1. Jasminum.] 87. OLE ACE M. 



fine raised iiervnles, varying from broadly ovate (usually at base of 

 shoot) to elliptic or lanceolate, with tufts of hair in the axils of the 

 nerves beneath. Petiole -l-^" always pubescent above. FloAvers in 

 3-o-fld. terminal cymes, pedicels •1--3", calyx tube "OS", sepals filiform 

 or subulate or 1-2 linear and the others filiform •25-*45", always more 

 or less hairy. Cor.-tube '6", i^etals usually 6, "S-SS", narrowly or 

 broadly oblong. 



Forests of the Mais, Puri ! Kuadali (Augul) in rocky ravines! Nilgiri! Fl. 

 April-May. Very fragrant and often cultivated. 



There are tw^o well-marked varieties in oiu' area .- — 



«. Twigs very slightly pubescent and glabrescent. L. at the ends of the twigs 

 elliptic or lanceolate acute or acuminate, base obtuse rounded or narrowly cuneate 

 on the same shoot, lower 2-3", upper 3-4'5", glabrous except the nerve axils. 

 Cymes with a peduncle 'b-l'b" long, bracts filiform •2-'25", petals about "l-'lo" broad. 

 Puri and Angiil I 



/S. Twigs closely pubescent. L. broadly elliptic to elliptic with tip acute or very 

 obtuse and mucronate, nerves beneath pubescent. Cymes sometimes subsessile 

 the two lowest flowers axillary in the top pair of leave's, petals "2" broad, oblong 

 minutely cuspidate. 



Among rocks on hill sides, Nilgiri State ! 



The leaves, sometimes at least, are minutely gland-punctulate beneath. 



The flowers yield a fragrant essential oil. 



2. J. pubescens, Willd. Chameli, Mogra, H. ; Binga bharbhan, S. 



A sub-scandent shrub with drooping densely pubescent or tomen- 

 tose branches, ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute or sub-acuminate 

 leaves l-3*o", puberulous or with a short curly pubescence and 

 always pubescent on the nerves beneath. Fls. white in dense- 

 flowered capitate cymes on 2-bracteate axillary peduncles or usually 

 terminating short axillaiy branches, dimorphic both in size and 

 length of style. Calyx densely pubescent or villous-pubescent with 

 7-9 filiform sepals mostly •^-Q" (shorter ones occur on some flowers). 

 Frviit ellipsoid -^-Q" surrounded by the long hairy sepals. 



Purneah ! Champaran ! Santal P. along ravines ! Ranchi ghats ! Manbhum, 

 Camp. ! Hazaribagh, Wood ! Often cultivated. Fl. Dec-March. Fr. April-May. 



L. (as in many of the genus) very small at base of the shoots, average about 

 2", base rounded, sec. n. 3-4 slender of which 1 from base. Petiole "IS-'S". Bracts 

 same shape as leaves. Larger flowers 1*75" diam. shortly pedicelled, cor.-tube "75". 

 Smaller fls. •6-"7" diam., sessile, sepals only '\b-"S", corolla-tube ■4.-"5". 



There appears to be no connection between the size of the flowers and the relative 

 lengths of style and stamens. Both forms of flower occur in the same locality so 

 that there is no difiiculty in recognising the identity of the plant. The B. & 0. 

 plant has often rather short pubescence on the calyx and connects J. puhescens 

 with J. unclulatitm, Ker., which two species shoiild perhaps be united. 



jVadkarni states that the flowers are lactifuge and the roots emmenagogue. 

 Lactifugal properties are also ascribed to other species. 



o. J. scandens, Valil. 



A rather stout sarmentose shrub or climbing by means of its 

 recurved petiole-bases which become hardened, stems glabrous, twigs 

 sometimes thinly pubescent. L. ovate-lanceolate coriaceous larger 

 5-5"5" by 2" acuminate, base rounded, quite glabrous, minutely 

 punctulate beneath, sec. n. only 3 and tertiaries faint. Petioles 

 •5-6" prominently articiilate, bases joined by a marked stipular often 

 pubescent line. Cymes numerous, rather dense, axillary and ter- 



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