450 LXXI. OLEACEiE [Jasminum 



calyx-teeth J in., corolla-tube slender, f-lj in. long. 5. J. coarctatum, Boxb. Assam. 

 Khasi bills. Cacbar. Lower Burma. Similar to 4 and possibly not distinct. L. 

 almost glabrous, bracts petaloid, ovate-lanceolate J— 1 in. long. 



6. J. malabaricum, Wight Ic. t. 1250. Western Ghats and adjoining bill ranges from 

 the Konkan southwards. Scandent, branchlets and 1. almost glabrous. L. mem- 

 branous, ovate from a broad almost flat base, blade 3-5 in. long and often nearly as 

 broad, petiole f-1 in. long. Fl. in large compound terminal cymes, pedicels longer 

 than calyx-tube, calyx-teeth J, corolla-tube |-f in. long, lobes linear, very acute, 

 shorter than tube. 



(&) Calyx-teeth, shorter than twice the length of tube. 



7. J. scandens. Vahl {Taiosabe,Thingwe , Burm.). Western Duars. Assam, Khasi hills. 

 Cacbar. Ganges delta. Chittagong. Lower Burma. A large climber, stems as thick 

 as a man's arm, and up to 50 ft. long, branchlets, petioles and nerves beneath minutely 

 pubescent, 1. ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. J- J in. Fl. white, in dense pedunculate 

 minutely pubescent cymes, axillary and at the ends of short branchlets, pedicels as long 

 as calyx-tube or shorter, corolla-tube J-i in. long, lobes 5-8. 8. J. svringsefolium, Wall. 

 Assam, Tenasserim. Closely allied to 7. Pet. A in., Cymes lax, trichotomous, corolla- 

 tube i-| in. long, lobes 5-7. 9. J. brevipetiolatum, Duthie Mss. Pilibhit, Kheri, Oudh. 

 L. glabrous, linear-lanceolate, blade 3— 44, pet. J in. long, cymes glabrous terminal, 

 calyx-teeth minutely hairy, longer than tube, but less than twice its length, corolla- 

 tube J in. long, lobes 5. 10. J. decussatum, Wall. Martaban and Tenasserim. Branchlets, 

 petioles and inflorescence villous. L. softly pubescent beneath, blade 3-5, pet. ^-J in. 

 Fl. in large trichotomous compound cymes, corolla-tube J-J in., lobes longer than tube. 



11. J. arborescens, Roxb. ; Wight. let. 699. — Syn. J. latifolium,~Wight 

 Ic. t. 703. Vern. Chameli, Hind. ; Kusar, Mar. 



Erect or climbing, branches smooth, grey, branchlets 'pubescent, 1. ovate, 

 soft tomentose when young, glabrous when full grown, blade 3-5, pet. |-f in. 

 El. white, fragrant, in .lax terminal trichotomous compound cymes, calyx-lobes 

 5 or 6, short, as long as or slightly longer than tube. Corolla-lobes 10 or 12, 

 linear, as long as tube. Berries. one or two, ovoid, often oblique, J-^ in. long. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna to Nepal and Oudh. Throughout the Central 

 Provinces and the Western Peninsula. PI. H. S. 12. J. Roxburghianum, Wall. 

 Eastern Satpuras. Chutia Nagpur. Belgaum, Bellary, Mysore. Upper Burma, 

 4,000 ft. Softly tomentose, calyx-teeth much shorter than tube, otherwise like 11. 



B. L. opposite, simple, calyx glabrous. 



(a) Calyx-teeth (in fl.) twice the length of tube or longer. 



a. Western species and species of both regions. 



13. J. cordifolium, Wall. (J. erectiflorum, DC. ; Wight Ic. t. 1251). Nilgiris. A large 

 glabrous climbing shrub, 1. ovate, ; long-acuminate, blade 4-5, pet. § in. Cymes terminal, 

 many-fid., crowded, calyx-teeth J, corolla-tube §-1 in. long, lobes lanceolate, acute, 

 shorter than tube. 14. J. rigidum, Zenker ; Wight Ic. t. 1247. Nilgiris, Palnis and 

 hills of the Deccan. Shan Hills 4,000 ft., Upper Burma. Glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, 

 shining, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, blade 1-2, pet. J in. Cymes 1-5-fld., sessile, pedicels 

 short, calyx-teeth rigid, corolla-tube § in. long, lobes shorter than tube. 15. J. sessili- 

 florum, Vahl. Hills of the Deccan and Mysore. Branchlets minutely pubescent, 1. 

 glabrous, blade J— § in., pet. short, slender. Cymes 1-3-fld., sessile, pedicels shorter 

 than calyx-tube, corolla-tube J-J in. long, lobes as long as tube. 



/?. Eastern species. 



16. J. laurifolium, Roxb. Khasi hills. Martaban and Tenasserim. Yunnan. 

 Glabrous, scandent, 1. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, thinly coriaceous, blade 3-4, pet. 

 J in. long. Cyrnes pedunculate, trichotomous, 3-5-fld., lax, axillary or at the ends of 

 short branchlets, pedicels 1 in. long. Calyx-teeth 5 or 6, slender, spreading or recurved, 

 corolla-tube § in., lobes linear, 10-15, as long as tube. 17. J. subtriplinerve, Blume. 

 Sikkim. Assam. Khasi hills. Manipur. Cacbar. China. Glabrous, 1. ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-5, pet. J-§ in., a pair of nerves from the base or above the 

 base extending beyond half the length of 1. Cymes sessile, axillary, pedicels short, 

 calyx-teeth sometimes minutely hairy. Corolla-tube J— | in., lobes 5-8, shorter than 

 tube. 18. J. anastomosans, Wall. Bhutan, Khasi hills, Cachar. Burma, Lower and 

 Upper. Glabrous, 1. ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-5, pet. £ in., a pair of basal nerves 

 extending to the apex of leaf and anastomosing with the sec. n. Cymes axillary, 1-5-fld., 

 corolla-tube § in., lobes 7-10, linear, as long as or longer than tube. 19. J. nobile, Clarke. 



