t^T4 CIV- OLEACE^, [Jasmiaecu, 



Tkibus I. Jarmike^. 



1. jasminum, Linn, Gen. n. 17. — Calyx 4-9-dentatu3 lobatua v. fere partitus. 

 Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo cyliiKlraoco rarms superno latiore, limbo pateiitc 4-5- v. 

 interdum cc-partitOj lobis obtiisis imbricatis. Stamina 2, tnbo inchisa, filamentis brevi- 

 bu3 ; antlieraa prope basin dovso affixaj, loexilis lateraliter subintrorsum dehiscentibns, 

 counoctivo sropiiis mucronato. Oyarimu 2-locularo; stylus filiformisj stigmate oblongo 

 T,-capitato demum srepius 2-fido; ovula in qiiot|ne loculo 2 v. rariii.s ; 3-4^ prope basin 

 lateraliter affixa. Bacca didymaj y, earpelli alterius abortn simplex^ pericarpio carnoso v. 

 membranaceo. Semina in bacca t, in carpello s^pius solitaria, erecta, testa duplici ; 

 albumen ; cotyledones plano-convexa^, radicula infera, inter cotyledones inclusa v. 

 breviter exserta. — Frnticesramosi, erecti v, scandentes. Folia opposita v. rarius altcrna, 

 simplicia 3-foliolata v- impari-pinnata, Flores ad apices ramorum v, e gemmis squaniosis 

 solitarii v, sa^x^ius dicliotome cymosi^ inflorosceutia centrifuga. Corollte stepe spcclosfe, 

 alb® flavee v, extns rubentea. 



Species cditse ad 120, vix autcm idtra 90 retinond^ yidentur, Asi£0, Africse ct Australia incolas, 



una etiam in Europa australi indigena, et plurimse, diu ornamenti gratia ciilt^^ in variis regionibus 



in^iuiliiiiE. I>a Prod. viii. 301. JValp, Hep, yi. 463 ; Ann, i. 502 ; iii. 21. Benth, FL Austral ly, 



29-1. Miq. FL Ind. Bat. ii. 530. Boiss. Biagn: ser, % yi. 120. Gmrt7i. Fnict, t, 42. Nees, GeihFL 



Germ, Seichb. Ic. FL Germ, t, 1077- Labilh Sert. Austr, Caled. t. 27. Vent. Choix, t 8. HooJc, 



le. PI t 831. Wall PI As, liar, t, 274, 275. WlgJd, Illustr, t, 133; Ic. t, G98 ad 705, 1247 ad 



1258. Jacquem, Voy, Bot. t. 43, Wawra^ Pr, Maxim, lieise BoU t. 70, EicJiL in Mart, Fl, Bras, 



Y\. 314, t. 84. Sm, Exot. Bot, t. 118- Vent, Jard, Cels. t. 55. Jacq. Hort. Schmihr. t. 321, 490. 



Andr, Bot, Hep, 1. 127, 496. BoL Mag. t 31, 285, 461, 980, 1731, 1785, 1889, 1991, 4649. Bot, 



neg, t. 1, 15,89,91, 178,264, 350,436,606, C90, 1296,1409,2013; 1842, i. 26 ; 1845, ^26; 1846, 



t. 48. 



MoGoniCK, Juss, Gen. 106, gemis propositnm fuit ad J. Samhac epecicsque affines a Linn^o 

 primum sub Nyetanthe inclusas ob corollse lacinias prsesertim in speciminibus cultis mxiItiplicataH; 

 ab omnibus auctoribus recentioribiis rite ad Jasminum reclucitur, 



2. Menodorar ITumh, et Bonph PL j^quin, ii. 98, t, 110, (Bolivariaj Gham, et Schl, in 

 Linnmay i. 207, t, 4, Calyptrospermnni, Dietr, Sp. PL i. 226.) — Calycis tubus brevis, late 

 turbinatus ; lobi 5^15, lineares. Corolla campanulata infundibularis v. subrotata, tube 

 lougo V, brevi, limbi lobis 5^G imbricatis- Stamina 2, tnbo af&xa, inclusa, filamontis 

 brevibua ; anthersB dorso affixse, loculis lateraliter deliiscentibus. Ovarium basi crasso- 

 camosum (gynophoro carnoso impositum), emarginatum, 2-loculare; stylus elongatus^ 

 stigmate cax>itato obtuso v. breyiter 2-lobo ; ovula in quuque loculo 4j rarissime 2, late- 

 raliter prope basin affixa, Capsula lata, didyma, soepins 2-partita, pericarpio membra- 

 naceo circumscisse dehiscens, Semina in loculis Sispius gemina, testa duplici, exteriore 

 eubspongiosa, interiore membranacca v, coriacea ; albumen ; cotyledones planar y, 

 plano-convex?e, radicula infera breviter exserta. — Herbjc sufiiTiticesve glabri v, rarius 

 pnbescentes. Folia Integra dcntata t. pinnatini dissecta, Flores solitarii terminalea v. 

 in dichotomiis paniculse foliatte v. uno ramo solo evoluto axillares evaduntj inflorescentia 

 centrifuga. Corolla alba flava v, extus purpurascens. 



Species 14, Americae boroalis extratropicse et subtropicie, Amcricse australis extratropica? et Africae 

 anstralis incola?. A. DC. Prod, viii. 316. Walp. Ann, v. 487, ab A, Gray, in Sillim. Joiirn, 

 ser, 2, xiv. 43, muiiiatitm. A, Gray, in Proc. Amer, Acad, yii. 388. EichL in Mart, FL Bras, yi. 

 318, i, 86. JJarv. Gen, 8. Afr. PL ed. 2, 229. Genns ab A. Grayo in sccliones 3 diyiditur ; 



1, BoUvaria. Calycis lobi 5 rariu3 6. Corollae tubus brevis. Species 1 boreali-Amoricana, 3 

 austro-Araericana?, 1 austro-xiiricaua. Hie includitur i?. rohusta, Benth. in Hook. Lend. Jouro. y. 

 190, t. 5, species Patagonica ab omnibus ovarii loculis 2- noe 4-oriilati.s distincta. 



2, Menodora. Calycis lobi 7-15. CoroUse tubus brevis. Species 5 boreali-Americanse, I austro- 

 Americana, 1 austro-Africana, Torr, in Mississ, Bailr, Exped. Bot, t. 1, Hook. Ic. PL t, 586. 



3, Mmodoroid^s, Calycis lobi 10. CorollK tubiis elongatus. Species; 2, boreali- Americana^. 



