210 S. Kurz — Gonfrihutions towards a [No. 2, 



Jasminum. Corolla twisted in bud. Albumen none. Shrubs, usually scandent, 

 rarely trees ; leaves simple or compound. 



Trib. 2. OLEEJE. Corolla 4-lobcd, rarely 6 — 8-cleft or wanting, with or without 

 a tube. Ovules pendulous or attached laterally near the summit of the cell. 



* Corolla-lobes twisted in bud. Ovules pendulous. Fruit a dry capsule or samara. 

 ScHREBERA. CoroUa salver-shaped. Ovary 2-celled, with 3 — 4 ovules in each 



cell. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds winged. Albumen none. Trees or shrubs, the leaves 

 pinnate or rarely simple. 



* * Corolla lobes valvate in bud or nearly so, rarely imbricate. Fruit drupaceous 



or berry-like. Leaves simple. 

 X Corolla-lobes more or less imbricate. 

 OsMANTHUs. Corolla-lobes blunt. Endocarp of drupes thin. Flowers clustered, 

 axillary. 



X X Corolla-lobes induplicate-valvate. 

 Chionanthus. Petals usually elongate, free or very shortly united at the base. 

 Seeds with or without albumen. Trees ; inflorescence various. 



Olea. Ovary-cells 2-ovuled. Seeds albuminous. Panicles axillary or terminal. 

 Trees or shrubs, erect. 



Myxopyrum. Flowers minute, in* axillary panicles. Seeds albuminous. Woody 

 climber, with sharply 4-cornered branches. 



^uborcl. II. SALVADOBAGEyE. Corolla 4-parted, without tube. 

 Stamens 4, alternating with the corolla-lobes. Ovules erect. 



AziMA. Petals free, linear. Stamens free. Ovary 2-celled, the cells 2-ovuled. 

 Shrubs, spiny armed. 



Nyctanthes, L. 



1. N. Aeeor teistis, L. sp. pi. ed. 2. 8 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 86 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 399 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 314; Bot. Mag. t. 4900 ; Bedd. Sylv. 

 Madr. t. 240. 



Hab. Rare in the low forests above Rangoon ; Ava, Irrawaddi 

 valley (J. Anderson) ; Tenasserim (Helf. 3G97) cult. ?— Fl. Fr. CS. 



Jasminum, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Ser. 1. Vnifoliolatce. Leaves simple, with a jointed petiole. 



* Bracts minute or short and filiform, rarely wanting. 



X Calyx-lobes short, or the calyx almost truncate. 

 + Flowers corymbose. 

 Glabrous ; pedicels 2 — 5 lin. long ; calyx 5-cornered, almost truncate, ..../. extensum. 



Pubescent ; flowers sessile ; calyx-teeth as long as the calyx-tube, /. decussatum. 



+ + Flowers in poor axillary racemes ; pedicels | — 1. long ; calyx- 

 teeth distinct. 



t Corolla-lobes blunt, glabrous. 

 Nerves conspicuous on both sides, usually with a gland in the axils ; corolla-lobes 



usually 8, rarely 5 — 7, /. subglandiilosum. 



Nerves thin and obsolete, without glands ; corolla-lobes usually 5, J. attenuatum. 



t t Corolla-lobes acuminate. 



