Schrebera. | LXXXII, OLEACEE (BAKER), 17 
Calyx campanulate, pubescent, } in. long, minutely toothed. Corolla- 
tube twice as long as the calyx ; lobes obovate-cuneate, } in. long.—S. 
alata, var. tomentella, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxvii. 42. NVathusia 
alata, var. tomentella, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 657. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in the rocky higher parts of Morro de 
Lopollo, 5200-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 939! Foot of the Keputu Mountains, 5800 ft., 
Antunes & Dekindt, 198. 
11. S. Holstii, Gilg in Hngl. Jahrb. xxx. 72. A shrub, with 
lenticellate pubescent young branches. Leaves imparipinnate, 4—7 in. 
long, distinctly petioled, vigidly membranous, pubescent on both 
surfaces ; leaflets 5, oblong, 2-3 in. long, narrowed to both ends, the 
side ones very shortly stalked, the end one largest. Cymes dense, 
terminal, many-flowered ; pedic-ls about as long as the calyx. Calyx 
campanulate, densely tomentose, } in. long. Corolla glabrous; tube 4— 
5 in. long; lobes obovate-oblong, obtuse, nearly as long as the tube. 
—Nathusia Holstii, Engl. & Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 308. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Mlalo, Holst, 361, and 
Wambuguland, 5500 ft., Buchwald, 413 (ex Gilg). 
3. OLEA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 679. 
Calyx small, campanulate, truncate or 4-lobed. Corolla-tube short, 
campanulate ; segments +, ovate, valvate. Stamens 2, inserted in the 
tube of the corolla; filaments short. Ovary 2-celled; style short; 
stigma capitate or emarginate. Fruit drupaceous; endocarp thick 
and bony, or thinner and crastaceous Seeds usually solitary, pendu- 
lous, albuminous ; albumen fleshy, sometimes slightly ruminate; coty- 
ledons flat ; radicle superior.— Trees or erect shrubs. Leaves opposite, 
simple, usually entire. Flowers small, panicled, hermaphrodite, 
dlicecious or polygamous. 
Species about 40, spread through the warmer regions of the Old World. 
Leaves nearly naked beneath; petiole long . : . lL. O. Hochstetterr. 
Leaves thinly coated beneath ; petiole short 
Drupe very small, globose or turbinate —. : . 2. O. somaliensis. 
Drupe jarger, ellipsoid. : : : 3. O. europea. 
Leaves densely lepidote beneath; petiole short. . 4. O. chrysophylla. 
1. O. Hochstetteri, Baker. A tall tree with naked branchlets. 
Leaves oblong, 3-4 in. long, 1-1} in. broad at the middle, deltoid at 
the apex and base, minutely cuspidate, subcoriaceous, bright green 
above, paler green and nearly or quite naked beneath; petiole }—? in. 
long. Panicles lateral and terminal, sparsely compound, 1}$-2 in. long ; 
flowers clustered at the tip of the branches; bracts small, ovate. 
Calyx campanulate, } lin. long, obscurely toothed. Corolla white, § in. 
long; lobes ovate, much longer than the tube.—0. laurifolia, Hochst. 
ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 28; Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 
333; Knobl. in Engl. Jahrb, xvii. 533 partly, not of Lam. 
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