594 



xcn. OLEACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 



\_Jasminum. 



cordate, coriaceous ; nerves impressed above, much raised and fulvous-villous beneath, 

 strongly tufted in their axils, prominently inarching, secondary obscure ; petiole in. 

 Inflorescence fulvous-pilose, subebracteate, but the upper leaves (even 3 in. long) 

 whitened. Calyxteeth ^ in. Corolla-tube f in., slender ; lobes | in., elliptic, acute. 

 Fruit not seen. 



7. J. lYXaing-ayi, Clarke ; leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate glabrous, 

 flower-heads dense pubescent, bracts small linear or 1-2 ovate-lanceolate, calyx- 

 teeth long linear pubescent. 



PENANG; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 1000). 



Scandent ; branchlets pilose. Leaves 5 by 2 in., acute, base obtusely rhomboid, 

 coriaceous ; nerves 6-8 pairs, conspicuous, very oblique, not inarched, secondary ob- 

 scure ; petiole - in. Cymes panicled, sometimes more compound and lax ; pedicels 

 i-^ in. ; bracts mostly linear, -^-^ in., a few foliaceous bracts f in. long occur. 

 Calyx-tube \ in., campanulate ; teeth |- in. Corolla-tube f in. ; lobes ^ in., elliptic, 

 acute. Carpels by \ in., ellipsoid. 



8. J. malabaricum, Wight Ic. t. 1250 ; leaves subcordate ovate sud- 

 denly acuminate nearly glabrous, cymes compound hairy, calyx-teeth long linear 

 hairy, corolla-tube elongate. J. glabellum, Wall. Cat. 2857, partly. 



DBCCAN PENINSULA ; on the Ghats, from the Concan southwards, common, Wight, 

 &c. 



Scandent ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 4|- by 3 in., broadest near the base, 

 membranous j nerves 9 pairs, distinct beneath, lower patent ; petiole often 1 in. 

 Cymes compound, trichotomous, not dense, many- (often 40-50-) flowered, branches 

 ascending ; bracts \-^ in., subulate ; pedicels \ in. Calyx-teeth \ in., subulate, acute. 

 Corolla-tube -f in. ; lobes \ in., oblong, very acute. Fruit not seen. Wight first 

 named this plant J. cuspidatum, but abandoned the name on finding that Roth had 

 applied it to a very different species. Wight's figure does not show the very acute 

 petals, which are conspicuous in his examples. 



VAB. Lawii ; leaves ovate-lanceolate gradually acuminated, corolla-lobes nearly 

 1 in. long very narrow. Concan ; Law ?. These specimens have been referred to 

 J. erectiflorum which has glabrous cymes and calyx-teeth, and a less compound in- 

 florescence. 



9. J. arborescens, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 3, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey fy Wall. 

 i. 94 ; arborescent, leaves subcordate or ovate acute, finally glabrous, cymes 

 trichotomous hairy, calyx-teeth short linear subclavate pubescent divaricated, 

 basal sinus wide, corolla- lobes not much shorter (often longer) than the tube. 



Watt. Cat. 2856; Wight Ic. t. 699; DC. Prodr. viii. 303; Brand. For. Fl. 

 311. J. montanum, Eoth Nov. Sp. 5; DC. I.e. 308. J. arboreum, Roem. et 

 Sch. Mant. i. 90. 



TROPICAL NORTH- WEST HIMALAYA ; Terai of Oudh and Kumaon ; frequent. 

 DECCAN PENINSULA, from Rajmahl to Ceylon ; in the hot lower hills, alt. 500-3000 ft., 

 common. 



A large shrub or scrubby tree ; branchlets hairy. Leaves 4 by 2 in., shortly 

 acuminate, widest near the base, subcordate or the tipper ovate or elliptic, young 

 hairy and often tomentose on both surfaces ; nerves distinct beneath, lower divaricate ; 



rtiole ^-f in. Cymes usually 12-20-flowered, not dense ; bracts in., linear ; pedicels 

 in. Calyx-teeth j^- in., their narrowest part one-third of the way up. Corolla- 

 tube % in. ; lobes f in., lanceolate, acute. Carpels (generally solitary) by \-^ in., 

 unsymmetric, ellipsoid, black. 



VAR. latifolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 3, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. i. 93 (sp.); 

 scandent. Wall Cat. 2855 ; DC. Prodr. viii. 308 ; Wight Ic. t. 703 ; Dalz Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 138; Brand. For. Fl. 311. Base of the Himalaya, from Kumaon to 

 Bengal. 



VAB. montana, Roth Nov. Sp. 5 (sp.) ; leaves elliptic cuneate scarcely rounded at 



