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JASMINES. 



[part I. 



TRIBE I,— JASMINES. 



The genus Jasminum is the only one in this 

 tribe which contains plants common in British 

 gardens ; and of all the species contained in it, 

 the common white Jasmine {J. officinale) is 

 perhaps the best known. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in terminal clusters of four or six. The 

 calyx is tubular, with the limb cut into numerous 

 narrow segments ; (see a in Jig. 64 ;) and the 



Fig. 64. — FtowsR and leaf op the Jasmine. 



corolla is funnel-shaped, with a spreading limb 

 (h) divided into four or five pointed segments, 

 which are folded over each other, and somewhat 

 twisted in the bud. The two stamens and the 

 style and stigma are enclosed in the corolla; 

 and the fruit is a berry divided into two cells, 

 with one seed in each. There is no albumen 



