Olea _DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 105 
Perisperm none, or in small quantity, and blended with the 
integument. Embryo curved, and folded up nearly as:in the 
Convolvulacee. Cotyledons ovate-oblong, Radicle inferior, 
curved, 
) OLEA. Schreb. gen. N. 25. 
Corol and calyx four-cleft. Germ two-celled, trovecedied: 
Drupe superior, one-seeded. Embryo inverse, and furnished 
with a + RereRa 
1,.Q, agin Linn, sp, pl. ed. Willd. 1, 4, 6. . 
Shrubby. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, slightly serrate. Pe- 
duncles axillary. ba 
Olea fragrans, Thunb, Jap, 18, t. 2. good. 
A native of China, in the Botanic garden it blossoms dur- 
x spelen cathereean: 
2. O. paniculata, R E 
Leaves opposite, ctilnk oblong, entire, eaain” Dani 
cles sie Bractes wesidpae Lobes of the stigma di- 
 -Varicate, — 
— phi sees a wative sof the oe mountains, Flower 
during the hot season. 
Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, waved, entire, running 
down the petiole, smooth on both sides, firm, about five inches 
long, and two broad. Petioles an inch and half long, smooth, 
flat above. Stipules none, Panicles below the leaves, and 
also from the axills, small, thin, brachiate. Bractes small, 
nearly sessile. Calyx four-cleft, small, Corol one-petalled; 
tube shorter; border four-cleft ; divisions oblong, spreading, — 
concave ; apices sharp and. sealer Filaments two, ony ; 
site, ahest. finthers hes ieee erect, Germ superior, 
yi sg ae —twe o-cl aah 3 divisions en- 
