EcHiALES.] JASMINACEiE. 051 



essential oil of Jasmine of the shops is obtained from Jasminum officinale and gi*andi- 

 florum ; but a similar perfume is also procured from Jasminum Sambac. The leaves 

 of Jasminum undulatum are slightly bitter. The bitter root of Jasminum angustifo- 

 lium, ground small and mixed with powdered Acorus Calamus root, is considered in 

 India as a valuable external appHcation in cases of ringworm. In the East Indies the 

 tube of the corolla of Nyctanthes Arbor tristis is used as an orange dye. This plant, 

 the Hursmghar of India, scents the gardens with its delicious perfume only during the 

 night, covering the ground in the morning with its short-lived flowers, which behig 

 collected hke those of the Chumbelee (Jasminum grandiflorum) are strung on threads 

 and worn as necklaces, or entwined in the hair of the native women. The root of 

 J. pubescens is thought to be alexiteric. 



GENERA. 



Jasminum, i. | Scabrita,L. Bolivaria, C/ia>n. Menodora, //.i?. A'. 



Moff orium, Jusa. Parilium, G serin. Cal>/ptrospentmm,THei. IBalnugue, Gcertn. 



Nyctanthes, Juss. \ I I 



Numbers. Gen. 5. Sp. 100. 



OleacecB. 

 Position. — Verbenaceee. — Jasminace^ — Salvadoracese I 

 MyrsinaceoB. 



