598 xcii. OLEACBJ!. (0. B. Clarke.) \_Jasminum. 



23. J. angustifolium, Vahl Enum. i. 29 ; leaves smaU ovate, cymes 

 few-flowered, pedicels long, calyx-teeth linear short, corolla largeish Mbes 

 lanceolate. Boxb. Hort. Beng. 3, and Fl. Ind. ei. Carey ^ WdLi. 95 ;_ Wall. 

 Cat. 2873, partly; Wight Ic. t. 698; DC. Prodr. viii. 303. J. vimmeum, 

 WiUd. Sp. PI. i. 36. J. triflorum, Pm. Syn. i. 7. Nyctanthes angustifolia, Lmn. 

 Sp. PI. 8. N. viminea, Bets Obs. v. 9. N. triflora, Burm. Fl. Ind. 4, t. 2. 

 Mogorium vimineum, Lamh. Diet. iv. 213. M. triflorum, Lamh. Ml. 23, t. 6, 

 fig. ^.—Bheede, Hort. Mai. vi. t. 53. 



DiccAN Peninsula and Cetlon ; in the lower hills, frequent. 



Scandent, ramous ; branchlets minutely pubescent or almost villous. Leaves ly 

 hy ^ in. (those of the lateral branchlets half as large), acute, base obtuse or almost 

 rounded, glabrous; nerves few, obscure; petiole ^ in. Cymes usually 3-1 -flowered; 

 pedicels J-f in. Calyx-teeth ^, rarely J in., glabrous or very nearly so. CoroUa-tvbe 

 i-f in. ; lobes § by ^ in. Carpels 4 by J in., unsymmetric, ellipsoid.— In the habit 

 and leaves this species closely resembles J. sessiliflorum, with which it has been mixed 

 from the days of Epttler. 



23. J. Ritchiei, Clarke; leaves ovate or elliptic shortly acuminate 

 glabrous, cymes few-flowered lax, pedicels long, calyx-teeth linear short, fruit- 

 carpels large globose. 



"Westebn Ghats and Ceyxon, in the hills frequently collected; Nilgherries, Wight, 

 Gardtier ; Bababoodun Hills, Law ; Belgaum, Ritchie, &c. 



Scandent, ramous, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves attaining 4^ by If in., base 

 broadly euneate; nerves 5-6 pairs, prominent, often tufted in the axils ; petiole ^ in. 

 Cymes very lax, often subpaniculate, 3-9 -flowered ; bracts | in., linear; pedicels 

 ^1 in. Calyx-tube campanulate, often somewhat ribbed ; teeth f in. and upwards, 

 linear or shortly oblong, sometimes minutely ciliate-scabrid. Corolla-tube J in., lobes 

 f in., narrow. Carpels \ in., very accurately spherical. — Named J. angustifoliwm by 

 Wight and Ritchie, from which in flower it does not differ much but by the larger 

 leaves ; the fruits are unusual. 



Vae. purpurea, Heyne in Herb. Bottler (sp.) ; leaves more obtuse sometimes 

 roundish.— Bababoodun Hills, Bottler. Ceylon, Wiffht. 



24. J. IVig'htii, Clarke ; glahrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate long-acumi- 

 nate, cymes trichotomously compound lax, calyx-teeth shortly linear, corolla- 

 tube I in. lobes J in. 



Bolimputty near Coimbatoee; Wight, u. 1762. 



Branches flexuose. leaves 34 by J in., or some more ovate, attenuate into the 

 petiole, penninerved ; nerves obscure ; petiole ^-| in. Cymes terminal ; bracts J in., 

 linear ; pedicels ^— J in. Calyx-teeth ^ ra. CoroHo-foies ^-|- in. wide, acute. IMiit 

 not seen. — The leaves are punctate beneath, the cyme somewhat divaricated, the 

 calyx-teeth separated by a very wide sinus. It may be allied to J. arborescens var. 

 montana, but it is very glabrous. 



25. J. rig'idum, Zenker PI. Ind. 5, t. 6 : glabrous, leaves ovate or elliptic 

 shining, cymes few-flowered dense sessile, calyx-teeth linear rigid erect, corolla- 

 tube elongate longer than the lobes. DC. Prodr. viii. 305; Wight Ic. t. 1247; 

 Thwaites Enum. 190, in part. J. myrtophyUiim, Zenker PI. Ind. 6, t. 7 ; DC. 

 I.e. 304. J. ligustrifolium, Wall; Bqjer HaH. Maurit. 204; DC. I.e. 305, 

 not of Lamh. J. cuspidatum, Bottler ; Sp^-eng. Syst. i. 30 ; Wall. Cat. 2872, 

 J. Perrottetianum, D C. I. c, 304, ex descr. J. triflorum, Heyne in Herb. 

 Bottler, not of Pers. 



Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon, alt. C-5000 ft. ; common. 



A rigid, dense, shrub, hardly scandent. Leaves 2 by i in., upper acute at both 

 ends, not acuminate, lower ovate, coriaceous ; nerves reticulating, slender but oftett 

 subprominent on the upper surface ; petiole ^ in. Cymes 3-1-flowered ; pedicels 0-g. 



