Volume 8 — PLATE CCCCXCVI.

JASMINUM MULTIFLORUM.

Many-flowered Jasmine.

CLASS II. ORDER I.

DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx 5-8-partita.

Corolla hypocrateriformis, 5-8-fida, bacca bilocularis.

Semina solitaria, arillata.

Empalement 5-8-parted.

Blossom funnel-shaped, 5-8-cleft, berry two-locular.

Seeds solitary, arillated.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Jasminum foliis oppositis, cordatis, glabris, pubescentibus: floribus terminalibus, umbellatis, quaternis vel octonis, in singula umbella: corollis albis, magnis, octofidis, odoratissimis.

Habitat in Calcutta.

Jasmine with opposite heart-shaped leaves, smooth, and hairy: flowers terminate the branches in umbels of 4 to 8 in each umbel: blossoms are white, large, eight-cleft, and very sweet-scented.

Native of Calcutta.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

This fine new Jasmine was introduced by Lady Hume from the East Indies, and is the largest-flowering species of the genus as yet known. It is highly scented, and of the odour of the Gardenia, or Cape Jasmine. It is a handsome hot-house plant, but from its recent introduction is at present scarce. We find a small rude figure of it in Burman, under the title of Nyctanthes multiflora: but it is now better accepted under the softer-sounding appellation of Jasminum, an old fragrant and ever favourite genus.

The drawing was made from a luxuriant specimen communicated to the author by A. B. Lambert, esq.