320 PEDALINiE. Josephinia. 



1. J. Impcratricis, ovario 4-5-loculari, foliis lanceolato-ellipti- 



cis acutis subtus cauleque pubescentibus, calycibus aequa- 

 libus. (O.) Baudin. v. s. 

 Josephinia Imperatricis. Vent. malm. 103. Mem. de 1'Instit. 

 sc.phys. 1806. 1. sem. p. 71. 



2. J. grandiflora, ovario 8-loculari, foliis lanceolatis acumina- 



natis subtus pubescentulis, cauJe glabro calycis lacinia su- 

 prema dimidio breviore, corollae lacinia inrima reliquis 

 plus duplo longiore. (T.) v. v. 



JASMINE^. 



Jasminearum pars. Juss. 



Calyx monophyllus, divisus v. dentatus, persistens. 

 Corolla monopetala, hypogyna, regularis, hypocraterifor- 



mis; limbo 5 — 8-fido, laciniis lateraliter incnrn- 



bentibus, aestivatione imbricatis et simul tortis. 

 Stamina 2, epipetala, tubo inclusa. 

 Ovarium absque disco cingente, biloculare, Joculis 1- 



spermis ; ovulis erectis. Stylus 1. Stigrna bi- 



lobum. 

 Bacca didyma^ v. Capsula bipartibilis. 

 Semen albumine nullo v. parcissimo. 

 Fmbryo rectus : Radiculd infera. 

 Frutices saepius volubiles. Folia opposita, plerumque 



composita, ternata v. impari pinnata ; nunc simpli- 



cia, petiolo in plerisque articulato. Flores in coryra- 



bis oppositi. 



Obs. Ordo Jasminum et Nyctanthem complectens ab Oleinis 

 abunde diversus, situ ovulorum, structura seminis, necnon 

 divisione et aestivatione corollae 3 iisdem convenit corolla^ 



regulari 



