Jasminum.'] OUaceCB. 1 1 3 



I. JASMINUBX, L. 



Shrubs, usually scandent by their horizontal slightly 

 twining branches, 1. opp., simple or compound, without stip. ; 

 fl. rather large, in terminal (rarely axillary) cymes ; cal. 

 shortly tubular or funnel-shaped, segm. usually 5 (rarely 

 more) narrow; cor.-tube long, usually narrow, lobes 5~ii> 

 spreading, imbricate; stam. 2, inserted and included in cor.- 

 tube, fil. very short, anth. oblong; ov. superior, 2-celled, with 

 I or 2 erect ovules in each cell, style simple, stigmas 2 ; fruit 

 didymous, of 2 berry-like carp, (one often undeveloped) ; seed 

 solitary or 2 in each carp., no endosperm. — Sp. 90; 43 in 

 FL B. Ind. 



L. simple (see also 4). 



Cal. pubescent i. J. GLABRIUSCULUM. 



Cal. glabrous. 



Cal.-segm, long, over ^ in 2. J. SESSILIFLORUM. 



Cal.-segm, short, under ^ in. . . .3. J. angusti FOLIUM. 

 L. compound. 



L. trifoliolate ; fl. white. 



Lat. Iflts. very small 4. J. auriculatum. 



Lflts. nearly equal 5. J. FLEXILE. 



L. pinnate ; fl. yellow 6. J. HUMILE. 



/. Satnbac, Ait. {Nyctattthcs Sainbac, L.) is an old inhabitant of 

 gardens, and is included in Hermann's collection (with double flowers), 

 Fl. Zeyl. n. 12. It is also figured in Burm. Thes. t. 58, f. 2, but is nowhere 

 wild here. It is called ' Pichcha ' and ' Geta-pichcha ' by the Sinhalese, 

 and ' Arabian Jasmine ' by the English. It is C. P. 18 12. 



[y. pubescens, Willd., is given for Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. It is a common 

 garden plant, but has no claim to be considered a native.] 



I. J. g-labriusculum, Bl. Bijdr. 679 (1825). 



Thw. Enum. 424 and (/. rigidum) 190. C. P. 1809. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 593 {J. Rottlerianum^ var. Thwaitesti, Clarke). 



Stems quite glabrous or young parts slightly pubescent ; 1. 

 simple, 1^-3 in., oval, rounded or subcordate at base, mu- 

 cronate at apex, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs on the 

 veins beneath, petiole short, curved, glabrous ; fl. on very 

 short ped., in threes, cymes small, dense, corymbose, bracts 

 oval, glabrous or finely pubescent; cal. usually finely pubes- 

 cent, segm. \-\ in., longer than tube, linear-filiform; cor.-tube 

 f-i in., slightly dilated above, lobes 5-8, usually 7, linear or 

 lanceolate-linear, half as long as tube; ripe carp, f in., globose. 



Dry region ; common. Fl. April-Aug.; white. 



Also in the Nilgiris (Fl. B. Ind.). 



I follow Thwaites in referring this common dry-country Jasmine to 



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