OLBACEAE 365 



superior, 2-ceIled, ovules 1 to 8. Fruit fleshy or capsular, globose or ovoid, 

 sometimes winged. , Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell. 



Genera 21, species about 400, in most tropical and temperate regions, 

 4 genera and about 30 species in the Philippines. 



1. JASMINUM Linnaeus 



Erect or scandent shrubs, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves opposite or 

 alternate, simple, 3-folioiate, or odd-pinnate, the petiole usually jointed. 

 Inflorescence cymose, dichotomous or trichotomous, rarely simple or the 

 flowers solitary. Calyx 4- to 9-fid, the tube usually funnel-shaped, the 

 teeth, linear, sometimes very short or nearly wanting. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, the tube slender, long or short, the lobes 4 to 9, spreading. Stamens 

 2, inoluded. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit fleshy, often in pairs, or by suppres- 

 sion of one of the carpels simple. (From the Arabian name.) 



Species 100 or rilbre, warm and tropical part of the Old World, about 15 

 in the Philippines. 



1. Leaves pinnate , 1. J. grandiflorum 



1. Leaves simple. 



2. Calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube 2. J. aculeatwm 



2. Calyx-teeth much longer than the tube. 

 S. Cyrhes few-flowered; corolla doubjfij leaves acute or rounded at the 



base 3. J. aambao 



3. Cymes densely many-flowered; corolla single; leaves cordate at the 

 base 4. J. mulUflorum 



* 1. J. CatANDIFLORUM L. 



A glabrous woody vine reaching a length of 8 m, the branches often 

 pen^if^us, I^ef^ves odfjI-'Pinnate, 6 $q 9 cm long, ipea^ets about 9, the 

 lower ones 8}iart;ly ^t%lked, the uj^per ones sessile, often somewhat fused, 

 ovate, sharply pointed, 1 to 2 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, cymose, few- 

 flowered. C^ilyx-teeth very slender, about 7 mm lon^. Corolla white, the 

 tube slender, nearly 2 cm long, the lobes spreading, 1.5 cm long. 



Occasionally cultivated, but not spontaneous, fl. most of the year. A 

 native of India. 



2. J. aculeatum (Blanco) Walp. 



A someyfhat scandent glabrous shrub 2 to 5 m high. Leaves simple, 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, base usually rounded, 4 to 7 cm long, 

 2 to 3.5 cm wide, shining; petioles jointed, the persistent bases simulating 

 short blunt spines. Inflorescence axillary and terminating the short lateral 

 branches, few-flowered, often with only from 1 to 3 flowers. Calyx green, 

 with 4 to 6 short teeth. Corolla white, the tube slender, 1.5 to 2.5 cm 

 long, the lobes 6 to 8, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, spreading, about 

 1.5 cm long. Fruit globose or ovoid, glabrous, fleshy, black, about 8 mm 

 in diameter. (FI. Filip. pi. US, J. marianum.) 



In thickets, San Pedro Macati, Masambong, etc., fl. most of the year ; 

 widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. 



* 3. J. SAMBAC (L.) Ait. Campopot (Tag.) ; Sampaguita (Sp.-Fil.) ; 



Jasmine. 

 A spreading or subscandent, glabrous shrub usually less than 2 m high. 

 Leaves ovate, obtuse, acute, or shortly acuminate, glossy, 6 to 12 cm long, 

 short-petioled. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, peduncled, few-flowered. 



