Jasminum mesnyi

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Jasminum primulinum, hemsl. very like J. nudiflorum, botanically, but with larger lvs. which are sometimes well developed at flowering-time, and with much larger fls., the limb of the corolla exceeding the tube; a rambling very free-flowering evergreen glabrous shrub, with slender green 4-angled branches: lvs. petioled, of 3 lfts. which are almost sessile and 1 or 2 in. long, entire, oblong-lanceolate, shining above and paler beneath: fls. primrose-yellow with a darker eye, 1 ½-2 in. across, solitary on axillary bracted peduncles or branchlets; calyx-lobes lanceolate, slightly hairy; corolla-lobes usually 6, obovate-spatulate; stamens exserted. Yunnan, China, apparently as an escape from cult.; sometimes partially double. B.M. 7981. G.C. III. 33:197. R.H. 1904, p. 182; 1906:472. R.B. 35, p. 266. Gn. 69, p. 71; 71:270. J.H. III. 46:295. G.M. 46:163; 49:141. F.S.R. 2:168. —One of the best introductions of recent years; stands some frost. It blooms in early spring, the season lasting two months or more. Not hardy north of Washington, but nearly evergreen in the S. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.