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late in the middle, the bases of each pair connected (as are the branch- 
lets) on either side by a raised nodal line. Flowers white, in few- (4-12-) 
flowered, pubescent, sub-capitate cymes, sub-sessile in the axils of the 
two uppermost bract-like leaves ; bracteoles linear-subulate, - 15 in. long ; 
pedicels -1 in. long. Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth 5 to 7, linear- 
subulate, -1 to -15 in. long. Corolla-tube slender, cylindric, p 6 to -8 in. 
long ; lobes 6 to 9, ovate-oblong, spreading, apiculate, - 2 to - 3 in. long. 
Stamens included in the corolla-tube ; filaments short, slender ; anthers 
oblong, mucronate, T to - 15 in. long, connective broad. Ovary cylin- 
dric, glabrous ; style slender, exsert ; stigmas 2, clavate. Fruit a didy- 
mous berry; carpels ovoid, -5 in. long, -2 in. broad; exocarp membranous 
shining, endocarp fibrous. Seed conform to carpel, testa very thin, 
membranous. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 305 ; Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. 
III. 595. J. bracteatum, Wall. Cat. 2867. J. nummular oides, Blume 
Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 275 ; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. II. 537. 
Penang: Wallicli 2866, 2867 ; Curtis 1920; Ridley 9361. Perak : 
Wray 4180 ; King’s Collector 860, 4920, 10699 ; Deschamps ; Scortechini 
59, 144, 238. Selangok : Ridley 7550, 8567. Pahang : Ridley 
in Trans. Linn. Soc., Ser. 2, III. 319. — Distrib. Java. 
Vab. glabra, Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. III. 595. Leaves 
larger, elliptic, rhomboid or rounded at the base, more glabrous, less 
bifarious; calyx-teeth rather longer. J. Lessertianum, A.DC. Prod. 
VIII. 304. 
Junkseylon (Tongka) : Curtis 2911. Penang : Maingay (K.D.) 999 ; 
Deschamps. Perak: Wray 4180; Scortechini ; Kunstlcr 122. Malacca: 
Griffith (K.D.) 3708; Goodenough 1995. Johore : Ridley 4217. Singa- 
pore : Lobb ; Ridley 10760. — Distrib. Sumatra. 
8. Jasminum adenophyllum, Wall. Cat. 2876 (1829). A very slender 
wiry climber; branehlets extensively twining, glabrous. Leaves mem- 
branous; ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, variable, acuminate and 
mucronate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous above except on the 
midrib, glabrous beneath except the tuft of tawny hairs in the axils of 
the main-nerves; margins somewhat undulate; l - 5 to 5 in. long, - 75 to 
1-5 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main-nerves very slender, obscure, about 
6 pairs, curving upwards to meet in a faint intramarginal looped nerve ; 
petiole slender, twisted, articulate in the middle, p 2 to p 3 in. long, hispid. 
Floivers white, solitary, or 2 to 3 together in a slender, sometimes leafy, 
umbel from the axils of the leaves ; peduncle "75 to 1‘25 in. long, 
flattened above and with a pair of opposite bracts near the middle ; 
bracts of umbel 2, linear-subulate, - 3 in. long ; pedicels very slender, 
'75 to 1 in. long, clavately enlarged in fruit. Calyx-tube campanulate, 
glabrous, ribbed, •! in. long; lobes linear-subulate, keeled on the back, 
