Order 73. Oleacea. 175 



jasmine, the lilac, the asb, and the olive. The third of these is not 

 represented in W. India. 



TRIBE 1. JASMINES. Shrubs more or less twining, flowers 

 fragrant, corolla lobes much imbricated, and twisted in bud. 



1. JASMINUM. Calyx 4 to 9-divided with funnel-shaped 

 tube, corolla salver -shaped, stamens included, stigmas 2. 



TRIBE 2. SYRINGED. Seeds winged. 



2. SCHREBERA. Leaves unequally pinnate, corolla salver- 

 shaped. 



TRIBE 3. OLEINE.E. Trees, corolla lobes 4. 



3. OI.EA. Calyx 4-divided, corolla tubular, drupe one- 

 seeded. 



4. LIGUSTRUM. Calyx truncate or shortly 4-toothed, corolla 

 funnel-shaped, drupe one to three- seeded. 



1. JASMINUM. 



The flowers in all given below are white, and the calyx generally 

 pubescent. They are all much like the English favourite, J. officinale, 

 which has pinnate leaves. 



1. /. sambac. Leaves oval, slightly cordate, racemes with 

 opposite flowers, calyx segments 7 to 10 subulate, long ; corolla 

 lobes as many, oblong, often double, fruit round, black. 

 Mogri, Ihat mogri. 



Frequently cultivated, but wild in many parts. " Called (in 

 Europe) Tuscan jasmine, from having been introduced at Pisa from 

 Goa " (Don) ; also Arabian jasmine. 



2. J. pubescens. All more or less hairy, leaves ovate lanceo- 

 late, flowers terminal in cymes or umbels, rather large, tinged 

 with pink, calyx teeth long subulate, 6 to 9, corolla lobes oval 

 pointed, fruit oval, smooth. Vikmogra. 



5. Konkan. From Himalaya to Ceylou, common (H.). He includes 

 in this D.'s J. bracteatum. 



3. J. arborescens (J. latifoUum, D.). A shrub, all smooth 

 with heart-shaped long pointed leaves and large flowers in 

 terminal cymes, calyx lobes 5 to 7 subulate, shorter than the 

 corolla tube, corolla lobes 8 or more, lanceolate or abruptly 

 pointed, fruit ovoid or oblong, often unsymmetrical. Kusar, 

 rdnjai, Kund. 



The Ghauts and hilly parts of the Konkan; the commonest 

 epecies. It grows luxuriantly, and suits very well Tennyson's 

 description 



