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Li. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-toothed. Co- 
rolla of 4 petals; petals ovate, connected by pairs to the fila- 
ments at the base. Stigma bifid. Drupe containing a charta- 
ceous, 1-seeded putamen. Albumen wrinkled.—Small evergreen 
trees or shrubs, with the habit of olive. Leaves quite entire. 
Flowers white, in axillary racemes. 
1 N.zowociróLIA (Vent. choix. t. 25.) leaves lanceolate, reti- 
culately veined on both surfaces, more or less downy beneath, 
dotless; calycine segments unequal; stigma bifid. h. G. Na- 
tive of New South Wales. O'lea apétala, Andr. bot. rep. 316. 
There are varieties of this shrub with lanceolate, acuminated, 
and elliptic leaves, which are either smoothish beneath or clothed 
with copious soft down. 
Long-leaved Notelea. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 
2 N. ruNcTA TA (R. Br. prod. p. 528.) leaves lanceolate, 
attenuated at the base, veiny above, quite glabrous, but dotted 
beneath and obsoletely veined. hk. G. Native of New Hol- 
land, within the tropic. 
Dotted-leaved Notelea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Sh. 
3 N. ova‘ra (R. Br. l. c.) leaves ovate, glabrous, without 
dots ; calycine segments equal; stigma sessile, undivided. h .G. 
Native of New South Wales. 
Ovate-leaved Notelæa. FI. June, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 
4 N. urcu’strina (Vent. choix. t. 456.) leaves narrow-lan- 
ceolate, elongated, petiolate, quite glabrous, with simple margins, 
dotted beneath, having the veins on both sides obsolete. 5. G. 
Native of Van Diemen's Land.  Racemes length of leaves. 
Privet-like Notelea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1807. Shrub. 
5 N. wicRoca'RPA (R. Br. prod. p. 524.) leaves linear-lan- 
ceolate, elongated, attenuated at the base, almost sessile, quite 
glabrous, obsoletely dotted beneath, and having the veins mani- 
fest above. h.G. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 
The drupe in this species is smaller than a pea, while in N. li- 
gustrina it is larger. 
Small-fruited Notelea. Shrub. 
6 N. Posv'4 (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 107.) leaves el- 
liptic-oblong, acuminated ; pedicels axillary, drooping, glo- 
merate, l-flowered ; calycine teeth equal; stigma capitate. 
b. G. Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. O'lea Posüa, Hamilt. 
mss. O'lea Buchanàni, Herb. Lamb. Leaves 4-5 inches long, 
and 14 or 2 broad. 
Posua Notelea. Shrub. 
T A doubtful species. 
7 N. mícrpA (Desf. arbr. 1. p. 120.) leaves stiff, broad-lan- 
ceolate, quite entire; racemes axillary. h.G. Nativeof Van 
Diemen's Land, where it was collected during the expedition 
of Baudin. 
Stiff-leaved Notelea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. Shrub. 
Cult. 'The species of this genus thrive well in a mixture of 
loam and peat; and ripened cuttings root freely under a hand- 
glass, in sand. 
XIII. LINOCIERA (named by Swartz, after Geofroy Li- 
nocier, a physician at Tournon, in the Vivaraes; author of 
L'Histoire des Plantes, Paris, 1584. 12mo.). Swartz in Schreb. 
gen. no. 1709. p. 178. fl. ind. 1. t. 2. Gaertn. fruct. t. 215. 
Thouinia, Swartz, prod. 14.—Chionánthus, spec. Jacq. Lin. 
and Swartz.— Mayépea, Aubl, —Ceránthus, Schreb. gen. 1. p. 14. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-toothed. Co- 
rolla of 4 linear petals, much longer than the calyx, which are 
connected by pairs to the filaments at the base.  Anthers 2, elon- 
gated ; filaments short. Stigma 2-cleft. Drupe 2-celled ; 
cells 1-seeded.—Evergreen trees, with entire leaves, and tricho- 
tomous panicles of white or yellow flowers. 
OLEINZ. XII. Norenza. 
XIII. LiNocixna. 
* Species natives of South America. 
