GXLII. OLEINE^E. 



preserves it, for the preparation of perfumes. The essence of Jessamine, so much used in perfumery, is 

 prepared from the flowers of Jasminum Sambcw, an Indian shrub, and of J. grandiflorum, or Spanish 

 Jessamine. The J. officinale, cultivated in gardens, is a native of Asia ; its flowers were formerly em- 

 ployed in medicine as a nervine, aperient and emollient. The Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis is an Indian shrub, 

 the flowers of which open in the evening, and fall at daybreak ; whence its name of Somnambulist. 

 [The tube of the corolla affords a beautiful but fugacious yellow dye. The flowers of J. Sambac Are 

 sacred to Vishnu.] 



CXLII. OLEINE^E. 



(JASMINEARUM genera, Jussieu. OLEINE^G ET FKAXINE.E, Martins. OLEINE^J, 



Link. OLEACE^E, Lindl.} 



Lilac. 

 Diagram. 



Lilac. 

 Flower cut vertically (mag.). 



Common Ash. 

 Flower (mag.) 



Manna Ash. 

 Flower (mag.), 



Lilac. 

 Calyx and pistil (mag.). 



Lilac. 

 Seed (mag.). 



Lilac. 

 Seed cut vertically. 



Lilac. 



Semi-septiferpus 

 valve of fruit. 



Ash. 

 Seed cut vertically. 



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