubescens, coriaceus, persistens.
Corolla alba rubore aliquo extus—Tubus calyce circiter bis lon-
gior, cylindriformis, sub .apice levissime ventricosus, striatus—Limbus tubo circiter 4t£ parte