114 Oleacece. \_Jasminum. 



J. glabriusculiim^ Bl. Clarke places it as a variety under y. Rottlerianum, 

 Wall., which is a very hairy plant (Wight, Ic. t. 1249). 



[_/. arborescens, Roxb., is given for Ceylon in Fl. R. Ind. iii. 594, but I 

 am not aware on what evidence.] 



J. laiirifoliiun^ Roxb., is occasionally cultivated, and has escaped in a 

 few places in the hills, as at Haputale, where it looks wild. 



2. J. Besslllflorum, Vahl, Enum. PL i. 29 (1805). 

 C. P. 1807 (part). 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 597. 



Stems glabrous, 1. simple, small, \-\\ in., narrowly ovate- 

 oblong, subacute or rounded at base, acute, mucronate, 

 glabrous; fl. on glabrous ped., cymes small, lax, terminal; 

 cal. glabrous, segm. f-^ in. long, filiform, glabrous ; cor.-tube 

 about f in., lobes 8-1 1 (often 9), slightly longer than tube, 

 narrowly linear; ripe carp, small, \ in., ovoid-globose. 



Dry country ; apparently very rare. Trincomalie (Glenie). Fl. white. 

 Also in S. India. 



These specimens were included by Thwaites under y. atigustifoliuvi ; 

 I have seen no others. 



3. J. ang-ustlfolium, Vahl, Enum. PL i. 29 (1805). Wal- 

 pichcha, S. 



Moon Cat. 2. Thw. Enum. 190. C. P. 1807. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 598. Wight, Ic. t. 698. 



Stems glabrous, twigs pubescent; 1. simple, numerous, 

 very variable even on the same plant, small, usually i-2 in. 

 but sometimes attaining i\ in., ovate-oval or oval-lanceolate, 

 rounded at base, sometimes attenuate, obtuse or acute at 

 apex, glabrous; fl. on long slender ped., solitary or more 

 usually in threes at ends of short lateral divaricate twigs; 

 cal. glabrous, segm. distant, short, \-\ in., filiform, acute; cor.- 

 tube about % in., lobes 7 or 8, equalling the tube, linear- 

 oblong, very acute, ripe carp, about \ in., broadly ovoid, both 

 usually developed. 



Low country up to over 2000 ft.; common, especially in the dry region. 

 Fl. April, July-Sept.; white. 

 Also in the Indian Peninsula. 

 A variable plant in foliage and size of flowers. 



J. Riichiei, Clarke, var. purpurea., is given in Fl. B. Ind. for Ceylon 

 on the faith of a specimen labelled by Wight in Herb. Kew. It is dis- 

 tinguished from atigustifoliuin only by its perfectly globese fruit, and is 

 found in the hills of S. India. 



\J. rigtduvi, Zenk., is also given for Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. It is a 

 species of S. India figured in Wight, Ic. t. 1247. I know of no Ceylon 

 specimens.] 



