480 OLEACEH (Harvey). [Jasminum. 
corolla-lobes 6-7, acute or acuminate. DC. Prodr. viii. 305. 
Nyctanthes glauca, Linn, f. Suppl. 82. 
Stem generally climbing. Leaves 1-1} in. long, 4-1} in. wide. Corolla-tube 
1-14 in. long ; flowers white. 
Var. 8, lanceolatum (E. Meyer ex DC. Prodr. viii. 305); leaves lanceolate ; 
petiole short, articulated at the apex. J. glaucum, Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 55. 
J. ligustrifolium, Lam. Encycel. iii. 218. 
Var. 7, latifolium (E. Meyer ex DC. I.c.) ; leaves ovate and many-nerved at 
the base or ovate-lanceolate ; petiole short, articulated near the middle. 
Var. 5, parvifolium (E. Meyer ex DC. I.c); scrubby, densely much-branched ; 
leaves very small, }-} in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate. 
Coast Recion: Tulbagh Div.; near Tulbagh, Zeyher, 1149! British 
Kaffraria, Cooper, 578! Var. 8: Vanrbynsdorp Div.; Ebenezer, Drége! 
Var. y: Clanwilliam Div.; near Honig Vallei and on the Koude Berg, 3000- 
4000 ft., Drége! Piquetberg Div.; near Piqueniers Kloof, Dickson in Herb. 
Bolus, 5699! Var. 8: Albany Div.; between Blauwkrantz and Kowi Poort, 
Burchell, 3657! near Blauwkrantz Bridge, Galpin, 266! 
Katauart ReGgion: Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 925! 
Eastern Recion: Natal; near Durban, Plant, 46! Krauss, 458! 
2. J. multipartitum (Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 825); glabrous, the 
young twigs microscopically puberulous; leaves ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 3-nerved at the base; peduncle terminal, 
1-3-flowered; calyx-lobes 8-10, setaceous, nearly twice as long as 
the tube ; corolla-lobes 8-12, lanceolate, acute ; tube 14-1} in. long. 
Walp. Rep. vi. 463. 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div.; Sandfontein, Burke! Albany Div. ; Fish 
River Heights, Hutton ! 
Eastern RxeGion: Pondoland, Bachmann, 1030! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 
356! Mooi River Valley, 2000-3000 ft., Sutherland! Sanderson, 83! Tugela 
ori Gerrard, 1154! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 264! Cooper, 
58! 
Very closely allied to J. glawcum, from which it differs in the scarcely per- 
ceptible indumentum of the twigs, and the more numerous calyx-teeth and 
corolla-lobes, both of which latter characters however vary. 
3. J. Gerrardi (Harv.); glabrous; branches terete, straight ; 
leaves (small) ovate-lanceolate, acute at each end, mucronate, faintly 
nerved beneath ; peduncle terminal, slender, 1- (rarely 2—3-) flowered ; 
calyx-lobes 4—5, short, tooth-like; corolla-tube about } in. long. 
EasterN Region: Natal; Nonoti River, Gerrard, 1477! Camperdown, 
Rehmann, 7706! 
A low much-branched erect shrub. Leaves # in. long, 2-4 lin. wide. Flowers 
white; corolla-lobes 7-8. 
4. J. breviflorum (Harv.) ; branches terete, scandent, pubescent, 
becoming naked; twigs, leaves and pedicels softly albo-pubescent ; 
leaves very shortly petiolate, ovate, obtuse or acute; peduncle 
terminal, 3-flowered ; calyx glabrous, its lobes 5-6, broadly triangular, 
much shorter than the tube; corolla-tube about + in. long; lobes 
oblong, subacute. 
