OLEACEAE 249 



LIGV STRUM— continued 



(a) Tube of corolla scarcely longer than lobes 



L. japom'cum. Japanese Privet. 8. July-September. E. Ls. ov., 4, very 



glossy, blackish green, veins raised, margin and midrib reddish. Fls. in 



large panicles up to 8 long. China and Japan. 



Variety coriaceum. Ls. roundish ov., 2, blunt or notched at apex. 

 Fl. -panicles up to 3 long. 

 L. lucidum. 30. August-October. E. Ls. ov., 6, long-pointed, glossy green 



above, hairless, veins sunk, margins translucent. Fls. in large panicles 



up to 8 long. China. (Fig. 70 b.) 



Variety aureo-variegatum. Ls. variegated with yellow. 

 L. sumise. Chinese Privet. 20. July. D. or \ E. Branchlets densely downy. 



Ls. ov., 3, pale green, thin, blunt or notched at apex. Fl. -panicles up to 



4 long. China. (Fig. 70 h.) 

 L. vulgare. Common Privet. 10. June-July. D. or ^ E. Ls. ov., lane, 2, 



hairless. Fl. -panicles up to 2 long. Europe (including Britain) and 



North Africa. (Fig. 70 a.) 



(b) Tube of corolla much longer than lobes 



L. ionandrum. 10. June. E. Branchlets downy, greyish. Ls. ov., i, hairless. 



Fl. -panicles dense, up to i long; stamens violet. China. (Fig. 70 E.) 

 L. ovalifolium. 15. July. E. Branchlets hairless. Ls. ov., 2, glossy green, 

 hairless. Fl. -panicles up to 4 long. Japan. (Fig. 70 G.) 

 Variety argenteum. Ls. bordered with white. 

 Variety aureuni. Golden Privet. Ls. yellow except in centre. 

 L. Prattii (L. Delavayanum). 6. June-July. E. Branchlets densely downy. 

 Ls. ov., I, hairless. Fl. -panicles up to 2 long. China. (Fig. 70 f.) 



OLEA. Ls. opposite, pitted. Fls. small, white, in axillary racemes. Fruit f , 

 egg-shaped, oily, containing one hard stone. 



*0.europaea. Olive. 40. May. E. Ls. ov., lane, 3, entire, leathery, dark dull 

 green above, silvery or pale green below, sometimes downy on both 

 sides. South Europe and West Asia. (Fig. 69 D.) 

 O.fragrans. 50. May. E. Ls. ov., 6, finely toothed or entire, bright 

 yellowish green below. Fls. vtx^ fragrant. Japan. (Fig. 59 J.) 



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OSMANTHUS. Ls. opposite, mostly spine-toothed, hairless. Fls. small, white 

 or yellowish, fragrant, in small clusters. Fruit a dark blue berry. 



O. Aquifolium. 20. September-October. E. Ls. ov., ^\, holly-like with two 

 to four large spiny teeth on each side, glossy green above. Fls. |, in short- 

 stalked axillary clusters. Japan. (Fig. 54 b.) 



Variety p?/r/)i/r«/^. Young stems black; Is. purple. 

 Variety variegatus. Ls. bordered with white or yellow. 

 O. armatus. 15. September. E. Ls. lane, 6, long-pointed, base rounded or 

 heart-shaped, coarsely spine-toothed, prominently net-veined. Fls. |, 

 in axillary clusters. China. (Fig. 54 c.) 

 O. Delavayi. 10. April-May. E. Ls. ov., i, sharply toothed, minutely dotted 



