Jasminum. | JASMINER, 149 
About 24 species of this family grow in Burma, most of which 
are climbers. The timber of several species is durable and close- 
several species of Frarinus. The corollas of Nyctanthes are used as 
an orange dye. Many of the Jasminee scent the air, especially 
during night, with their delicious perfume. 
_ Stamens 2 only. 
O Corolla-limb 5-12-lobed, usually twisted-imbricate in bud. 
es erect, 
X Fruit a fleshy 1- or 2-lobed drupe, 
Corolla twisted in bud ; albumen none; usually climbers . . Jasminum. 
m rect trees : : - Wyctanthes, 
rolla 4-lobed, rarely 6-8-cleft or wanting, with or 
es pendulous, 
X Fruit a dry 2- valved capsule; corolla-lobes twisted 
in 
ud, 
Ovary 2-celled, the cells 4-ovuled ; seeds winged; albumen none; 
trees, with usually pinnate leaves . . ‘ See - Schrebera. 
Fruit a drupe or berry ; corolla valvate or nearly 
t Ovules solitary ; ovary 2-celled; a climber, with 
sharply 4-cornered stems . : . : + Myxopyrum. 
tt Ovules 2 in each cell 3 Ovary 2-celled; erect trees 
r shrubs. 
ma ae Oe hae + «+  « Chionanthus, 
Seeds albuminous; flowers in axillary or terminal panicles . . Olea, 
* Stamens 4, alternating with the 4 petals. 
Corolla without tube; ovules erect; climber. . 
. - Azima. 
JASMINUM, L. 
Corolla-tube cylindrical, the limb spreading, 5-8-lobed, imbri- 
cate-twisted in bud. Stamens 2, included. Ovary entire or 
‘tminal or in the notch, very shortly 2-lobed. Berry almost to 
the 2-lobed or one of the lobes abortive, Seeds usually solitary 
im each lobe, erect. Albumen none. Cotyledons thick and fleshy, 
cely prominent.—Shrubs, usually climbing, with opposite 
*r rarely alternate leaves either 1-foliolate or pinnately 3-foliolate 
r pinnate. Flowers in axillary or terminal trichotomous panicles 
* rarely almost solitary or clustered. Bracts often very small, 
tarely large and often discoloured. — 
* Teaves pinnate or pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely the one or 
re 8 ss le oy D, gemma 
* & Leaves 1-foliolate, with a jointed petiole. 
ache santos Anh bulate, abont 3-4 
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