Jasminum L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 52-53

1. Jasminum L. 3

Deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes climbing. Twigs usually angled. Leaves opposite or alternate, imparipinnate; leaflets entire. Flowers hermaphrodite, usually in terminal or axillary cymes. Calyx campanulate, with 4-9 lobes. Corolla hypocrateriform, with 4-9 lobes, convolute in bud. Stamens epipetalous; anthers large; filaments short. Fruit a black berry, usually didymous. J. odoratissimum L. , Sp. Pl. 7 (1753), from Madeira, is cultivated in S.E. France for the perfume extracted from the flowers. It is like 3 but has almost terete branches and somewhat larger flowers and fruit. 1 Leaves opposite

2 Flowers yellow, solitary 1. nudiflorum 2 Flowers white, in terminal cymes 2. officinale 1 Leaves alternate

3 Leaflets 0-7-2(-3) cm; calyx-lobes at least as long as tube

3. fruticans 3 Leaflets 2-6 cm; calyx-teeth minute 4. humile