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XC. OLE ACE M. 
[ Jasminum. 
Order XC. OLEACE^E. 
Climbers, shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite (rarely alternate). 
Stipules o. Inflorescence cymose or panicled. Flowers regular, 
usually white, sometimes uni-sexual. Calyx free, campanulate, 
4-lobed or toothed. Corolla gamopetalous, tube short or long, 
lobes 4 to 12, imbricate or induplicate, valvate. Stamens 2 
(rarely 4) insert on corolla; filaments short; anthers large ovate 
or oblong. Style 1; ovary free, 2-celled; ovules 1 to 2 in a cell, 
attached to inner angle; stigma often bilobed. Fruit a drupe 
sometimes 2, twin (or a capsule). Seeds 1 to 2 in a cell. Tropics 
and temperate regions about 300 species. (King, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. lxxiv, extra number, p. 254.) 
Corolla-lobes imbricate. 
Climbing shrubs; flowers large, tube cylindric long . 
Small trees; flowers small, tube very short 
Corolla-lobes valvate, tube short; trees or shrubs. 
Petals nearly free, connected by the stamens 
Corolla-tube distinct, short . 
Corolla-lobes valvate; tube urceolate; climber 
1. Jasminum 
2. Osmanthus 
3. Linociera 
4. Olea 
5. Myxopyrum 
1 . JASMINUM, Linn. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite (rarely alternate) simple, 
trifoliate (or impari-pinnate). Flowers white (or pink or yellow), 
fragrant in 2- to 3-chotomous cymes, terminal or axillary. Calyx 
funnel- or bell-shaped, lobes linear, 4 to 9. Corolla-tube narrow 
cylindric long, lobes 4 to 9 imbricate. Stamens 2, usually included. 
Ovary 2-celled; ovules 2 in a cell; style filiform; stigma usually 
bifid. Drupes twin (didymous) or solitary. Carpels globose or 
ellipsoid, pulpy. Seeds usually 1 in a carpel, rarely 2. Species 
about 90, Asia, Africa and Australia, 1 in Europe in temperate 
and tropical regions. 
A few species are cultivated in the Malay Peninsula, the com¬ 
monest being /. Sambac Ait., and chiefly the double-flowered bush 
form common in Chinese gardens. It is known as Melati, or 
Melor, a common name for all Jasmines. 
Leaves simple, penninerved. 
Leaves thick chartaceous, pilose 
Leaves thick'chartaceous, glabrous 
Leaves thick coriaceous, hairy beneath . 
Leaves membranous. 
Calyx-lobes *25 in. long, spreading; bracts 
small ...... 
Calyx-lobes ‘5 in. long; bracts large leafy . 
Calyx-lobes under *2 in. long. 
Leaves always hairy beneath; corolla-tube 
shorter than lobes 
(1) J. Griffiths 
(2) J. Maingayi 
<3) J. kedahense 
(4) J. Wrayi 
(5) J. Curtisii 
(6) J. decussatum 
