608 XCII. OLEACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Linociera. 
Petals white. Style shortly bifid. Drupe $-$ by 4-4 in., ellipsoid ; endocarp thin, 
crustaceous, Testa thin, albumen plentiful. 
2. L. Wightii, Clarke; leaves elliptic acuminate or rostrate, flowers in 
small clusters, calyx-lobes glabrous on the back ciliate, petals j in. linear-lan- 
ceolate connected in pairs often for one-third their length, ovary glabrous. 
Olea linocieroides, Wight Ic. t. 1241; Bedd. For. Man. 152. 
Deccan PrwiNsULA; Courtallum; Wight.  Tinnevelly Ghauts, alt. 1-3000 ft., 
Beddome. 
A small tree. Leaves 4 by 13 in., base obtusely cuneate, coriaceous, nerves obscure 
or somewhat plainly inarching ; petiole } in. Peduneles short, axillary, clustered, 
glabrous, sparingly panicled ; bracts Ze in., ovate, glabrous. Calyz-lobes 3 in., ovate. 
Drupe 4-4 by 3-4 in. ellipsoid; endocarp thin, erustaceous. Testa thin, albumen 
plentiful.—Hardly differs from L. malabarica, but by the points specified in the 
diagnosis. Wight's Herbarium contains the ripe fruit, which is as depicted by him. 
Sror. II. Ceranthus. Seeds exalbuminous. (Several species, in which 
the seed is not known may prove to be Oleas.) 
3. L. purpurea, Vahl Enum. i. 47; leaves obovate-oblong obtuse coria- 
ceous, panicles very small closely pubescent, petals 4 subequal 75 in., drupe j-3 
in. ellipsoid. Wall. Cat. 2829; DC. Prodr. viii. 297. Chionanthus zeylanica, 
Linn. ; Thwaites Enum. 188; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. i. 107; Bedd, 
For. Man. 154. Thouinia nutans, Linn. f. Suppl. 89. 
Cryton ; common in the hotter parts of the island. 
A small tree; branchlets minutely pubescent. Leaves 2} by 1 in., tip very obtuse 
or rounded, base attenuate, nerves slightly impressed beneath distinetly inarching ; 
petiole à in. Panicle j-l in., somewhat dense, grey-pubescent; lower bracts } in., 
lanceolate, upper Ae in., ovate. Calyx very small. Ovary glabrous. 
Var. dichotoma, Wall. Cat. 2825 (sp.); leaves elliptic or oblong subacute at both 
ends very coriaceous nerves less distinct, panicles 1-4 in. lax nearly glabrous, petals 
i-i in. DC. Prodr. viii. 297,—Ceylon. 
4. L. albidiflora, Thwaites Enum. 189; leaves elliptic shortly suddenly 
rostrate coriaceous, panicles small nearly glabrous, petals 4 subequal 4—} in. and 
upwards, drupe j-3 in. Chionanthus axillaris, R. Br. Prodr. 523 r; 
Cryton; alt. 1-3000 ft., abundant, Thwaites.—DisrRiB. Australia. 
A small tree; nearly glabrous. Leaves 2$ by 1} in.; nerves beneath slightly 
impressed, distinetly inarehing. Panicles 4-1 in.; bracts a; in. ovate, minutely 
ciliate-pubescent. Calyx A in., glabrous; lobes minutely ciliate-pubescent. Petals 
pale yellow (Thwaites). Ovary glabrous.—This seems hardly specifically distinct 
from L. purpurea if in that species we include the larger flowered L, dichotoma. 
Beddome (For. Man. 154) reduces it with confidence to L. malabarica ; but (apart from 
the presence of albumen) Z. malabarica has the flowers in small capitate clusters at 
the extremities of peduncles much longer than the heads themselves. The example 
communicated from Australia by F. Mueller appears identical with the Ceylon speci- 
mens; F. Mueller is very probably right in supposing it to have been Chionanthus 
axillaris, R. Br., but the diagnosis of Brown is very short. 
Var. rostrata, Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 189 (sp.); fruit 1 by 4 in.—Ceylon ; 
Hinidoon Corle, Thwaites.—Except in the somewhat larger fruit, Thwaites’ examples 
of this appear identical with his L. albidiflora. 
5. L. leprocarpa, Thwaites Enum. 189; leaves oblong acuminate coria- 
ceous, panicles small minutely glandulose-pilose, drupe ovoid large. Chionan- 
thus leprocarpa, Bedd. For. Man. 154. 
Cryton ; Central Province, alt. 3-4009 ft., rather rare, Thwaites. 
Appears closely allied to L. purpurea. Leaves 54 by 14 in., base narrowly cuneate, 
