124 55. STTRA^C'E^. [Symplocog. 



140. lu the evergieen forests of the Konkan and North KAnara gbdts ; 

 common. Fl. Aug.-Dec. Fr. Mch.-Apl. Corolla and attached stamens 

 caducous possess a sweet scent. 



S. Beddomei, C. B. C. FL Br. I. 3. 58'2 ; Hopea racemom, Dalz. <fc 

 Gibs. Bomb. FL 140. Lodhra, Jinra, M. Along the borders of evergreen 

 forests and in moist places near naMs, throughout the Konkan and 

 North Kdnara. FL and Fr. at different times throughout the year. 



Order 56. OLEACEiE. 



Erect or scandent shrubs or trees. Leave sopposite^ trifoliate, 

 pinnate or simple. Inflorescence in terminal or cymose panicles. 

 Flowers regular. Calyx free, limb 4- 5-toothed ; lobed or truncate. 

 Corolla gamopetalous, 4-5, or more lobed. Stamens 2, inserted 

 on the corolla, alternating with the carpels ; filaments usually 

 short. Ovary free, 2-celled ; stigma simple or 2-lobed ; ovules 1-2 

 (rarely 8-4) in each cell. Fruit succulent or dry. Seeds solitary 

 or 2 in each cell, albumen fleshy, horny or 0. 



Corolla-lobes imbricate. 



^-'cauclent shrubs ; fruit a berry ... ... ... Jasminum. 



Erect tree. Fruit a 2- partite capsule Nyctanthes. 



Tree. Fruit a Moody, loculicidally 2-valveil capsule... Schreekba. 

 Oorolla-lobes valvate or petals distinct in pairs or 0, 

 Inflorescence axillary. 



Petals 4, in distinct pairs ... LinooiisrA. 



Corolla tubular or Olea. 



Panicles teiininal Ligustrum. 



JASMINUM, L. 



Shrubs usually scandent. Leaves simple, 3-foliate or unequally 

 pinnate ; petiole usually articulated. Inflorescence cymose ; flowers 

 bracteate. Calyx 4-9-fid, tube funnel-shaped, teeth linear long 

 or short. Corolla-tube narrow, lobes 4-10, spreading. Stamens 

 2, included, filaments short, anther oblong, connective usually 

 shortly produced. Ovary 2- celled ; style cylindric, stigmas linear, 

 ovules 2 in each cell, basal. Berry 2-lobed, or entire by the failure 

 of 1 carpel. Seed usually 1 in each lobe, exalbuminous. 



Leaves simple, ovate. 



Calyx pubescent. Bracts small. 



Erect or subscandent shrub, Cymes lax, few flowered... J. Savibac. 



hcnn dent hairy shrub. (Jymes dense J. pvbescens. 



Bracts leafy, white J. Bottler ianum. 



Leaves mostly subcordate, broad at the base. 



Scandent shrub. Calyx-teeth acute, hairy, reflexed ... J. malaharioum. 



Erect or scandent shrub or tree. Calyx-teeth linear, 



subclavate J- arborescens. 



Hairy, scandent shrub. Calyx-teeth minute J. Hoxburghianum. 



Calyx glabrous, ribbed _ J. Ritchiei. 



Leaves compound, opposite. 



Leaves simple or trifoliate, lateral leaflets very small .. ./. auriculatvm. 



Leaves trifoliate, lateral leaflets large J. flexile, 



L«aT«E alternate, trifoliate or pinnate J, htimile, 



