Jasminum.] 



57. OLEACE^, 



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Order 57. OLEACE^. 



Erect or scandent shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, trifoliate, 

 pinnate or simple, exstipulate. Inflorescence in terminal or axillary, 

 cymose panicles. Flowers regular, bracteate. Calyx free, limb 4-5- 

 toothed, lobed or truncate. Corolla gamopetalous, 4-5, or more lobed. 

 Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla, alternating wi'th the carpels ; . 

 filaments usually short. Ovary free, S-ceDed ; stigma simple or 

 2-lobed ; ovules 1-2 (rarely 3-4) in each cell. Fruit succulent or 

 dry. Seeds solitary or 2 in each cellj albumen fleshy, horny or ; 

 embryo straight. 



CoroUa-lobos imbricate. 



Scandent shrubs. Fruit a 2-lobcd berry (1 lobe 



sonieiimes wanting) ... ... 1. Jasminum. 



Small tree. Fruit a 2-cened, flat, chartaccous 



capsule, cells each 1- seeded ... ... 2. Nyctanthes. » 



A moderate sized tree. Fruit a pear-shaped, 



woody 2-valved, 8-seeded capsule ... 3. Scheebeba. 



Corolla-lobes valvate or petals distinct in pairs or 0. 

 Inflorescence axillary. Fruit a drupe. 



Petals 4, iu distinct pairs ... ... 4. Linociera. 



Corolla tubular or ... ... 5. Olea. 



Inflorescence in terminal panicles. Fruit a berry. 6. Ligustettm. 



1. JASMINUM, L. 



Shrubs, usually scandent. Leaves simple, 3-foliate or unequally 

 pinnate ; petiole usually articulated. Inflorescence cymose ; flowers 

 bracteate. Calyx 4-9 -fid, tube funnel-shaped^ teeth linear, long or 

 short. Corolla- tube narrow, lobes 4-10, spreading. Stamens 2, 

 included, filaments short, anthers oblong, connective usually shortly 

 produced. Ovary 2-celled ; style cylindric, stigmas linear ; ovules 2 

 in each cell, basal. Berry 2-lobed, or entii-e by the failure of 1 carpel. 

 Seed usually 1 in each lobe, exalbuminous. 



Leaves simple, ovate. 

 Calyx pubescent. 

 Bracts small. 



Erect or subscaudent shrub. Cymes lax, few 



flowered. 

 Calyx-teeth subulate, pubescent 

 Scandent, hairy shrub. Cymes dense, many- 

 flowered. 



Calyx-teeth subulate, densely villous 

 Btacts leafy, white. Calyx-teeth linear, hairy. 

 Leaves simple, mostly sub-cordate and bread at the 

 base. 



Calyx pubescent. 



Scandent shrub. Calyx-teeth acute, hairy, re- 

 flexed ... 



Erect or scandent shrub or tree. Calyx-teeth 



linear, sub-clavate ... 

 Hairy scandent, shrub. Calyx-teeth minute, 



triangular, villous ... ... 



Calyx glabrous, ribbed. 



Scandent, nearly glabrous shrub. Calyx-teeth 



linear, short 



1. /. Samhae, 



2. /. puheseens, 



3. J, Bottlerianum, 



4. J. malaharicum, 



5. J. arhorescens. 



6. J, Roxhurghianum, 



7. /. Bitchieu 



