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57. OLEACEiE. 



{Jasminum, 



Leaves often compound, opposite* 



Leaves simple or trifoliate, lateral leaflets very 



small ... ... ... ... 8. iT. aurioulatum. 



Leaves trifoliate, lateral leaflets large ... 9. J. flexile. 



Leaves trifoliate or pinnate, alternate ... ... 10i J", humile, 



1. J. Sambac, Ait. Horfc. Kew I. 8 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 591 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 137 ; Brandis For. Fl. 311. The Arabian Jasmine. Mugra^ 

 bhut-mogra, M. ; Mullige^ K. ; Mogro, Gaz. 



Throughout India, Burma and Ceylon, extensively cultivated in 

 both hemispheres for its fragrant flowers. Throughout the presidency, 

 vpild or cultivated, often in waste places near villages in North Kanara 

 and the Konkan. Fl. throughout the year. 



2. J. pubescens, Willd. Sp. PL I. 37 ; Fl. Br. L 3. 592 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 138. J. liirsutum^ Brandis For. Fl. 312. /. hraoteatum, 

 Wgt. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 138. Kunda, Vern. 



Throughout India, up to an altitude of 3000 ft., Burma and China. 

 Throughout the presidency ; in the moist forests of North Kdnara and 

 the Konkan. Fl. Dec, Feb. Branchlets and calyx-teeth densely hairy. 



3. J. Rottlerianum, Wall. Oat. 2865 j Fl. Br. I. 3. 593 ; Dalz. & GibaJ 

 Bomb. Fl. 138. 



Western peninsula from the Konkan to Travancore at 2 — 5000 ft. 

 altitude. A climbing shrub common in the evergreen forests of North 

 Kanara and the Konkan. Fl. Jan., Mch. Fr. June, Aug. The 

 terminal flower-heads have characteristic white, prominent bracts. 



4 J. malabaricum, Wgt. Ic. t. 1250 ; Fl. Br. L 3. 594. Deccan 

 peninsula, on the ghats from the Konkan southwards (Fl. Br. I.) 

 Calyx-teeth acute, hairy, reflexed. 



5. J. arborescens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey & Wall 1. 94 ; 'Fl. Br. 

 L 3. 594 ; Brandis For. Fl. 311; Var. latifoUa, Roxb.; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 311. BoUe Tcusdi halU, Urgal, K. ; Kundi, husuri, M. ; Ban 

 ja% Jungly chumhel% Vern. Himalayas from Kumaon to Bengal, 

 Western peninsula on the ghats. Throughout the presidency, very 

 common in the moist forests of the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. 

 Feb., Mch. Fr. May, June. A scandent shrub with linear, pubescent, 

 divaricated calyx-teeth. Stems unarmed, 8 in. in diameter at the base, 

 sometimes developes aerial roots. Bark white, scaly, inner bark white. 



.6. J. Roxburghianum, WaU. Cat. 2870 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 595. 



Malabar ghats and the Bababuden hills of Mysore. In the deciduous 

 forests of North Kanara near Sambrani, Haliyal taluka. Fl. Fr. H. S. 

 Probably only a villous variety of J. arborescens, Roxb. 



7. J. Ritchxei, Clarke, Fl. Br. L 598. 



Western peninsula from the Konkan southwards ascending to 5000 

 ft. on the Bababuden hills. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan 



