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SYI.VA TEIiliURIAIVA. 



CENTURIA I. 



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Article 1. Olea Auct. Many Sp. have been 

 improperly united to this Genus, and many real 

 Sp. blended as varieties, the common Olive is 

 the type, all others must be again examined. 

 The nat. family Oleina of R. Brown of which 

 it is the type, hardly differs from Jasminea ex- 

 cept by a monosperm drupe. The real Olea 



has Cor, infundib. stigma hifido, stylo 



elongato — — and the real Olea europea has 



ramis levis, fol. ovato lane, mucronulatis, 

 ine revoluto, subtus albidis, fructo obi. 



nigro. Native of regions around the Medi* 



terranean: it has produced 25 varieties now 

 cultivated, distinguished by slight differences of 

 size, season, value of fruits; but some presumed 



varieties with different shaped leaves or fruits, 

 are real species, whether primordiaPor devia- 

 ted, and many botanists have hinted as much. 



All seen alive. 



2, Olea europea Var, Semper flor ens Raf O. 

 caietana Petagni, Vitm. deemed a sp. by them, 

 but no essential difference given, it only differs 

 by having flowers and fruits at all seasons ; the 



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blackish, oil g 

 South Italy. 



3. Olea verrucosa Raf. ramis verrucosis, fol. 

 lanceol. planis acutis subtus albidis. — South of 

 Europe, the only variety in Persoon, but a real 



species probably. 



4. Olea hifera Raf. ramis levissimis, fol. 

 major obi. lanceol. subtus argenteis, fruct. pri- 



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