1 L. niv'sruiwA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 49.) flowers 
panicled, pedicellate ; petals reflexed ; leaves lanceolate. h. S. 
Native of Jamaica and Hispaniola. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 46. 
Thouinia ligástrina, Swartz, prod. 15. Branches beset with ele- 
vated dots. Leaves 2-3 inches long, shining, obtuse at top. 
Petals obtuse, concave, white. 
Privet-like Linociera. Clt. 1820. Tree. 
2 L. variror1a (Vahl 1. p. 46.) flowers panicled, axillary ; 
peduncles 3-flowered ; flowers sessile; leaves elliptic, acumin- 
ated. h.S. Native of St. Domingo and the Antilles. Chio- 
nánthus Domingénsis, Lam. ill. 1. p. 30. It differs from the 
preceding in the leaves being broader, firmer, and less shining 
and acuminated; in the petals being broader and thinner. 
Drupe oblong, size of a pea. 
Broad-leaved Linociera. Tree. 
3 L. ctomera‘ta (Pohl, pl. bras. 2. p. 98. t. 164.) racemes 
compound; peduncles many-flowered ; flowers sessile; petals 
linear-lanceolate, hardly broader at the base; leaves oblong, 
acuminated, glabrous above, but densely clothed with yellowish 
tomentum beneath in the axils of the nerves. h.G. Native 
of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in the district of 
the New Mines, or Minas Novas, among bushes in dry moun- 
tainous places. Flowers yellow. 
Glomerate-flowered Linociera. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 
4 L. compa’cra (R. Br. prod. p. 523. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. 
vol. 1. p. 23.) racemes compound and decompound ; peduncles 
3-flowered ; flowers almost sessile; petals attenuated, subulate. 
h. S. Native of the West Indies. Chionanthus compácta, 
Swartz, prod. p. 18. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 44. Chionánthus Cari- 
bee'a, Jacq. coll, 2. p. 110. t. 6. f. 1. Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 22. 
Ceránthus, Schreb. gen. 1. p. 14. Ceránthus Screbéri, Gmel. 
syst. 1. p. 26.— Pluk. alm. 224. f. 2. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic, 
acuminated, often a hand long. Calyxes villous. Petals snow 
white. Anthers acute. 
Compact Linociera. Clt. 1793. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
5 L.? retra’npra (R. Br. prod. p. 523.) panicles trichoto- 
mous, axillary ; flowers pedicellate, tetrandrous; petals ovate, 
attenuated, subulate; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute. h. S 
Native of Guiana.  Chionánthus tetrándra, Vahl, enum. 1. 
p.45. Mayépea Guianénsis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 81. t.31. Chio- 
nánthus incrassàta, Willd. spec. 1. p. 47. Chion. Guianénsis, 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 5. Calyx villous. Anthers obtuse. Petals 
white, concave, terminated by a thread. Fruit size of an olive, 
violaceous, l-seeded, bitter. The flowers exhale a grateful 
scent. Perhaps a genus of Rhamnee. 
Tetrandrous Linociera. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 
** Species natives of Asia. 
6 L. picnéroma (Wall. cat. no. 2825.) racemes axillary, com- 
posed of 3-flowered peduncles; leaves large, cuneate-lanceolate, 
recurved, entire, glabrous. h. S. Native of Coromandel. 
Chionánthus dichótomus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 107. A smooth, 
dichotomous shrub. Racemes solitary, shorter than the leaves. 
Flowers small, white, scentless. Calyx villous. Segments of 
corolla hardly joined at the base. Drupe ovate or obovate, 
purple, size of a currant. Albumen none. 
Dichotomous Linociera. Shrub 7 to 10 feet. 
7 L. ramrrrora (Wall. cat. no. 2824.) panicles ovate, below 
the leaf-bearing shoots, smooth; leaves broad-lanceolate or 
oblong, entire, acute, glabrous. h.S. Native of the Moluccas. 
Chionanthus ramiflórus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 106. Leaves 
about 6 inches long. Flowers numerous, small, yellow. Seg- 
ments of the corolla lanceolate, with incurved edges. Drupe 
oblong. 
Branch-flowered Linociera. Fl. March, April. Tree. 
