104 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. . Olea. 
the calyx may be called five-leaved.— Nectary, from the inside of the 
pase of each petal arises a variously lobed, ragged leaflet or scale 
which is incurved over the germ ; besides which round the base — 
of the germ is a small, three-sided cup with bidentate angles.— Fi- - 
 laments two, opposite, length of the germ, short, broad, with enlarg- . 
ed apex ; from the base on the outside, rises a broad, tridentate scale, 
of about the length ofthe filament. Anthers twin, each lobe globular, 
opening transversely on the inside.— Germ superior, cordate two-. 
celled, with two ovula in each cell, attached to the partition. Style 
short. Stigma small, bidentate.— Drupe size of a pea, smooth, black, 
succulent, one-celled. Nut roundish thick for its size and very hard, — 
rugose, one celled, two-valved, with a projection into the cell oppo- 
site to the remains of the style on one side near the base, which . 
marksthe abortive lobe.—Seed solitary, conform to the nut. Integu- 
ment single, membranaceous.— Perisperm none, or in small quanti- 
ty, and blended with the integument.— Embryo curved, and folded 
up nearly as in the Convoloulacee. Cotyledons ovate-oblong. Radicle 
inferior, curved. 
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OLEA. Schreb. gen. N. 95. 
Corol and calyx four-cleft. Germ two-celled, two-seeded. Drupe — 
superior, one-seeded. Embryo inverse and furnished with a peri- 
sperm. 
1. O. fragrans. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 1. 4. 6. 
Shrubby. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, slightly serrate. Peduncles 
ill : ` wg 
: Olea fragrans. Thunb. Jap. 18. t. 2. góod, 
A native of China, in the Botanic Garden it blossoms during die 
cool season. 
2. O. paniculata. R. 
Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, entire, "— Panicles axilla- 
ty. Bractes deciduous. Lobes of the stigma divaricate. 
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