Jasminum.] xcn. OLEACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 593 



the plant described by Koth, as he says the bracts were linear. The example of J. 

 multiflorum in Herb. Roxb. is J. pubescens. 



VAR. bracteata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 3, Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. i. 92 (sp.) ; leaves 

 somewhat bifarious, bracts linear small, calyx-teeth jt-J in., corolla-tube |-| in. 

 Wall. Cat. 2867; DC. Prodr. viii. 305. Penang; Wallich. DISTRIB. Sumatra.-- 

 This was supposed allied to or a var. of J. bifarium, from which it do.es not much 

 differ but by the longer calyx-teeth. The corolla-tube, which is figured as very 

 short in Roxburgh's drawing, is f in. in some of Wallich's specimens. 



4. J. coarctatum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 3, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Watt. 

 i. 91 ; leaves elliptic acute nearly glabrous, petioles jointed, flower-heads solitary 

 or subpaniculate, bracts prominent white ovate-lanceolate, calyx-teeth linear 

 hairy. DC. Prodr. viii. 308 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 153, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 242. J, reticulatum, Wall. Cat. 2869 ; DC. 1. c. 303. Jasminum, n. 34, 

 Herb. Ind. Or. Hk.f. $ T. 



From ASSAM taPEQU, alt. 0-3000 ft., frequent; Wallich, Grriffith, &c. 



Scandent; branchlets hairy. Leaves 4 by 2 in., usually acuminate, base obtuse 

 or rounded, midrib above pilose or glabrous, often tufted in the axils of the nerveg 

 beneath, membranous, secondary nervation somewhat prominent ; petiole ^ in. 

 Cymes dense, many-flowered, rusty-pubescent ; bracts i-1 in., petaloid, acuminate, 

 often ciliate or pilose. Flowers white. Calyx-teeth -$ in. Corolla-tube 1-1^ in. ; 

 lobes -$ in., oblong, acute. Carpels ^ by ^ in., and upwarde. 



5. J. Rottlerianum, Wall. Cat. 2865 , leaves elliptic acute softly hairy 

 on both surfaces or glabrate, petioles jointed, flower-heads solitary or subpanicu- 

 late, bracts prominent white ovate-lanceolate, calyx-teeth linear hairy. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 305 ; Wight Ic. t. 1249 ; Dah. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 138. J. hirsutum, 

 Watt. Cat. 2852, C. J. bracteatum, Heyne in Herb.,not of Roth. J. pubescens 

 and hirsutum, Miq. in Herb. Hohenack. not of Willd. 



MTS. of the DECCAN PENINSULA; from the Concan to Travancore, alt. 2-5000 ft., 

 frequent ; Heyne, &c. 



Scandent; branchlets, inflorescence and bracts villous. Leaves often subcordate 

 at the base, adult very villous. Corolla-tube 1 in., and more in Wight's examples. 

 Fruit-carpels by ^ in. This type form looks, from its hairiness, very distinct from 

 J. coarctatum. 



VAR. glabrior ; adult leaves glabrous or nearly so, inflorescence shortly pubescent, 

 corolla-tube f in. slender. Travancore; Wight. This is referred by Wallich to 

 J. Rottlerianum, and there are examples intermediate in hairiness; but it is very 

 difficult to say how it differs from J. coarctatum, except that the flowers are rather 

 smaller. Kurz (For. FL ii. 153, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 242) has a J. 

 Rottlerianum from Pegu, with adult leaves nearly glabrous, and the corolla-tube only 

 in. long ; this plant cannot therefore resemble very closely the typical J. Rottleria- 

 num, which has a tube l-l in. ; but possibly J. coarctatum and Rottlerianum should 

 be united. 



VAR. Thwaitesii; leaves oblong acuminate nearly glabrous, corolla-tube 1-1| in., 

 carpels J in. diam. globose. J. rigidum, Thwaites Enum. 190, not of Zenk. Ceylon ; 

 Thwaites, C.P. n. 1809. Nilgherries, alt. 4-7000 ft., frequent, Clarke. Branchlets 

 terete, pubescent. Leaves sometimes cordate at the base. Bracts several, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, whitish. Calyx-teeth $- in., linear. This is a. very difficult plant as may 

 be guessed from Thwaites referring his specimen (though much twining) toJ. rigidum. 

 It does not differ much from J. Rottlerianum, var. glabrior (of which the fruit has 

 not been seen) : its small fruit is very unlike that of J. coarctatum. 



6. J. Griffith!!, Clarke ; leaves large oblong-elliptic acuminate pilose 

 beneath, heads dense many-flowered, bracts linear small or the uppermost leaves 

 whitened, calyx-teeth long subulate patently fulvous-pilose. 



MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3704) and Mainaay (n. 998). 

 Scandent ; branchlets patently fulvous-villous. Leaves 6| by 2J in., base obtuse or 

 VOL. m. ft Q 



