596 Order 98.— JASMINACEiE. 



setaceous bractlets at top ; petals (3" long) oblong, obtuse or acute, minutely pu- 

 berulent outsido ; follicles muricate. — Woods, Can. to Fla. and Ala. Lvs. as in 

 the last, from which this species technically diners only in its broader (dark 

 purple) petals and prickly fruit. Lvs. seldom exceeding 4' by 3'. Petals about 

 3" by if'. May— Aug. 

 3 G. prostratus Ell. Branched at base, hirsute-pubescent; branches herbaccoue, 

 prostrate ; lvs. small, broadly ovate-reniform, acute, sinus broad, auricles rounded, 

 inilexed; umbels sessile, 3 to 5-flowered; sep. lanceolate, hairy; cor. segm. oveie, 

 obtuse, (1 ' long), verij hirsute inside; crown 5-lobed, very short. — E. Ga. in sands 

 (Feay). Sts. to 12' long. Lvs. 1' or less long, nearly as wide, the upper some- 

 what acuminate. Fls. dark purple, 3" broad. (Chthlamia pubiflora Decn.) 



9. HOYA, R. Br. Wax Plant. (Named for Thomas Hoy, an 

 English florist.) Calyx small, 5-scpaled ; corolla rotate, flat, valvatc in 

 bud ; staminate crown of 5 depressed, spreading segments ; anthers 

 membranous at tip ; pollinia fixed by the base, oblong, connivent ; fol- 

 licles smootb, seeds comous. — Shrubs twining, with fleshy lvs. and fls. 

 in extra-axillary umbels. 



H. carncsa R. Br. Branchlets puberulent ; lvs. thick, glabrous, oval- 

 oblong, short-pointed ; ped. shorter than pubescent pedicels ; cor. fleshy, papulous 

 inskb, segm. triangular, reflexed at the apex; corona segm. oval, acute, edges 

 revolute. — Garden and greenhouse. Fls. pink-colored, i:i dense umbels, very 

 fine, f E. Ind. 



10. STAPE N LIA, L. (Named for Bodccus d Stapcl, a physician of 

 Amsterdam.) Calyx 5-parted ; corolla rotate, 5-cleft, fleshy ; crown 

 double, the exterior of leaves entire or parted, the interior of horn-like 

 segments ; pollinia erect, 5 pairs, turgid ; follicles smooth, erect ; seeds 

 comous. — Plants of S. Africa, fleshy, branching, leafless ; branches 

 angular, angles toothed, bearing large, fleshy, dark red, rugous flowers, 

 of a most disgusting odor. Some arc cultivated in our greenhouses, as 

 A. hirsuta, A. bufonia, <kc. 



Order XCVIII.— JASMINACEJS. Jasminworts. 



Shrubs often twining, with opposite or alternate, mostly compound leaves. Calyx 



and corolla 5 to 8-partud, the latter imbricated in aestivation. Stamens 2, in the 



tube of the corolla. Ovary free, 2-celled, 2 to 8-ovuled. Fruit a berry or capsule. 



Seed-; erect, with little or no albumen. Fig. 78. 



Genera G. specie* 100. Ornamental shrubs abounding in tropical India. Tho essential oil 

 which pervades the order, residing elderly in the flowers, is exquisitely fragrant. On this ac- 

 count, as wed as I'or their beauty, tliese plants are cultivated. 



JASMrNUM, L. Jasmine. (Gr. ida\xr\^ perfume.) Calyx tubular, 

 5 to 10-eleft; corolla hypocrateriform, tube long, limb flat, 5 to 10- 

 cleft ; berry double ; seeds 2, solitary, ariled. — Shrubs bushy or climb- 

 ing. Lvs. opposite, rarely alternate, compound. Petioles articulated 

 Fls. paniculate. 



1 J. fruticans L. Yellow Jasmine. Smooth, erect ; branches angular ; 

 lvs. alternate, trifoliate, rarely simple, Ills, curved; fls. few, subterminal; cal. 

 segm. subulate ; cor. tube twice longer than the calyx, limb of 5 obtuso lobes. — ■ 

 St. of high. Fls. yellow, inodorous, tube about C" long. Propagated by layers. 

 f 8. Eur. 



2 J. officinale L. "White Jasmine. Smooth, scarcely climbing ; branches 

 Bnbangulate; lvs. opposite, compound, Ills. 3 to 7, lanceolate, acuminate; pani- 

 cfcs terminal, few-flowered, corymbous; cor. tube twice longer than the calyx. 

 Stem several feet in length. Flowers white. Both species are beautiful and 



