Jasminum. | LXXXII. OLEACEE (BAKER). 13 
opposite, imparipinnate, 1}—-2 in. long; leaflets 1—3-jugate, ovate- 
oblong, rounded or emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, sub- 
glaucescent on both surfaces, very narrowly revolute on the margin, 
the end one $-1 in. long, the side ones smaller, very shortly stalked. 
Inflorescence axillary. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; in bushy, sandy places on the banks 
of the River Maiombo near Pomangala, Welwitsch, 3022. 
43. J. floribundum, 7. Br.; DC. Prod. viii. 313. Branchlets 
glabrous. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate ; leaflets 5, ovate, glabrous, 
the end one the largest, stalked, 1-1} in. long, the side ones smaller, 
opposite, nearly sessile. Cymes few-flowered, terminal and axillary; 
pedicels long. Calyx } in. long; teeth subulate, longer than the cam- 
panulate tube. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube 5 —? in. long ; segments 
5, oblong, 4 in. long.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. ‘Abyss. S ar Ben wene Beitr. 
Fl. Aethiop. 134, 281; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 334. 
Wile Land. utteal Keren, Steudner, 1352, and between Keren and Adowa, 
Steudner, 1353 (ex Engler). Upper Sennar: Fazokl, ex Schweinfurth. Abyssinia : 
Mountains of Samen province, Schimper, 924! near Adowa, Dillon & Petit (ex 
Richard), near Axum, Schimper, 1515, near Addi Geffa, Schimper, 675, and 
Gondar, Steudner, 1351 (ex Engler), Shoa; Aliu Amba, Roth, 403! and without 
precise locality, Parkyns! Somaliland: Darra-as, 5000 ft., Mrs. Lort Phillips ! 
Nearly allied to the commonly-cultivated J. officinale, Linn. 
A plant collected by Schweinfurth & Riva (997) in Eritrea, between 
Saganeiti and Acrour, 6000-7000 ft., resembles J. officinale, Linn.; but has only 
3 leafiets. 
2. SCHREBERA, Roxb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. ii. 675 
Calyx campanulate, truncate or shortly toothed. Corolla hypo- 
crateriform ; tube cylindrical ; lobes 4—7, spreading, imbricate. Stamens: 
2, inserted just below the throat of the corolla-tube; filaments very 
short. Ovary 2-celled; style long, filiform; stigma faintly 2-lobed ; 
ovules 3-4 in a cell, pendulous from the top of the dissepiments. Cap- 
sule pyriform or oblong, loculicidally 2-valved down to the base. Seeds 
pendulous, expanded into a large wing above the nucleus, exalbu- 
minous ; cotyledons plano- -convex ; radicle inferior.—Trees or erect 
shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire or imparipinnate. Inflorescence a 
flat-topped panicle with cymose branches ; bracts minute. Flowers 
smaller than in Jasminum, white or pink. 
Species 16; also in South os with 1 in India, and 1 in Peru. 
Leaves simple. 
Branchlets glabrous. 
Corolla-tube 3 in. long. . : . . 1. S. oligantha. 
Corolla-tube 3-1 in, long . ‘ : : . 2. S. golungensis. 
Branchiets pubescent. 
Leaves shortly petioled, 
Leaves obtuse, 1-2 in. long : : . 3. S, Buchanani. 
Leaves acute, 13-4 in. long : ; . 4. 8. platyphylla. 
Leaves with a longer petiole . 5. S. trichoclada. 
