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Orper LXXIII. JASMINE, 
Flowers mostly bisexual, rarely apetalous or polypetalous. 
Calyx monophyllous. Corolla regular, 4- or many-lobed. 
Stamens 2, on the corolla-tube. Ovary free, 2-celled; ovules 
definite ; style 1. Fruit either a double berry, a drupe, or a 
capsule.—Trees or shrubs, rarely herbaceous, with opposite, 
entire or pinnate leaves. 
Suborder 1. Oleineze. Corolla valvate in bud, sometimes polypetalous. 
Ovules pendulous. Seeds pendulous, with copious albumen. 
Corolla with a short tube and 4-parted limb. . . . . 1. Ouma. 
Suborder 2. Jasmineze. Corolla twisted, imbricate in bud. Ovules 
erect. Seeds erect, with little or no albumen. 
Shrubs. Corollasalver-shaped. Stamens included. Fruit 
atwin berry .. . 2. JASMINUM. 
Shrubs. Corolla salver- shaped. Stamens exserted. Fruit 
a woody capsule, splitting lengthwise . . . 938. SCHREBERA. 
Small undershrubs. Corolla funnel-shaped. Fruit of 2 
globose, membranous capsules, splitting across. . . 4. MENoDoRA. 
1. OLEA, Tourn. 
Calyx short, 4-toothed. Corolla with short tube and 4- 
parted, spreading limb. Stamens 2, inserted at the base of 
corolla-tube, shortly exserted. Ovary 2-celled; style short ; 
stigma 2-fid or subcapitate. Drupe fleshy, with a bony, mostly 
1-seeded stone—DC. Prod. viii. p. 283. 
The Olive.—6 or 8 species, dispersed. 
2. JASMINUM, Tourn. 
Calyx tubular, 5-8-lobed parted or toothed, or subentire. 
Corolla salver- mrad! with a long tube and '5-8- or more- 
parted, spreading limb. Stamens 2, “included. Ovary 2-lobed ; 
style simple, 2-lobed. Berry didymous ; cells 1-seeded.— DC. 
Prod. vii. p. 301. 
The Jasmine. Leaves simple or pinnate. Flowers white or yellow.—5 
or 6 species, Eastern or at Natal. 
3. SCHREBERA, Roxb. 
Calyx cup-shaped, subentire or toothed. Corolla salver- 
ahabed with a long tube and 5-7-parted, spreading limb.  Sta- 
mens 2, shortly exserted. Ovary 2-lobed ; style simple, 2- 
lobed. Capsule thick and woody, Bhavins loculicidal, split- 
ting into 2 boat-shaped valves. Seeds with an oblong, 
meribranous wing.— DC. Prod. viii. p. 674; Thes. Cap. t. 163. 
S. Saundersie, H., our only species, is a beautiful jasmine-like shrub, with 
