Ligustrum OLEACEAE Jasminum 



4. Ligustrum sinense Lour. Chinese Privet /J^i (Hsiao La; Small Fraxinus) (R.M. 

 784). Shrub, to 4 m.; fls. white, VII; fr. IX-X. China; locally in An., Che., Hun. 

 Hup., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



5. Ligustrum quihoui Carr. 'j^MicR (Hsiao Yeh Nii Chen; Small-leaved Privet) (R. 

 M. 785). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. white, VI-VIII; fr. X-XI. China; locally in An., 

 Che., Hup., Ku. Woodland. 



6. Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk. (R.M. 786). Shrub, to 5 m.; fls. cream-white, VI; 

 fr. black, IX. Japan, China; locally in Che., Ki. Thickets. 



7. Ligustrum acutissimum Koehne JsIT ^ (La Tzu Shu; Wax Tree) (R.M. 787). 

 Shrub, to 3m.; fls. white, VI; fr. blue-black, IX-X. Central China; locally in 

 An., Che., Hun. Hup., Ki., Ku. Forest. 



8. Ligustrum obtusifolium Sieb. & Zucc. (R.M. 787). Shrub, to 3m.; fls. white, 

 fragrant, VI; fr. black, IX. Japan, Korea, China; locally in Ku. Thickets. 



6. Osmanthus Lour. -fcWM (Mu Hsi Shu) 



Evergreen shrubs or small trees, sometimes polygamous or dioecious, with simple 

 lvs. and small numerous fragrant fls. : fr. an ovoid drupe. 10 species, eastern and 

 southern Asia, Polynesia and North America; 8 in China. (Greek: osme, fragrance; 

 and anthos, flower, referring to the fls. of O. fragrans.) 



1. Osmanthus fragrans Lour. mVc (Kuei Hua) (B.M. 795). Shrub or tree, to 10 m.; 

 fls. yellow or white, very fragrant, X; corolla deeply cleft. Eastern Asia; locally 

 in An., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 296. 



7. Jasminum Linn. Jasmine ^fFpfbil (Mo Li Hua Shu) 

 Climbing or erect shrubs with sometimes alternate usually pinnate or 3-foliolate 

 Ivs. and large scattered yellow or white fls. ; fr. a 2-lobed berry. 200 species, tropical 

 and subtropical regions; 27 in China. (From the Arabic name.) 



Key to the Species 

 a. Fls. yellow. 



Lvs. alternate: fls. many, in terminal cymes 1. J. floridum 



Lvs. opposite: fls. lateral, solitary 2. J. nudiflorum 



aa. Fls. white, often tinged with purple: lvs. opposite. 



Lvs. 3-foliolate; Ifts. 3-6 x 4-10 cm 3. J. lanceolarium var. puberulum 



Lvs. 5-7-foliolate; lfts. 0.5-1.0 x 1-2 cm 4. J. officinale var . grandiflorum 



1. Jasminum floridum Bunge $;#<£ (T'an Ch'un Hua; Searching-for-spring Flower) 

 (R.M. 792). Half -evergreen shrub, to 3 m.; fls. yellow, VII-IX. China; locally in 

 An., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



2. Jasminum nudiflorum Lindl. Winter Jasmine ?W^vc (Ying Ch'un Hua; Welcoming- 

 spring Flower) (R.M. 791). Deciduous shrub, to 5m.; fls. yellow, II-IV. China; 

 locally in An., Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 297. 



3. Jasminum lanceolarium Roxb. var. puberulum Hemsl. (H.F. 3: 601; F.H.E. 2:78). 

 Woody climber; fls. white, VI-VIII; fr. brown, X-XI. China; locally in An., 

 Che., Hun. Hup., Ki. Forest. 



4. Jasminum officinale Linn. var. grandiflorum (L.) Kobuski Spanish Jasmine ^Ma\L 

 (Su Hsing Hua; Pure-fragrance Flower) (R.M. 792). Deciduous shrub; fls. white, 

 often tinged purple. India to China; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



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