The Florida Jessamine.
Gelseminum nitidum, Mich. Flor. Amer. vol. i. p. 120. Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol. i. p. 184.—Pentandria Digynia; Linn. Apocineæ, Juss.
A climbing shrub, with smooth lanceolate leaves, axillary clusters of yellow flowers, which are funnel-shaped, with the limb spreading and nearly equal, the calyx five-toothed, the capsule two-celled and two-valved. It grows along the sea-coast, especially near rivers, from Virginia to Florida, flowering through the summer. The flowers are fragrant. It is also named Carolina Jessamine and Yellow Jessamine.