THE JASMINE TRIBE, 181 



SO that those species only can be considered complete, 

 in the number of their parts, whose corollas consist 

 of eight or thirteen segments. 



The ovary of the Jasmine {fig. 3.) is superior, and 

 contains two cells, with an ascending ovule in each ; 

 another mark of distinction from the Olive Tribe, in 

 which the ovules are pendulous (Plate XIII. 9,. fig. 

 5.). The style is erect and slender ; the stigma a 

 fleshy, glandular, two-lobed club. The fruit {Plate 

 XLV. \'fig. 4.) is a black oblong berry, containing 

 one perfect and one abortive seed (fig. 5.') ; the embryo 

 is covered over by the seed-coat without the aid of any 

 albumen. 



Such is the common sweet white Jasmine, and such, 

 in all essential points, is the remainder of this fragrant 

 genus. The species differ in respect, 1. to the manner 

 of growth, some climbing, and others forming mere 

 bushes ; 2. to their leaves, some of which are undi- 

 vided, and their form various in various species ; 3, 

 to the colour of their flowers, which, although usually 

 pure white, is sometimes yellow ; and 4. to their 

 corolla, the number of whose divisions is, as has lately 

 been mentioned, extremely variable. All of them, 

 however, have monopetalous corollas, with several 

 imhmcated segments, only two stamens, and a superior, 

 succulent fruit, with one or two erect seeds. 



The Jasmine Tribe consists of few plants besides 

 Jasmines themselves. The most remarkable is the 

 Tree of Mourning (Nyctanthes Arbor Tristis), or 

 Hursinghary an Indian tree of small size, whose " ex- 

 quisitely fragrant flowers, partaking of the smell of 



