488 OLEACES (Harvey). [ Olea. 
1000-2000 ft., Drége! Piquetberg Div.; Olifants River Mountains, Zeyher, 
1150! 
EASTERN Rua@ion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 500! 
The variety concolor is connected with the typical form by Burchell’s 7227, in 
which, however, the shining green upper surface of the leaf contrasts with the 
dull lower surface. Under cultivation the leaves become undulate at the margin. 
7. O. Mackenii (Harv.); branches slender, greyish; leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, more rarely elliptical and obtuse 
at the apex, 23 in. long, 7 lin. wide, margins revolute, lateral nerves 
inconspicuous; petiole 3 lin. long; panieles at and near the apex of 
the branches ; bracteoles minute; calyx cupular, * lin. in diam., 
glabrous ; teeth 4, broadly triangular; corolla-lobes short, rounded ; 
fruit oblong, 7 lin. long, 2 lin. in diam. 
EASTERN Recoion: Natal; Tugela, Gerrard, 380! 1666! 
§. 0. enervis (Harv.); a low tree; branches terete, ashy-grey, 
lenticellate ; leaves elliptic, very shortly cuspidate, cuneate below, 
up to 1 in, long and 5 lin. wide, glabrous on both surfaces, thickened 
at the margin, nerves (except the midrib) obscure below ; petiole 
2 lin. long; panicles terminal, 1 in. long; calyx eupular; corolla 
1 lin. in diam. ; lobes oblong, acute; fruit ovoid-oblong, 3 lin. 
ong. 
EASTERN REGion; Natal; Buffalo River and Mooi River, Gerrard, 1151! 
Orper LXXXVI. SALVADORACEZ. 
(By C. H. Wrienr.) : 
Flowers hermaphrodite or dicecious, regular. Calyx inferior, 
campanulate or ovoid, 2-4-toothed. Corolla 4-lobed, or of 4 free 
petals, imbrieate or valvate in bud. Stamens 4, inserted in the 
corolla-tube and alternate with the lobes, or hypogynous ; filaments 
free or connate at the base; anthers ovoid, dorsifixed, sometimes 
apiculate, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary superior, 1-2-celled; 
style short; stigma entire or bifid; ovules 1-2 in each cell, erect, 
anatropous. Berry fleshy, usually 1-seeded; endocarp mem- 
branous or chartaceous. Seed globose or compressed ; testa thin or 
cartilaginous ; albumen none. . 
Shrubs or trees, unarmed or spiny; leaves opposite, entire; stipules rudi- 
mentary ; panicles trichotomous, axillary, often reduced to sessile fascicles. 
Distris. Genera 3, species about 10, in tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa 
und the Mascarene Islands. 
I, Saivadora.—Petals united. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled. 
Il, Azima.—Petals free. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. 
