Title: Synopsis of the Chinese Species of Jasminum
Abstract: JASMINUM is essentially a tropical or subtropical genus and is found in eastern and southern Asia, Malaysia, Africa, Australia _and even tropical America.There are probably over three hundred species recognized in the genus at the present time.In the herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum are represented species from all these regions.However, the region best represented is China.Of the few species not found in this herbarium, photographs of the type specimens were taken by Alfred Rehder on a recent visit to European botanical institutions from which he brought back over 500 photographs of types of Chinese ligneous plants.This gave us a nearly complete representation of the Chinese species of Jasminum and made possible the present study.Since the time of Linnaeus there has been made only one attempt toward a complete representation of the genus; this was published in 1844 by A. P. De Candolle (Prodr.vir.300-316).Of the Chinese species three enumerations were published, namely by Hemsley, Léveillé and Chung.