598 XCII. OLEACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Jasminum. 
22, J. angustifolium, Vahl Enum. i. 29; leaves small ovate, WE 
few-flowered, pedicels long, calyx-teeth linear short, corolla largeish lobes 
lanceolate. Roxb. Hort. Deng. 3, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. i. 95 ;.Wall. 
Cat. 2873, partly; Wight Ic. t. 698; DC. Prodr. vii. 303. J. vimineum, 
Willd. Sp. Pl.i. 36. J. triflorum, Pers. Syn. i. 7. Nyctanthes angustifolia, Linn. 
Sp. Pl. 8, N. viminea, Retz Obs. v. 9. N. triflora, Burm. Fl. Ind. 4, t. 2. 
Mogorium vimineum, Lamk. Dict. iv. 913. M. triflorum, Lamk. Ill. 28, t. 6, 
fig, 2.— RAeede, Hort. Mal. vi. t, 53. 
Daccan PrxiNsULA and Crrron ; in the lower hills, frequent. 
Scandent, ramous; branchlets minutely pubescent or almost villous. Leaves 1} 
by } in. (those of the lateral branchlets half as large), acute, base obtuse or almost 
rounded, glabrous; nerves few, obscure; petiole in, Cymes usually 3-1-flowered ; 
edicels }- in. Calya-teeth 4, rarely 4 in., glabrous or very nearly so. — Corolla-tube 
3-4 in.; lobes $ by $ in. Carpels } by } in., unsymmetric, ellipsoid.—In the habit 
and leaves this species closely resembles J. sessiliflorum, with which it has been mixed 
from the days of Rottler. 
23, J. Ritchiei, Clarke; leaves ovate or elliptic shortly acuminate 
glabrous, cymes few-flowered lax, pedicels long, calyx-teeth linear short, fruit- 
carpels large globose. 
Western Guats and Cryron, in the hills frequently collected; Nilgherries, Wight, 
Gardner ; Bababoodun Hills, Law ; Belgaum, Ritchie, &e. 
Seundent, ramous, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves attaining 45 by 1} in., base 
broadly cuneate; nerves 5-6 pairs, prominent, often tufted in the axils; petiole 4 in. 
Cymes very lax, often subpanieulate, 3-9-flowered ; braets & in, linear; pedicels 
i-lin. Calya-tube campanulate, often somewhat ribbed; teeth & in. and upwards, 
linear or shortly oblong, sometimes minutely ciliate-scabrid. —Corolla-tube # in., lobes 
$ in, narrow. Carpels 4 in., very accurately spherical.—Named J. a ngustifolium by 
Wight and Ritchie, from which in flower it does not differ much but by the larger 
leaves ; the fruits are unusual. 
Var. purpurea, Heyne in Herb. Rottler (sp.); leaves more obtuse sometimes 
roundish.—Bababoodun Hills, Rottler. Ceylon, Wight. 
24. J. Wightii, Clarke; glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate long-acumi- 
nate, cymes trichotomously compound lax, calyx-teeth shortly linear, corolla- 
tube 3 in. lobes 3 in, 
Bolimputty near Commatore ; Wight, n. 1762. 
Branches flexuose. Leaves 3} by 3 in., or some more ovate, attenuate into the 
petiole, penninerved ; nerves obscure; petiole j-1 in. Cymes terminal; bracts } in. 
linear; pedicels 4-4 in. Calywx-teeth à in. Corolla-lobes 4-¢ in. wide, acute. Fruit 
not seen.— The leaves are punctate beneath, the eme somewhat divaricated, the 
calyx-teeth separated by a very wide sinus, It may be allied to J. arborescens var. 
montana, but it is very glabrous. 
25. J. rigidum, Zenker Pl. Ind. 5, t. 6; glabrous, leaves ovate or elliptie 
shining, cymes few-flowered dense sessile, calyx-teeth linear rigid erect, corolla- 
tube elongate longer than the lobes. DC. Prodr. viii. 305; Wight Ic. t. 1247; 
Thwaites Enum. 190, in part. J. myrtophyllum, Zenker Pl. Ind. 6,t.7; DC. 
Le, 304. J. ligustrifolium, Wall.; Bojer Hort. Maurit. 204; DC. le. 305, 
not of Lamk. J. cuspidatum, Rottler; Spreng. Syst. i. 30; Wall. Cat. 9872. 
J. Perrottetianum, DC. Lc. 304, ex descr. J. triflorum, Heyne in Herb. 
Jottler, not of Pers. 
Deccan PENINSULA and CEvrow, alt. 0—5000 ft. ; common. 
A rigid, dense, shrub, hardly scandent. Leaves 2 by ł in., upper acute at both 
ends, not acuminate, lower ovate, coriaceous ; nerves reticulating, slender but often 
subprominent on the upper surface ; petiole in. Cymes 3-1-flowered ; pedicels 0-4 
