592 xcii. OLEACEJ). (C. B. Clarke.) {Jasmmum. 



(or many-flowered in cultivation), pubescent ; pedicels 0-^ in., usually distinct ; bracts 

 0-J in., linear ; flowers white, fragrant. Calyx-teeth J in., pubescent (in cultivation 

 often nearly glabrous). Corolla-tiihe \ in. ; lobes \ in., oblong, acute or obtuse, or in 

 cultivation orbicular. Mipe carpels 1-2, globose, J in. diam., black, surrounded by 

 the suberect subulate calyx-teeth. 



Vak. 1. Samhae proper ; corolla-tube 'not twice the length of the calyx. 



Vae. 2. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 2871 (sp.) ; leaves small, coroUa-tnbe a-fr times as 

 long as the calyx-teeth. — Deccan Peninsula ; Heyne. — Leaves 1-1^ in. Cah/x-teetk 

 ^-^ in. Gorolla-tvhe \ in. Style sometimes as long as corolla-tube (unlike any in 

 J. Sambac type, but in this polymorphic genus, little' reliance can be placed on this 

 character). Forms of >r. Sambac approaching this var. are in cultivation in Bengal ; 

 it appears from Bottler's herb, to have been (as "WalUch records under Wall. Cat. 

 2871) the typical </". «»d«to«m, Heyne, and therefore of Linnseus, Willd., and the 

 older authors. It is probably a cultivated var. of J. Sambac as none of the examples 

 appear to be native ones. 



2. J. undulatum, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 436, not of Willd. ; leaves short- 

 petioled svate-l^nceolate pubescent on the nei-ves beneath, cjTnes dense often 

 hardly exceeding the uppermost leaves, calyx-teeth ^-^ in. subulate pubescent. 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 302, syn. excl. J. ampleiicaule arid J. aristatum, Wall. Cat. 

 2853 and 2875 ; I>C. Prodr. I. v. 306, 314. J. scandens, Grif. Itin. Notes, 102,, 

 not of Vahl. — Jasminum sp. n. 697,. Oriff". Itin. Notes, 36. Jasminum sp. n. 

 33, Serb. Ind. Or. H. f. 8f T. 



SiKKiM, Bhotak and Khasia, alt. 1-5000 ft., common; Griffith, H.f. ^ T., &c. — 

 HisTRiB. South China to Hongkong. 



Seandent ; branchlets hairy. Leaves 2\ by 1 in., acute, base rounded often cor- 

 dirte, obscurely hairy or usually glabrescent except the nerves beneath ; secondary 

 nervation obscure ; petiole i in. Cymes capitatej often on short lateral branches ; 

 pedicels 0-^ in., pilose or nearly glabroos ; bracts 0, or 1-3 ovate-lanceolate among 

 the flowers, the two subtending leaves green, often 1 in. long. Flowers white, some- 

 what fragrant. Corolla-tiibe J in., lobes \ in., oblong, acute. Carpeln 1-2, globose, 

 :J in. diam., ilack, surrounded by the suberect subulate calyx-teeth. 



3. J. pubescens, Willd. Sp. PI. i. 37 ; hairy, leaves ovate acute, cymes 

 denae often hardly exceeding the uppermost leaves, calyx-teeth |-f in. subulate 

 densely villous. M'o.vb. Hort. Benff. 3, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. i. 90 : 

 Don ,jProdf: 106 ; DC. Prodr. viii. 302 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. FL 138. J. hir- 

 sutum, Willd. I. c. 36 ; Smith JExot. Bot. ii. 117, t. 118 ; Bot. Beg. t. 15 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1991 ; Wall. Cat. 2852 ; Wight Ic. t. 702 ; Brand. For. Fl. 312 ; Kurs 

 Far. Fl. ii. 154, and in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 242. J. multiflorum. Both 

 Nov. Sp. 6 (?) ; Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 496; DC. I.e. 303. J. congestiun. Wail. 

 Cat. 2874 ; DC. I. c. 314. J. braeteatum (by error fractiatvm), Wight Ic. t. 

 1248 ; Dab. Sj- Gfibs. Bomb. Fl. 138. Nyctanthes pubescens, Betz Obi. v. 9.. 

 N. multiflora, Burm. Fl. Ind. 5, t. 3, fig. 1. Mogorium pubescens, Lamh. Diet. 

 iv. 213. 



India, from the Himalaya to Cbti.on and Tenasserim:, alt. P-3000 ft.,common,— 

 DisTKiB. Birma, China. 



Seandent; branchlets, pedicels and caJyx densely fulvous-villous. Calyx-teeth 

 with patent yellow hairs, erect or curved in fruit. Otherwise as in J. ■mdmlatum,. 

 Ker, which has more acuminate, less hairy leaves. — ^Nyctanthes hirsuta, Limt. Sp. 

 Fl. 8, is generally taken for this and the name hirsutum, preferred, but Linnaeus 

 founded his plant on Bheede Hort. Mai. vi. t. 48, which is not J. pubescens. Bheede 

 Hort. Mai. vi. t. 54 is usually quoted for J.pubcscms, but from the shape of the leaves 

 it seems more likely to be J. Bottleriaimm or J. Thwaitesii. The name J. multiflorum, 

 Both, has been much disputed: Both says he took it from Heyne, but Heyue's 

 original plant with the ticket descriptive of J. multiflorum, in his handwriting, is 

 preserved in Herb. Wight, and is J. Bottleriamm,. This however could not have been 



