Jasminum.'] OleacecB. I 1 5 



4. J. aurlculatum, Vahl^ Symb. Bot. iii. i (1794). 

 Moon Cat. 3. Thw. Enum. 190. C. P. 18 10. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 600. Wight, Ic. t. ycx), 1255 (/. affine) and 1256 (/. 

 ■ovalifoliuni. 



Branches usually more or less pubescent, sometimes 

 velvety; 1. 3-foHolate the two lat. Iflts. very small (often 

 wanting), the central one 1-2 in., broadly ovate-oval, rounded 

 at base, obtuse or acute, mucronate at apex, glabrous or more 

 or less pubescent on both sides; fl. small, numerous on rather 

 long ped., cymes lax, corymbose, pubescent (occasionally 

 axillary), bracts small, linear ; cal. pubescent, segm. very 

 short, triangular-oblong; cor.-tube \-\ in., lobes 5-7, shorter 

 than tube, oval-oblong, acute ; ripe carp, under \ in., globose. 



Dry region; common. Fl. July-Uecember; white. 

 Also in Peninsular India. 



The two small lateral leaflets are very often absent, and the leaves 

 then appear simple. 



5. J. flexile, Vahl, Symb. Bot. iii. i (1794). 

 Thw. Enum. 190. C. P. 724. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 601. Wight, Ic. t. 1253. 



Stems very long, climbing tall trees, quite glabrous, twining 

 when young; 1. 3-foliolate, petiole i in., at first flexuose, after- 

 wards stiffly divaricate or reflexed, thickened at top, Iflts. 

 stalked, rather large, 2\-j\\ in., oblong-lanceolate, rounded at 

 base, acuminate, acute, glabrous, somewhat undulate, the 

 middle one rather the longest ; fl. large, on short ped., cymes 

 copious, large, lax, paniculate, axillary, bracts very small, 

 linear ; cal, glabrous, segm. tooth-like, distant ; cor.-tube 

 nearly i in., lobes usually 5, \-\ in., oval or lanceolate, acute 

 or obtuse ; ripe carp, on a thick stalk (gynophore), f in., broadly 

 ovoid, dark purple. 



Moist and intermediate regions, and extending into lower montane 

 zone ; rather common. Hantane ; Ambagamuwa ; Hunasgiriya ; Kuru- 

 negala; PelmaduUa; Nitre Cave Dist.; near Hakgala at 5000 ft. Fl. 

 July-Dec; very sweet-scented. 



Also in India. 



A beautiful and extensive creeper. The leaves dry yellow. When 

 growing at the higher elevations the 1. are often broader and coriaceous. 

 Thwaites and Clarke both quote for this Burm. Thes. t. 58, f. i (/. Bur- 

 jnannianiitn, BL), which is Fl. Zeyl. n. 13 = /. azoriamz, L. There is, un- 

 fortunately, no specimen in Hermann's Herb.j but his figure and brief de- 

 scription point rather to that common garden plant than to J. flexile. 



6. J. humile, L. Sp. PL 7 (1753). 

 Thw. Enum. 190. C. P. 181 1. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 602. Wight, Ic. t. 1258 (/. revoliitum). Bot. Reg. t. 

 1409 {J. Wallichtanum). 



