Jessamine

a woody climber, native to the South. The Carolina jasmine grows in rich woods from Virginia to Texas. It has shining evergreen leaves, and a wealth of bright yellow, exquisitely fragrant, handsome flowers, opening in March and April while the north is yet frost bound. The blossoms are deeply funnel shaped, with wide lobed borders. A cottage with jessamine over the door is certainly a poetical conception. Like our American "robin" and many other names of plants and animals, jessamine is not strictly speaking a jessamine at all. A tincture of the root is used in medicine as a remedy for nervousness and spasms. An overdose produces paralysis.