j7. OLEACEM. [1. Jasminum. 



minating short latei*al branches, 3-chotoinous, branches 3-fld. Pedicel 

 and campanulate calyx-tnbe together •15--2", sepals •12-- 15", visually 

 6, subulate pvibescent divaricate and recurved and often joined at 

 base by a narrow spreading limb. Cor.-tube "S-'SS", petals •25-"3", 

 linear or linear-oblong and suddenly acute. Drupes often geminate 

 ellipsoid black '4" by -8". 



Xortliern and Southern Tract. Champaran! Mais of Orissa, rather common ! 

 Fl. Jan. -March. Fr. March-May. 



Pediincles of cynes o-'G" or those of terminal cymes with a pair of leaves at base 

 and 1-1 "5" long. 



4. J. arborescens, Roxh. Hundi, K. ; Gada Hund Baha, S. ; Bono- 



ma li. Or. 

 Sub-erect with a thick trunk or scandent, with young parts pvibes- 

 cent all over. Leaves very broadly-ovate to ovate, more rarely ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute or usually acuminate, only l"5-3" in flower, attaining- 

 5" by 3'5" when mature and exceptionally 8'5" by 5-2" ; sec. n. 4-8, 

 of which 1-2 are close to base. Flowers white in lax 7-many-fld. 

 3-chotomovis cymes. Pedicels •2-"5" long. Sepals linear erect or 

 somewhat spreading straight, sometimes sub-clavate, •04-'12" long 

 unequal. Corolla- tube A- 5", petals often 6, linear or narrow- oblong 

 and acuminate, 'o-75". Ripe carpel solitary oblong or ellipsoid, often 

 curved, "o" long, nearly black. 



One of the commonest Jasmines especially by the sides of rocky nalas. Gaya 

 g-hats I Santal P. ! Chota Nagpur, all districts ! Orissa, all districts ! Sambalpiir ! 

 Kalahandi ("a mass of very fragrant flowers; rocky hill-sides and dry soils." 

 Cooper !) Fl. April-May. Fr. June-July. Deciduous, renews leaves in March and 

 April. 



Branches, leaves and cymes nearly glabrous in fruit. Leaves sometimes ternate, 

 punctulate beneath, often two very small ones at the base of the shoots. Petiole 

 •25-'4" or in very lai'ge leaves "7", articulate. First cymes sometimes 3-5-fld. only. 



Yar. Roxburghianum, Wall., sp. 



This is said {Bengal Plants) to have elliptic-oblong, often obtuse leaves per- 

 sistently softly hairy both sides and minute narrowly triangular calyx-lobes. But 

 I do not find that it consistently differs from J. arhoreu-ein in anything but the 

 tomentose or softly hairy indumentum. 



Hazaribagh ! Also found in Upper Burmah. 



5. J. strictura, Haines {Kew Bulletin, No. 8 of 1921). 



An undershrub sending up from a woody rootstock annual strict 

 stems 1-2 ft. high, quite erect and Avith no tendency to climb. Leaves 

 mostly opposite, linear- or oblong-lanceolate gradually aciuninate 

 erect on the spreading or upcurved •l-"2" long petiole. Cymes more 

 or less pubescent or puberulous terminal and from the uppermost 

 axils, 3-5-fld. 



Grassy places on the Neterhat plateau, elev. 3000 ft. Fl. May-June. 



Stems minutely puberulous. L. 3-3"o" long by •6--75" broad, gland-punctate 

 beneath with thickened margin and 8-10 slender oblique sec. nerves looped inside 

 the margin. Bracts setaceous. Calj'x-tube produced beyond the ovary, teeth 

 unequal erect linear -Oo-'l" long. Flowers sweet-scented! Corolla-tube slender 

 •35-'4:5" long, petals 6-10, •4-'5" long by •!" wide or less, linear acuminate. Fruit 

 not seen. 



6. J. auriculatum, Vahl. Chameli, Vern. 



Scandent or more often in cultivation an erect bush with mostly 



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