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Var. 8. Hispalénsis (Clem. 1. c.) wood less hard and more 
white than in no. 1., and the leaves are more lucid beneath, and 
broader, and the branches are longer and more erect. Fruit 
of a dark violet colour, cherry shaped. O. Europz'a règia, Roz. 
Var. 9. máxima (Clem. 1. c.) trunk and branches as in no. 7. 
Leaves larger than any of the other varieties, not very green, 
but with manifest veins. Fruit large, acuminated. O. Europ. 
amygdalina, Gouan. 
Var. 10, ceratocárpa (Clem. 1. c.) fruit more or less arched, 
sometimes semicircular, an inch and more long, but never thick. 
O. Europ. odorata, Gouan. 
Var. 11, rostràta (Clem. l. c.) branches and leaves as in no. 9. 
Fruit not much acuminated, nor very black; long and middling 
thick. 
Var. 19, empéltre (Arias) trunk dwarf, with smooth bark. 
Leaves pale green, rather broad. 
Var. 13, hérbequin (Arias.) dwarf, with pendulous branches. 
Cultivated Olive. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1570. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 
2 O. ra'wcEA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 40. Lam. ill. 1. p. 29.) 
leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, of the same 
colour on both surfaces; racemes panicled, terminal. h. S. 
Native of the Isle of France. Branches dotted. Drupe ob- 
long, acute. Blum., in his bijdr. p. 682., says the leaves have 
depressed glands in the axils of the veins beneath. O. exas- 
peràta, Willd. enum. suppl. hardly differs from this, unless in 
the leaves being less acute and a little larger. 
Lance-leaved Olive. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1819. Tr. 20 ft. 
3 O. Awznica'NA (Lin. syst. 57. mant. 24. Vahl. enum. 1. 
p. 41.) leaves elliptic-lanceolate ; thyrse rather compound, axil- 
lary, narrow; bracteas ovate, permanent, connate. b. H. 
Native of Carolina, Florida, &c. Michx. hist. arb. amer. 3. 
t. 6.—Catesb. car. 1. t. 61. Branches rather tetragonal. Leaves 
4 inches long, rather coriaceous, shining. Flowers by threes, 
almost sessile. Fruit purple, globose, containing an edible nut. 
Corolline segments revolute. Perhaps a distinct genus. 
American Olive. Fl. June. Clt. 1758. Tree. 
4 O. CAPE NSIS (Lin. spec. 11. Thunb. fl. cap. 1. p. 39.) 
leaves oblong; flowers disposed in racemose, terminal pauicles. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ker. bot. reg. 
613. O. buxifólia, Mill. diet. Branches rather tetragonal, 
from decurrent lines. Leaves coriaceous, dense, and rigid, de- 
cussate, always paler beneath. Corollas white. Drupe rather 
wrinkled, size of a pea. 
Var. D, coriacea (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 13.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, stiff, flat; petioles red. bh. G.—Dill. hort. elth. 193. 
t. 160. f. 194.—Burm. afr. p. 234. t. 81. f. 2. 
Var. y, undulata (Ait. l. c.) leaves elliptic, waved; petioles 
green. hk. G. O. undulata, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 1. t. 2. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 379. O. laurifólia, Lam. ill. 1. p. 29.—Burm. 
an 233. t SI f ls 
Cape Olive. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1730. Tree tall. 
5 O. EXCE LSA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 14. ed. 2. 1. p. 22.) 
leaves elliptie, acute; bracteas perfoliate : lower ones cup-shaped 
and permanent, superior ones large, foliaceous, and deciduous. 
h. F. Native of Madeira. Vahl, symb. 3. p. 3. enum. 1. 
p. 42. O. exasperàta, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. t. 252. Branches 
rough from small tubercles. Leaves 2-3 inches long and 14 
broad, sometimes 3 in a whorl, paler beneath.  Panicles tri- 
chotomous, many-flowered. Flowers rather large. Drupe oval, 
size of a pea, purplish brown. 
Tali Olive. Fl. May. Clt. 1784. Tree. 
