Ligustrum. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. wae 
in all four-toothed.. Corel none, Filaments in the complete- 
ly hermaphrodite flower much longer than the calyx. In the 
female wanting, or abortive, and hid within thecalyx. Male 
flowers not rey Germ ovate. Style long, and curved, 
Stigma. emarginate, | at 
LIGUSTRUM, 
Corol ur-clef Berry HEF of two cells with two seeds 
in each cell. 
1, Limepalense Wall. 
Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, acuminate, villous below. 
Panicle terminal, villous, consisting of sub-erect crowded 
racemes, 
__. A native of the mountains of Nepala, where it is called _ 
Goomgacha and grows to be a considerable tree, producing 
profuse clusters of white, sweet smelling flowers from April 
to June ; berries ripen in four to six months. 
Tewashies round, opposite, ash-coloured, dotted with cal- 
lous spots ; all the younger parts covered with abundance of 
soft hairs, Leaves opposite, spreadmg, on very short chan- 
nelled petioles, varying considerably in size and figure, 
mostly ovate with a rounded base, sometimes oblong or 
lanceolar, generally tapering into a long apex, terminated 
by a short cylindric poit; from one to two, or even three 
inches long, of a firm texture, shining above, densely villous 
underneath, when old entirely smooth, with very fine remote 
_herves communicating with each other in reticulated arches 
hear the margin. Panicle somewhat contracted, ovate, from 
four to six inches long, sessile, consisting of pretty crowc e 
racemes, the uppermost very short and alternate. Peduncles 
—_ villous, es a decidiunns aeunl) lanceolate bracte un- 
F ch division. Flo 10rt Hed, ‘smooth, dispos- 
oH in ‘small bun sii Calyx truncate, with four hardly dis- 
: Gamble, teeth. ord: tube equalling the calyx ; segments — 
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