312 U. OLElNEiE. [Jasminum. 



descriptions. Farther researches on the spot must decide whether these 

 species should not, as suggested in Wight Ic. t. 703, he regarded as one. 



More or less pubescent. Leaves opposite, ovate from a broadly rounded, 

 rarely cordate base, acuminate, entire, soft-tomentose on both sides when 

 young, more or less glabrous afterwards, blade 3-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, 

 petiole |-f in. long; main lateral nerves 6-8 pair, 3 or 4 pair approxi- 

 mate, from the lowest third of the midrib. Flowers white, fragrant, in 

 lax terminal trichotomous, more or less compound cymes, with linear 

 bracts ; pedicels as long as calyx, or twice, rarely 3 times its length. 

 Calyx-lobes 5 or 6, linear, as long as calyx-tube, or twice its length, 

 always shorter than coroUa-tube. Corolla-lobes 10 or 12, linear, acute or 

 cuspidate. Berries 1 or 2, ovoid or oblong, often oblique, J-^ in. long, 

 longer than calyx-segments. 



Common in most parts of India, except in the arid region and the northern 

 Panjab. In the outer Himalaya extends to the Jumna, and ascends to 4000 ft. 

 Often cultivated in gardens, also in the Panjab. Fl. H.S. Branches with 

 smooth, greyish bark. 



4. J. glandulosum. Wall. ; Eoyle 111. p. 268. 



A climbing shrub, whoUy glabrous. Leaves shining, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, blade 3-4 in., petiole ^ in. long. Flowers on long filiform 

 pedicels many times longer than calyx, generally bibracteolate about the 

 middle, solitary, or in few-flowered lax terminal cymes. Calyx-lobes 5 or 

 6, linear, as long as tube. Corolla-tube slender, 1-1^ in. long; lobes 6-8, 

 linear, a little shorter than tube. 



Kamaon, ascending to 4500 ft,, Sikkim, Kasia. Fl. June, July (yellow, 

 Royle ; white, Don^Syst. iv. 61). 



5. J. hirsutum, WiUd. ; Wight Ic. t. 702. — Syn. J. puheseens, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 91. Sans. Kunda. Yein. Eunda, kundo. 



A large tomentose shrub. Leaves ovate from a rounded or cordate 

 base, shortly acuminate, entire, blade 1-2^ in. long, and about f-lj^ in. 

 broad, petioles ^ in. long. Flowers white, fragrant, sessile or on pedi- 

 cels shorter than calyx-tube, crowded in compact, terminal, short-pedun- 

 culate corymbose cymes. Calyx-lobes 8-10, linear, hairy, many times 

 longer than tube, nearly as long as corolla-tube. CoroUa-lobes 6-9, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, cuspidate, shorter than tube. 



Common in the peninsula, Burma, Bengal, Oudh, and the Central Provinces, 

 and extends in the sub-Himalayan tract to the Jumna river. Cultivated in 

 gardens. Fl. rains and C.8. Branches grey-tomentose. 



6. J. dispennum, Wall. Eoxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, i. 99 ; PI. As. rar. 

 t. 274. — Vern, Surmali, Kamaon. 



A scandent shrub, wholly glabrous j branches slender, 4-sided, divari 



