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nearly sessile, entire, end one the longest. Flowers white or 
yellow, in terminal clusters. Calyx-tube short ; teeth 5, short or 
long. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube cylindric ; lobes 5. Stamens 
included in the corolla-tube, filaments short. Style slender, simple ; 
stigma capitate, obscurely 2-lobed. Berry deeply 2-lobed or 
globose through the suppression of one cell ; seeds . solitary in 
each cell. 
Calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube. 
Flowers white . . . . . . 1. J. dispermum. 
Flowers yellow . . . . . . 2. J. humile. 
Calyx-teeth much longer than the tube . 
Leaflets 3-7. Corolla-tube $ in. . . . . 3. J. officinale. 
Leaflets 7-11. Corolla- tube f in. . . . 4„ J. grandiflorum. 
1. Jasminum dispermum, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 602. A 
climbing shrub. Leaves opposite, 4-6 in. ; leaflets 3-5, lance- 
olate or ovate-lanceolate, long-pointed, end one 2-4 in. Flowers 
numerous, crowded, white, sometimes tinged with pink, f-1 in. 
long. Calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube. 
Simla, Lansdowne Falls ; April. — Temperate Himalaya, 2000-8000 ft. 
2. Jasminum humile, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 602. An erect 
shrub. Leaves alternate, 2-4 in. ; leaflets 3-7, oblong or ovate, 
end one 1-2 in. Flowers yellow, J-f in. long. Calyx-teeth 
much shorter than the tube. 
Simla, common ; May-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 2000-9000 ft. 
3. Jasminum offieinale, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 603. A climb- 
ing or hah erect shrub. Leaves opposite, 2-4 in. ; leaflets 3-7, 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, long-pointed, end one 1-2 in. Flowers 
white, numerous, crowded. Calyx-teeth linear, more than half 
the length of the corolla-tube. Corolla-tube ^ in. ; lobes | in. 
long. 
Fagoo, Narkunda ; May-July. — W. Himalaya, 3000-9000 ft. 
The common white Jessamine cultivated in Britain. 
4. Jasminum grandiflorum, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 603. A 
chmbing shrub. Leaves opposite, 3-4 in. ; leaflets 7-11, ovate, 
end one |-1 in., often partially united with the uppermost pair. 
Flowers white, often tinged with purple outside. Calyx-teeth 
linear, less than half the length of the corolla-tube. Corolla-tube 
f in. ; lobes \ in. long. 
Simla, common ; May-September. — Simla to Nepal, 2000-7000 ft. 
Cultivated throughout India. — Native name Cfiambel. 
2. NYCTANTHES. From the Greek nyx , nyctos, night, and 
anthos, a flower ; the flowers open in the evening and fall off the 
following morning. — India. 