6 O. APE'TALA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 3. but not of Andr. End- 
licher, prod. fl. ins. norf. p. 56.) racemes axillary, shorter than 
the leaves. ^. G. Native of Norfolk Island. Bauer, ill. pl. 
ins. norf. t. 172. 
Apetalous Olive. Shrub. 
OLEIN &. 
III. OLEA: 
7 O. Fra‘crans (Thunb. fl. 
jap. p. 18. t. 2.) leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate, a little serrated ; 
pedicels 1-flowered, axillary, and 
lateral, aggregate from scaly 
buds. k.G. Native of Japan, 
China, and Cochinchina. Vahl, 
enum. l. p. 43. Sims. bot. 
mag. t. 1552. Osmanthus frà- 
grans, Lour. coch. p 29. Moksei, 
Kaempf.amoen.5. p. 844. Quaifa, 
Osb. itin. engl. ed. 2. p. 14. 
Branches and branchlets tricho- 
tomous. Leaves 2 inches long, 
acuminated, shining above and 
pale beneath. This tree is cul- 
tivated much in China, Cochin- 
china, and Japan in the gardens, for the sake of its sweet- 
scented flowers, which are said to be put into teas to give them 
flavour. Flowers yellowish or almost white. (f. 8.) 
Fragrant Olive. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1771. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 
8 O. raxicULA'rTA (R. Br. prod. p. 528.) leaves lanceolate- 
elliptic, acuminated, quite entire ; ultimate peduncles of the pa- 
nicle 3-flowered. %.G. Native of New South Wales ; and of 
New Holland, within the tropic. 
Panicled-flowered Olive. Fl. July. Clt. 1825. Tree 10 ft. 
9 O. Heynea'na (Wall. cat. no, 2823.) leaves broad, oblong, 
acuminated, attenuated at the base, repandly toothed ; peduncles 
lateral and axillary, solitary, trichotomous, each fork or branch 
bearing almost sessile flowers at the apex ; fruit oblong. h. G. 
Native of the East Indies. 
Heyne’s Olive. Shrub or tree. 
10 O. compa’cra (Wall. cat. no. 2819.) leaves elliptic, acu- 
minated, glabrous, quite entire; panicle thyrsoid, terminal, gla- 
brous ; flowers crowded. h. G. Native of Kamaon and 
Sirmore. Tube of corolla hardly longer than the calyx. 
Perhaps a species of Ligüstrum. 
Compact Olive. Shrub or tree. 
11 O.? Granpirtora (Wall. cat. no. 2820.) leaves ovate, 
acuminated, quite entire, glabrous ; branchlets warted ; panicles 
thyrsoid, terminal, downy ; corolla funnel-shaped. h.G. Na- 
tive of Nipaul. Phillyrea grandiflora, Wall. herb. Perhaps 
a species of Ligtistrum. 
Great-flomered Olive. Tree. 
12 O. saLiciFÜLIA (Wall. cat. no. 2821.) glabrous, leaves lan- 
ceolate, acuminated, quite entire, rather glaucous; panicles axil- 
lary and terminal. h%.G. Native of Silhet, on the mountains. 
Far. B ; leaves broader, obovate-lanceolate, acuminated, some- 
times furnished with 1 or 2 teeth on each side. R.S. Native 
along with the species. 
Willow-leaved Olive. Shrub or tree. 
13 O. LiwprE: (Wall. cat. no. 6305.) glabrous; branches 
warted ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both ends; panicles 
thyrsoid, terminal, downy. b. G. Native of Silhet. Calyx 
small, obsoletely toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a longish 
tube. 
Lindley’s Olive. Shrub. 
14 O. artenva‘ta (Wall, cat. no. 2839.) glabrous; leaves 
ovate-oblong, entire, acuminated, or obovate, coriaceous, pale 
beneath; panicles terminal, divaricate; corolla spreading, 4- 
petalled ; fruit oblong. h.G. Native of the Burman empire, 
on the banks of the river Martaban. 
Attenuated-leaved Olive. Shrub or tree. 
15 O. craAvA' TA; leaves ovate-oblong, entire, smooth; 
branches drooping; panicles terminal. h. G. Native of 
China. Phillyrea paniculata, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 100. O. 
