Jasminum. | OLEACEZ (Harvey). 479 
petalous or absent. Stamens 2, epipetalous. Ovary superior, 2- 
celled ; style simple ;.stigma thickened, often shortly 2-fid; ovules 
2 in each cell, rarely 1 or 4-8. Fruit a berry, drupe or capsule. 
Seeds usually exalbuminous ; embryo straight; cotyledons flat, ovate 
or oblong. 
Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing; leaves opposite, simple or compound, 
exstipulate ; inflorescence cymose, paniculate or fascicled. 
DistR1B. Genera about 20, species about 300, found throughout the hot and 
temperate regions of the world. 
I, Jasminum.—Shrubs. Corolla salver-shaped. Stamens included. Fruit a 
twin berry. 
II. Schrebera.—Shrubs. Corolla salver-shaped. Stamens exserted. Fruit a 
woody capsule splitting lengthwise, 
III. Menodora.—Small undershrubs, Oorolla funnel-shaped. Fruit of 2 
globose membranous capsules splitting across. 
I, JASMINUM, Linn. 
Calyx bell-shaped, 5-8-10-lobed or toothed. Corolla salver- 
shaped ; limb flat, 5-12-partite; lobes oblique, twisted in bud. 
Stamens 2, included. Ovary 2-lobed ; style filiform, 2-lobed at the 
apex, Berries twin; cells l-seeded. DC. Prodr. viii. 301. 
Shrubs of the old world, mostly climbers. Leaves opposite or alternate, com- 
pound; the petiole either jointed above the base and bearing one terminal 
leaflet, or trifoliolate or imparipinnate. Cymes few- or many-flowered. Corolla 
white or yellow, often sweetly scented. Name of uncertain origin: said to be 
from for, a violet, and éou7, smell. 
Leaves unifoliolate (or apparently simple) : 
Leaves glabrous : 
Calyx-lobes slender, longer than the tube : 
Twigs glabrous; calyx-lobes 5-7, subu- 
late ; corolla-lobes 6-7 ... we ... (1) glaucum. 
Twigs microscopically puberulous; calyx- 
lobes 8-12, setaceous; corolla-lobes 
8-12 iy a Ay ws). vee (2) multipartitum. 
Calyx-lobes 4—5, short and teoth-like .., ... (3) Gerrardi. 
Leaves (and twigs) pubescent : 
Calyx-lobes 5-6, broadly triangular, much 
shorter than the glabrous tube aia ..» (4) breviflorum. 
Calyx-lobes 5-7, subulate, as long as the pu- 
bescent tube ... J Sis ae ... (5) streptopus. 
Calyx-lobes 9-11, much longer than the 
tube. ... ae ee me ae ... (6) stenolobum. 
Leaves trifoliolate : 
Leaflets ovate; corolla-tube 14 in. long (glabrous 
OF Hairy) 72480" ati iu sal ats ... (7) angulare. 
Leaflets lanceolate ; corolla-tube about 1 in. long... (8) tortuosum. 
Leaflets ovate ; corolla-tube 2-1 in. long ... ... (9) mauritianum, 
1. J. glaucum (Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, i. 9); quite glabrous ; 
branches terete, straight or scandent; leaves opposite or subopposite, 
variable in form, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong or ovate, mucron- 
ate, faintly 3- or several-nerved at the base; peduncle terminal, 1—3- 
flowered ; calyx-lobes 5-7, subulate, twice as long as the tube; 
