CONTORTAE CXXIX. JASMINEAE. 



rctro Flor. cochiach. 17*. 



GENERA VIX NOTA. 

 1. VALENTIANA Rnfiii. Specc. 1. 87. Caln tubo c 

 ..vnrio cu.mato, linibo supero , ..ctolUI... Corollasupi 

 tubulosa , litnlio quiiiqitclido . subuequali. 5 t a nt i u a ^, 



otubilit, ex c 



,, eeil vii 

 t , petiolali 

 aiillaribu 



la fiupera, tubulosa, quad.ili 

 antheris bilobis, Inbis remotis. 

 sub corollae labio superiore ; s 



Flanta ludoviciaaa. Die 

 caulc herbaceo {?) angtttoso , 

 potitis , eessiiibut oblougis , 



(?). t. 

 t fattigi, 



i. Capsula 

 ■t"r'afjini7~i 



llassis XXXIV. Contortae. 



A rbor e s, frnti ces v. herb ae, succo 

 aqueo v.saepius lacteo. Folia opposita v, in- 

 terdum verticiilata, rarissirae suhalterna, sim- 

 plicia v. interdtim pinnata- plerumque integer- 

 rima. Stipnlae saepissime nullac, rarius 

 vaginales v. liberae. Flores utplurimum her- 

 inaphroditi. C al y x liber. C o r o 1 1 a hypo- 

 gyna, gamopetala, regularis. Stamina co- 

 rollae inserta, ejusdem lobts numero aequalia, 

 nunc pauciora. Ovarium dimerum. O v u I a 

 solitaria v. pltirima, amphitropa v. anatropa. 

 Fructus capsularis , follicularis, baccatus 

 v. rarius drupaceus. Semina solitaria v. plu 

 rima. Embrjo intra albumen homotropus, 

 nunc cxalbuminosus , cotyledonibtis saepius 

 foliaceis. 



Ordo CXXIX. Jasmineae. 



AanuscuLAE v. fiujtices, saepius volu 

 biles. Folia opposita, plerumque composita, 

 ternata v. imparipinnata, nunc simplicia, po 

 tiolo in plerisque cum lamina artlcnlato, in 

 tcgerriraa v. rarius incisa. Stipulae ni.llae 

 Flores hermaphrodili, regulares , axil 

 lares v. terminales, pedunculis trichotomis, 

 subtrifloris, v. repetito tri-dichotomis , multi 

 floris. 



CALvxliber, gainophjllus, quinque-octo 

 fidus v. dcntatus, persistens. 



CoaoLLA hypo^vna, hvpocraterimorpha, 

 tubo tereti, limbi qiiinque-octohdi lobis aequa- 

 Iibus, lateraliter incumbentibus, aestivatioiu 

 imbricatis et tortis. 



Stamisa 2, corollae tubo inserta et in- 

 clusa. Filamcnta brevissiraa v. subnuila 



Anthrrae bilorulares, basi lixae, loculis 

 oppositis , parailelis, rima longitudinali de- 

 hiscentibtis. 



Ovamum liberum, absque disco cingente, 



atum v. suhdidymum, bilocularc. Ovula 



in Ipciilta solitaria, v. rarissime gvmina colla- 



teralia, ex iraa dtssepimenti hasi adscendentia, 



anatropa. S ty 1 u s termtnalis, hrevissimtis; 



tigma iiidivisura v. bilobum aut bitidum. 



Fructits ntinc bacca didyma, dispcrma, 

 . lobo altero abortiente monosperma, nunc 

 capsula obcordata, sopticido-bipartibilis v. in- 

 terduin circumscissa. 



Skmina in loculis solttaria, ?• rarissime 

 ffeinina collateralia, c basi erecta, suhcompres- 



testa eoriaceav. reliculato cribrosa, aril- 

 laeforrai, endopletira plertimque tumidula. 



Aliilmhn initio copiosum , sub maturitate 

 penitus consuinttun , v. ad lainmara tenuissimaui 

 redactum. 



Kmbryo orthotropus ; co tyled onib ns 

 plano-convexis, carnosis, radicula brevi, in- 

 fera. Plumula vix conspicua. 



Jasmineae ob florum formam et iniram 

 odoris snavitatem celeberrimae , in regionibus 

 tropieis subtropirisque veteris orbis indigenac, 

 in America rarissimae , Oleineis proxirae af- 

 iines, ovnlorum situ, seminis structura et co- 

 rollae aestivatione distinctae, Contortarum hinc 

 seriem incipiunt, inde Verbenaceis Ebenaccis- 

 qtie conterminae. 



334«. Jasmiimm TOUIINEF. Calyx 



tubulosus, quinque octo-dentatus v.parlitus, pcr- 

 sislens. Corolla hypO£\yna, hypoeralcrimorpha, 

 tubo elongato, limbi quinquc - octopartiti laciniia 

 aestivatione contorto - imforicatis , sufo antfoesi pa- 

 tcntibus. Stamina 2, corollae tubo inserta, in- 

 clnsa. Ovarium bilocuiare. Ovula in loculis 

 solitaria, c foasi dissepinienti adsrcndcntia, anatro- 

 pa. Styius brcvs; «tigrna bitobnm v. bifidnia. 

 Bacca didynia, disperm-i, v. lofoo altero saepius 

 afoortiente inunosperma. S e in i n a erenta , com- 

 pressiuscula; testa coriacea v. reticulato cribrosa, 

 endopleura tuuiida. Embryo exalbuminosus, or- 

 (liolropus ; co t v 1 ed oni fou s plano convexis, car~ 

 nosis , r a d i c u I a brovi , infora. _ Frutices erecti 

 v ttacpius volubiles, inter tropicos veteris 



australi etAustralasia exlratro pica in- 

 digcni; foliis oppositis, tcmutis v. imparipinnatis f 

 nunc integerrimis , pctiolo artkuluto , Jloribus co- 

 rymbosis , plcrumquc suavcolentibus. 



J-smiiium Touniefort ws(, 358. Linn. gen. n. 17. 

 G.irtner /. (fld. (. 43. Jauquin Uorl. Scftonf.r, t. 321. WO, 

 . 497. 



II. Br. 



7Zi. Bot. Reg. 



9t. i78. 26i. 260. 



3343. IVyetantlics LINS. Calyx tubn- 

 losus, obsolete quinrfucdcntatns. Corolla hvpo- 

 (gyna, hypocrateriraorpha, limbi quinque-octopartiti 



