Llnociera] LXXI. OLBACE^ 449 



short and btilf racemes, feometimPh comj)oiiiid, pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx 

 i>]abroUto5 petals thick, dibtinctj the edges curved inwards, anthers minutely apicnlate, 

 iilamentb l)road, shorter than anthers, ovary glabrous. 



7. L. caMata, Coll. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 84. Terai of Shan hills 

 3,000 ft. Shwebo di=;trict, 750 ft. a&sociated with Oaks and Chestnuts. A middle-sized 

 everc^reen tree, 1. glabrous, chartaceous, elongate-elliptic, acuminate, blade 4-5, 

 narro^^ed into pet. J-^ in. long, midrib and sec. n. impressed on the uj^per side. Fl. § , 

 greenish-yellow, sessile, in pedunculate imnicles, about half the length of 1., axillary 

 or Ironi tlie middle of internode. Cah'-x glabrous, edges of segments ciliate. Petals 

 \ in. long, connate in pairs to one-third or one-half of their length, anthers sessile, 

 ovar^ conl]}ound, hirsute. 8. L. temiflora, AVall. {Oha ternijiora^ Kurz). Chittagong. 

 Lo\\ er Burma. A middle-sized evergreen tree, wholly glabrous. EL small, sessile, in 

 3-lid. pe<lunculate heads, forming short stiff narrow pubescent racemes or panicles, 

 axillary or from the middle of internodes, calyx-segments ciliate, petals shortl}" connate 

 in pairs ^j-X in. long. 9. L. minutiflora, Clarke (Ch lonanthus oninutiflorus^ Kurz). 

 Koonong forests, N. E. of Toungoo (D. B. March 1861). Fl. minute, in ample peduncu- 

 late i)auicles 3-4 in. long, i^etals free, I in. long, ovary glabrous. 



9. JASMINUM, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 591. 



Shrubs, mostly climbing, 1. opposite or alternate, simple, trifoliolate or impari- 

 pinnate, petioles frequently articulate in the middle, the persistent lower 

 portion becoming: woody. Calyx-teeth 4-9, corolla salver-shaped, white, 

 pink or yellow, lobes 4-7, imbricate in bud, patent in fl. Style cylindric 

 (species frequently dimorphic, some fl. having a long, others a short style), 

 stigmas 2, linear, ovules 2 in each cell. Berry of two more or less distinct 

 1-seeded carpels, one carpel often abortive. Albumen 0, radicle inferior. 

 Species 140~1G0, tropical and subtropical regions, one species in America and 

 one in South Europe. 



A. L. opposite, simple, calyx pubescent. 



(a) Calyx-teeth (in fl.) twice the length of tube or longer. 



1. J. Sambac, Aiton; Wight Ic. t. '^04. Vern. Bel^ Mugraj Chaniba^ 

 Hind ; Mallige^ Kan. ; 8aM^ Burm. 



A shrub, often more or less climbing, branchlets and petioles pubescent, 1. 

 ovate nearly glabrous. M. white, fragrant, in terminal cymes, sometimes 

 solitary, calyx-teeth hairy, \ in, long, corolla-lobes as long as tube. Ripe 

 carpels 1 or 2 nearly globose. 



Believed to be indigenous in the Western Peninsula. Cultivated throughout India 

 and in most tropical countries on account of its delightfully fragrant fl. in numerous 

 varieties, erect and climbing, with large and 'small, double and single fl. FL H. S. 

 2. J. imdulatum, Ker, Sikkim 2-5,000 ft. Bhutan, Assam, Khasi hills. Upper Burma, 

 China. Climbing, 1. ovate-lanceolate, calyx-teeth subulate, J-J in, long, corolla-lobes 

 shorter than tube. 



3. J. pubescens, Willd.— Syn. J, Mrsiotum^ Willd. ; Wight Ic. t. 702. 

 Brandis I*. 1^1. 812 ; J, bracteattcm, Wight Ic. t. 1248. Vern. Kunda^ 

 Ohamelij Hind. ; SaM, Burm. 



A large shrub, more or less scandent, bx^anchlets and as a rule leaves also 

 grey-tomentose, 1. ovate, from a rounded or cordate base, blade 1-3, petiole 

 |- J- in. El. white, fragrant, sessile or on very short pedicels, crowded in softly 

 tomentose compact terminal nearly sessile corymbiform cymes, bracts small, 

 ovate, calyx-lobes very hairy, reaching nearly to the apex of corolla-tube. 

 Corolla-lobes oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate, shorter than tube. 



Subhimalava^n. tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Central 

 provinces. Western Peninsula. Burma. PI. Jan.-Aj^ril, also in the rains. 4. J, 

 Rottlerianum, Wall.; Wight Ic. t. 1249. Western Ghats and adjoining mountain 

 ranges, 2-5,000 ft., from the Konkan southwards. A climbing shrub, branchlets, 

 petioles and inflorescence villous, 1. elliptic, pubescent or nearly glabrous (Jl glabrius- 

 CKliim, Blume ; Trim en Handb. Ceylon iii. 118.), blade 8-4, pet. jointed, | in. PL in 

 compact terminal, often panicled heads, bracts conspicuous, white, up to | in. long, 



