Compilation
Jasminum mearnsii

Climber with long flexuous twining stems attaining 5 m. or more; nodes of main branches well spaced. Young shoots and petioles smooth and glabrous or minutely puberulous, bark of older branches becoming rough. Leaves trifoliolate, glabrous exceptforthe acarodomatia. Petiole 1·1–7 (3·7) cm. long; petiolules of lateral leaflets 1–3 (5) mm. long. Leaflets ovate, elliptic or suborbicular, the apex acute, acuminate or rounded, often apiculate, the base acute or rounded; terminal leaflet 4–5·7 (10) x 2·5–4·5 (5·3) cm., lateral leaflets 2–4·3 (8·5) x 1·2–2·9 (4·2) cm. Acarodomatia present, usually occurring in axils of lateral nerves almost up to leaflet apex. Flowers terminal and lateral, solitary or in few– to many–flowered loose cymes, scented; pedicels 2–8 mm. long; inflorescence axes usually puberulous. Calyx glabrous; tube 2–3 mm. long, with 5 (6) teeth which are sometimes shallowly triangular but often merely points on the calyx tube rim. Corolla white, sometimes tinged pink on the outside; tube 14–26 mm. long; lobes (4) 5 (6), 5–10 x 4–8 mm., elliptic or ovate–elliptic, with auricled base and rounded or cuspidate apex. Stamens inserted at or near the middle of the corolla tube; filaments very short or up to 3 mm. long; anthers (3) 4–5 (6) mm. long, never reaching to mouth of corolla tube. Style either very short or exserted from tube. Fruit 1–2–lobed, lobes globose, c. 7 mm. long when dry.