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iSYIiTA TEIil^URI ANA. 

 CENTURIA I. 



Article 1. Olea Auct. Many Sp. have been 

 improperly united to this Genus, and many real 

 Sp. blended as varieties, the common Olive is 

 the type, all others must be again examined. 

 The nat. family Oleina of R. Brown of w^hich 

 it is the type, hardly differs from Jasminea ex- 

 cept by a monosperm drupe. The real Olea 



has Cor, infiindib, stigma hifido^ stylo 



elongato and the real Olea europea has 



ramis levis, foL ovato lane, mucronulatis, 



margine revoluto, subtus albidis, fructo obi. 

 nigro.- Native of regions around the Medi- 

 terranean: it has produced 25 varieties nov/ 

 cultivated, distinguished by slight differences of 

 size, season, value of fruits ; but some presumed 

 varieties with different shaped leaves or fruits, 

 are real species, whether primordial or devia- 

 ted, and many botanists have hinted as much. 

 All seen alive. 



2. Olea eiiropea Var, Semperflorens Raf. O. 

 caietana Petagni, Vitm. deemed a sp. by them, 

 but no essential difference given, it only differs 

 by having flowers and fruits at all seasons ; the 

 olives are small ovatoblong blackish, oil good;, 

 leaves ovate lanceolate. South Italy. 



3. Olea TerrucosaV\.?iL ramis verrucosis, fol. 

 lanceol. planis aoutis subtus albidis. South of 

 Europe, the only variety in PersooK;, but a real 

 species probably. 



4. Olea bifera Raf. ramis levissimis, fol. 

 tk major obi. lanceol. subtus argenteis, fruct. pri- 



