LXXX. OLEACE.IC. Ill 



Leaves simple. 

 Calyx pubescent. 



Calj-s-teeth in flower twice the lengtii of tlie tube or 

 longer. 



A suberect shrub 1. J. Sarnhac. 



Climbing shrubs. 



Bracts linear-subulate 2. J. malaharicum. 



Bracts foliaceous. 



Velvety-pubef cent ; bracts green or o. J. puhescens. 



Fulvous hairj ; bracts white 4. J. li'oft/ericmuni. 



Calyx-teeth in flower less than twice as long as the tube. 



Calyx-teeth linear, subclavate 5. J. arborcscens. 



Calyx-teeth minute, narrowly triangular (i. J. Uo.rhurghianum. 



Calyx glabrous ; tube more or less ribbed 7- J. Rikhiii. 



Leaves compound (trifoliolate). 



Lateral leaflets very small, sometimes wanting 8. J. aurkulaium. 



Lateral leaflets nearly as large as the terminal 9. J. flexile. 



1, Jasminum Sambac, Ait. Ilort. Kiw. v. 1 (1789) p. 8. A sub- 

 erect shrub, scarcely climbiug; young branches pubescent. Leaves 

 opposite, membranous, 1|-4| by §-2| in., variable in shape, usually 

 broadly ovate or elliptic, acute, obtuse or acuminate, entire, glabrous or 

 nearly so, base rounded or subcordate, rarely acute ; main nerves 4-() 

 pairs ; petioles -l— i in. long, hairy. Flowers white, very fragrant, 

 solitary or usually in 3-flo\vered (many-flowered in cultivation) terminal 

 cymes ; bracts linear-subulate ; pedicels ^ in. long, hairy. Calyx |-^ in. 

 long, hairy ; teeth 5-9, linear-subulate, l-| in. long. Corolla-tube ^ in. 

 long; lobes as long as the tube, narrowly oblong, acute or obtuse (in 

 cultivaHon orbicular, Clarl-e). Eipe carpels 1-2, subglobose, | in. in 

 diam., black, surrounded by the suberect calyx-teeth. Kl. B. I, v. 3, 

 p. 591 ; Grab. Cat. p. 110 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 137; Wight, Icon. t. 704 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 216; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 1G4; AV\att, Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 4, p. 544.— Flowers more 

 or less throughout the year. Vern, Bat-mogard, 



Throughout the Prssidency, widely cultivated, doubtfully wild. Often found in 

 waste places near villages. 



The plant, of which the flowers are much valued for their fragrance, is known as the 

 Jrahian or Tuscan Jasmine. It becomes somewhat variable under cultivation. — 

 DiSTEiB. Cultivated throughout India and in the ti'opics of both hemispheres. 



2. Jasminum malabaricum, Wight, Icon. t. 1250 (1850). A 

 large climbiug shrub; stem sometimes as thick as a man's arm. Leavea 

 opposite, membranous, 3-4| by 2-2| in., broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 entire, glabrous, base rounded, sometimes cordate; main nerves about 8 

 or 9 pairs ; petioles 4-1 in. long, jointed a little above the base, glabrous. 

 Flowers white, fragrant, in lax trichotomous compound many-flowered 

 (sometimes 40-50) terminal cymes ; bracts ^-| in. long, linear-subulate ; 

 pedicels g-| in. long, pubescent. Calyx | m. long, pubescent; teeth 

 5-7, subulate from a slightly broader base, usually reflexed, ^ in. long, 

 hairy. Corolla glabrous ; tube |-| in. long ; lobes 6-10, oblong or 

 lanceolate, | in. long, very acute. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 594. Jasminum 

 arhorescens, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 164. J. Jati- 

 folium, Grab. Cat. p. 110 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 138 (not of Eoxb.). J. ar- 

 horescens, var. latifolia, Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 216 {not of C. B. 

 Clarke). — Flowers : Mar. -May. A^erx. Kusar. 



