602 



xcn. OLEACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 



[Jasminum. 



Calyx small, minutely pubescent, teeth minute. Corolla-lobes 5- in., elliptic, acute. 

 Carpels \ by in., ellipsoid. 



38. J. calophyllum, Wall. Cat. 2889; leaves opposite and alternate 

 subequally 3-foliolate, leaflets broadly ovate glabrous, cymes compound trichoto- 

 mous minutely pubescent, corolla-tube f in. DC. Prodr. viii. 310 ; J. courtal- 

 lense, Wight Ic. t. 1252. 



SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA ; Nilgherries, Wight, Foulkes ; Courtallum, Wight. 



Scandent. Leaflets 2 by 1^ in., obtuse or shortly acute, base rounded truncate or 

 subcordate, membranous, shining, nerves slender. Cymes 10-50-flowered, branches 

 alternate and opposite ; bracts minute ; pedicels 0- in. Calyx nearly glabrous, sub- 

 truncate. Corolla-lobes - in., elliptic, obtuse. Carpels | in., ellipsoid. 



39. J. dispermum, Wall. Cat. 2886, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ 

 Wall. i. 99, and PI. As. Rar. iii. 46, t. 274 ; leaves opposite 3-5-foliolate, leaflets 

 cordate-lanceolate glabrous sub-3-nerved, cymes somewhat dense puberulous or 

 pubescent running into terminal panicles, corolla-tube in. Don Prodr. 106 ; 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 310;- Brand. For. Fl. 312. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; alt. 2-8000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, common. KHASIA 

 MTS., alt. 3-6500 ft., common. 



Scandent. Terminal leaflet 3^ by 1^ in., acuminate, coriaceous ; lateral leaflets 1 

 or often 2 pairs, smaller. Cymes when axillary 10-20-flowered; upper leaves often 

 gradually reduced to bracts f in. long, whence arises a terminal elongate panicle 60- 

 100-flowered; proper bracts ^ in.; pedicels 0-i in. Calyx glabrous or minutely 

 puberulous, teeth ^ in., short-triangular. Corolla white; lobes 5-5 in., broadly 

 elliptic. Carpels % by | in., ellipsoid. 



40. J. humile, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. viii. 313 ; glabrous or puberulous, 

 leaves alternate 3-foliolate or pinnate, leaflets rhomboid oblong coriaceous, 

 cymes somewhat dense, calyx-teeth very short, corolla yellow tube |- in. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 350. J. chrysanthemum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 3, and Fl. Ind. ed. 

 Carey $ Wall. i. 98. J. revolutuni, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1731 ; Bot. Reg. t. 

 178 ; Don Prodr. 106 ; Wall. Cat. 2887 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 966 ; DC. I. c. 312; 

 Wight Ic.t. 1258; Loud. Arb. 655, t. 1275; Brand. For. Fl. 313; Boiss. FL 

 Orient, iv. 42. J. bignoniaceum, Wall. Cat. 2888 ; DC. 1. c. 313. J. Wallichia- 

 num, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1409. J. inodorum, Jacquem. ; Dene, in Jacq. Voy. 

 Bot. 139, t. 143 ; DC. I c. 312. Jasminum, n. 3, ffardwicke in As. Research. 

 vi. 349. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 2-5000 ft., from Kashmir to Nipal, common. BHOTAN; 

 Griffith. SOUTH INDIA and CEYLON, alt. 2-6000 ft., common. DISTBIB. Cabul (culti- 

 vated widely). 



An erect rigid, ramous shrub. Leaflets 2 by f-1 in., or ^ by ^ in., very variable 

 in size, usually smaller when more numerous, acute or obtuse at both ends ; nerves 

 inconspicuous. Cymes 10-20-flowered; bracts minute; pedicels --f in- Calyx 

 glabrous or nearly so ; teeth in., triangular-oblong. Corolla-lobes ^ by | in. 

 Carpels ^ by 5 in., ellipsoid. 



41. J. pubig-erum, Don Prodr. 106; softly densely villous, leaves alter- 

 nate 3-7-foliolate, leaflets ovate or oblong, cymes dense, calyx-teeth aVio i n * 

 densely villous, corolla-tube in. DC. Prodr. viii. 312, excl. var. ft. 



NOBTH-WEST INDIA ; Boyle. 



An erect shrub, in habit closely resembling J. humile and perhaps a var. thereof, 

 but there are no examples intermediate in hairiness. Branches dense, villous. 

 Leaflets 1^-2 in., from suborbicular to oblong, closely villous on both surfaces. Cyme 

 nearly sessile, 15-flowered, very villous. 1 ' Calyx-teeth linear, short but much longer 

 than in J. humile. Perhaps a garden plant. 



