18 LXXXII, OLEACE# (BAKER). | Olea. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Samen ; Mount Aber above Adesila, Schimper, 871 ! 
The South African O. laurifolia, Lam. (O. undulata, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 2) 
bas a much more compound inflorescence and a deeply-lobed calyx. 
2. O. somaliensis, Baker, A smal] tree with obscurely white- 
lepidote branchlets. Leaves oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, 1-1} 
in. long, narrowed from the middle to the base, subcoriaceous, bright 
green above, covered with a thin persistent whitish coat beneath ; 
petiole very short. Panicles short, all axillary, not seen in the flower- 
ing stage. Calyx deeply lobed. Drupe subglobose or turbinate, not 
more than 4 in. long and broad when dry.—0O. chrysophylla, Engl. 
“ Hochgebirgsfl, Trop. Afr. 333 partly. 
Wile Land. British Somaliland: Ah! Mountains, ncar Maid, 3200-5200 {t., 
Hildebrandt, 1524! 
3. O. europeea, Linn., var. nubica, Schweinf. MSS. A stunted 
bush with congested branchlets and oblong or orbicular leaves, }~} in. 
long, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous on both surfaces, or taller with 
thinly lepidote branchlets and short-petioled oblong obtuse minutely 
cuspidate leaves, 1—2 in. long, green and glabrous above when mature, 
covered with a thin persistent coat of brownish-white lepidote scales 
beneath. Flowers and fruit not seen. 
Nile Land. Nubia: Erkowit Mountain, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 249 ! 
The typical O. europea, Linn., is cultivated in the island of Cazanga, near 
Loanda, in Angola, Welwitsch, 940! but is regarded by Hiern (Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 
658) as var. sativa, DC. The Nubian plant is regarded by Schweinfurth as the 
analtered primitive stock of the cultivated plant: see Heart of Africa, i. 26. 
4. O. chrysophylla, Zam.; DC. Prod. viii. 285. A tree, with 
slender branchlets, densely lepidote upwards. Leaves lanceolate, 2—4 
in. long, }—} in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to each end, 
subcoriaceous, bright green and glabrous above when mature, con- 
spicuously coated with drab or ferruginous lepidote scales beneath ; 
petiole very short. Panicles copious, sparsely compound, all axillary, 
1-1} in. long; rhachises lepidote ; bracts very minute. Calyx under 
} lin. long, campanulate, obscurely toothed. Corolla } in. long; lobes 
ovate-oblong. Drupe globose or turbinate, } in. long when dried.— 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 27; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 134; 
Baker, Fl]. Maurit. 219; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 333 partly ; 
Knobl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 531; xxviii. 450. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Marakhat Valley near Saganeiti, 7200-8800 ft.. 
Schweinfurth § Riva, 1676! Abyssinia: Agame district, Schimper, 918! 945! 
near Gondar, Steudner, 13816! near Fares Saber, Steudner, 1315! and without pre- 
cise locality, Schimper, 24! Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 290! Roth, 402! Uganda 
Protectorate: Butagu, Scott-Elliot, 8024! Mau, 7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6896! 
British East Africa : Machakos, 5000-6000 {t., Scott-Elliot, 6583! 6618! 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Usambara; Amboni, Holst, 2580! 
Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 9133! Uhehe; on a hilly plateau near Bweni, 5500 ft., 
Goetze, 730 (ex Gilg). 
Also in Arabia, Mauritius and Bourbon. 
