290 OLEACEAE. 



The Olive appears to have been introduced prior to 1612, being one of the 

 first Old World trees brought to Bermuda. In 1661 the Bermuda Company 

 ordered it widely planted, but it never became the basis of an industry. 

 Lefroy states that some of the trees planted in 1661 were still standing about 

 1875 ; this remark may very well apply to the ancient tree still in perfect 

 condition at Norwood, and, perhaps to one at Walsingham. The fruit pro- 

 duced in Bermuda is small and of inferior quality, averaging only about \' 

 in length. 



Fraxinus excelsior L., EUROPEAN ASH, of Europe and Asia, a large tree 

 with glabrous pinnate leaves 1 long or more, the lanceolate or oblong-lance- 

 olate, sessile serrate acuminate leaflets 9-15, the small greenish apetalous 

 flowers in fascicled clusters, the fruit flat blunt narrowly oblong samaras f '-!' 

 long, was represented at Mount Langton in 1914 by a tree about 30 high. 



Ligustrum vulgare L., PRIVET, European, a shrub, with smooth dark 

 green, indistinctly veined, lanceolate or oblong leaves l'-2' long, and small 

 white perfect flowers in terminal panicles with funnelform corolla and 2 

 stamens, followed by small black 1-3-seeded berries, has also been introduced 

 as a hedge plant, but does not thrive vigorously, the climate being too warm 

 for it, or the rainfall insufficient. 



Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk., CALIFORNIA PRIVET, Japanese, a glabrous 

 shrub up to 15 high, with upright branches, oblong or elliptic, short-petioled, 

 somewhat shining leaves 1?'-2V long, narrowed at both ends, the white 

 flowers nearly sessile in terminal panicles, the corolla-tube about 3 times as 

 long as the limb, is successfully grown for hedges. 



Ligustrum Ibota Sieb., IBOTA PRIVET, of China and Japan, of which a 

 young plant was seen at Cedar Lodge in 1914, becomes, under favorable cir- 

 cumstances, a shrub about 10 high; its young twigs are densely pubescent, its 

 oblong obtuse or acute leaves are l'-2' long, its white flowers in small droop- 

 ing panicles, short-pedicelled, the corolla-tube about twice .as long as the limb. 



Ligustrum coriaceum Carr., THICK-LEAVED PRIVET, origin unknown, is a 

 densely leafy, glabrous shrub, becoming 5-6 high, with evergreen, orbicular 

 to ovate, dark green and shining obtuse leaves l*'-2i' long, the flowers sessile 

 in terminal panicles, the corolla-tube about as long as the limb; a plant ap- 

 parently of this species, about 4 high, was seen at Cedar Lodge in 1914. 



Osmanthus Aquifolium Sieb., HOLLY OSMANTHUS, Japanese, a shrub or 

 small tree, with opposite short-petioled evergreen elliptic spiny-serrate acu- 

 minate holly-like leaves 2'-4' long, and very fragrant white flowers in axillary 

 clusters, the blunt corolla-lobes imbricated in the bud, is grown in a few 

 gardens. 



Syringa vulgaris L., LILAC, European, seen at the Public Garden, St. 

 George's, in 1914, is a glabrous shrub, growing up to about 9 high, with 

 long-petioled ovate pointed leaves 2'-5' long, the lilac or white fragrant 

 flowers in terminal panicles, with a salverform corolla about V long, the cap- 

 sular fruit nearly 1' long. 



A species of Forsytliia, GOLDEN BELLS, Asiatic, was observed in the 

 garden at Water Ville in 1914, which did not appear to be enduring the 

 climate. 



Family 2. LOGANIACEAE Dumort. 

 LOGANIA FAMILY. 



Herbs, shrubs, vines or some tropical genera trees, with opposite or 

 vertieillate simple stipulate leaves, or the leaf -bases connected by a stipular 

 line or membrane, and regular perfect 4-5-parted flowers. Calyx inferior, 

 the tube campanulate, sometimes short or none, the segments imbricated, 



