A small tree or large shrub, flowers white. It was 



not without considerable hesitation that I placed this 

 species amonjj the OUves, from which it seems to be 

 well distinguished by the form of the corolla, and my' 

 first thouj^hts were to constitute i!; the type of a new 

 genus. Further consideration, however, and a closer 

 examination of the distinctive characters of the genus 

 induced me to place it here, as being its most suitable 

 station. The drupaceous fruit removes it from the 

 Syrinr/etB, thealbumenous seed from the CMonanthece^ 

 with which the flowers would otherwise associate it. 

 Among the genera of OleinecBy it might have been with 

 equal, or perhaps, greater propriety, referred to either' 

 Picconia or Noielcea, but after comparing it'vt'ith the 

 characters of each, it seemcjd to difTer nearly as widely 

 from both as from Olea, with the character of which 

 it accords in every point except the corolla, and there- 

 fore seems to form the transition from the one to the 

 other : having the fruit and habit ofOlea, and the deeply 

 parted corolla of Picconia and Notelcea, 



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all situations, on hilly pastures and banks of rivulets, 

 and very uniform in its habrt in both. 



A ramoua leafy shrub, from 2 to 4, or 5 feet hijjh, 

 leaves from 1 to U inch long, by about 6 to 8 

 lines broad, of a dark green color, usually obtuse' at 

 butliends, but occasionally somewhat'acute : ramuli 

 numerous, short, each terminating in a compact thyrse 

 of fragrant white flowers, fruit oval, obtuse at both 

 ends, about the size of a small bean. 



D. C. hints that perhaps L. Nepalense/ is a native 

 of the Neilgherries;!' have not met with any plant cor-, 

 responding with his character, " branches softly \^U 

 lous," and '* leaves villous beneath.'^ 



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1^45. LiNociERA iN'TERMEDiA (R. W.) leaves 



elliptic, acuminate at both ends, long pctioled : patiicles 

 axillary, diffuse, about as long as the leaves: flowers' 

 aggr:?gatcd on the points of the ramuH, sessile, often 

 male by abortion : ovules ascending, stigma capitate, 

 2 lobed, fruit oval, one seeded." 



1242. Olea robusTxV (Wall. PhiUyrea robtsta, Jng 



Roxb. Visiania robusta D. C.) leaves elliptic, oblong, 

 acute at the base, acuminated at the apex, entire : pa- 

 nicles terminal, large, difi'aje, rachis and pedicels 

 pubescent : style clavate : fruit subcylindricah — Arbo- 

 reous, w^ood very hard, leaves 3 4 inches long, 1 to l-^ 

 broad, flowers somewhat fragrant, fruit size of a bean. 



D. C. Prod., 8, 28^. 



A not unfrequent, usually small sized, tree, in alpine 



Southern India, the 



Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries frequent, flower 



the rainy season,— Arboreous, glabrous 



during 



leaves opposite, from toS inches long, including the 

 petiol, panicles axillary, varying much in size, the 



figured 



larger ones being about the length of the leaves, flow- 

 ers numerous, white, frequently sterile by al)ortion, arid 

 then the panicles attain their greatest size; 'fertile pa^ 

 nicies arc generally shorter than the leaves. 



I am uncertain whether this 



' but 



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jungles in Soulliern maia, me specimens 



were gathered on the Eastern slopes of the Neilgher« 



ries, where it is to be met with in flower or fruit at all* 



seasons. 



The genus Visiania of De Candolle only differs from 

 Olea in the fruit. He remarks of it — '' Genus inter 

 Olcam et Phillyreani medium priori dispositione 

 florum et albumine carnoso, posteriori putamine char- 

 tacco affine." From this it appears, it only differs 

 from Olea in having a paper-like fragile putamen, 

 while Olea has a hard bony one, a distinction to which' 

 Icannot attach generic value. 



1243. LiGusTRUM Neilgherrense (R. W.) 

 subarboreous, glabrous, leaves ovate, elliptic, acute 

 or cuspidately acuminate, coriaceous, thyrses on the 

 ends of the branches lax. 



Neilgherries, on banks of streams, flowering during 

 the rains in May and June. A small tree or large 



leaves often subalternate, from 1| to 2 inches 



Flowers 



small, ovules ascending. 



last structure is general throughout this * Tribe, 

 if so, the direction of the ovuUs afford a mark by 

 which it can^ when in flower, be distinguished from 

 the Oleineae; ascending in this, pendulous from the 

 apex of the cell in that. 



This species seems exactly intermediate between L, 

 macrophyUa and ramifiora, but is more nearly related 

 to the former. 



ually 



shrub ; 



long, and about 1 to U broad, the larger ones 

 terminlfting in a short acute acumen, flowers numer- 

 ous, fragrant and large for this genus. 



Very nearly allied to the following, as the extreme 

 forms of each seem to pass into each other. They 

 appear distinct, the one being common and very con- 

 tantly retaining the form of a shrub in nearly all situa- 

 tions, while the other is very local and attains a much 

 larger size. It appears to me that D. C. has included 

 both under his character of L. Perrottetii, Ihave limit- 

 ted that name to the more generally diffused species, 



which is most correctly compared to L. vulgare, 

 which it; much resembles. 



1244. LiGUSTRUM Perrottetii (D.C.) branches 

 puberulous at the apex, leaves elliptic, obtuse at both 

 ends, or subacute, glabrous, coriaceo-carnosulous, the 

 thyrses terminating the branches, compound compact. 



B. C. 



Neilgherries, frequent : to be met with in nearly 



1246. Ltnociera malabArica, (Wall. Alph. D. 

 C.) leaves elliptic, obtuse, cuneately attenuated at the 

 base, glabrous on both sides : racemes axillary, much 

 shorter than the leaves, few flowered; the ramuli 

 bearing 1 to 3 sessile flowers on the apex : pedicels 

 and calyx pubescent, petals linear chanelled. Petiols 

 about 2 hues long, leaves 2 inches long, and about Id 

 lines broad, fruit oval, obtuse at both ends, about the 

 size of a bean.— D. C. Prod., 8, 292. 

 ^ Courtallum and Western Slop-s of the Neilgher- 

 ries, flowering February and March. A rambling' 

 shrub : leaves froih 3 to 6 inches long, 12-15 lines* 

 broad, somewhat ^obovate, cuneate, ending. in a short 

 blunt acumen. Flowers wh/ie, bavins the appearance 

 of 4 slender, lanceolate petiols; united 2 and 2, by the 

 short stout filament, fruit ovale, oblong, smooth. 



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1247. Jasminum rigidum (Zenker I). C. /, 



myrilfoIiumZenk. D. C. I. iet rapids Wight ^nd Gardi 

 ner, CatcuUa Journal of Science) glabious, erect, or 

 subscandent : 1-avcs ovate or oval, t blu?e at the base, 

 fiubmurronate at the point, branches axillary, and ter^ 

 minal, 3 6 flowered : pedicels about the length of the 

 tube of the calyx : lubc-s of the calyx 4^0, linear, snbu* 

 hte, erect, as long as the tube : corolla about 5 times 

 longer than the tuhe of the calyx; lubes six, ellip^ 

 tic, submucronate, about a third shorter than the 

 tube. Leaves short, petiol: d, frona 1,0 to 12 hnes to 

 an inch and half long, from § or 1 or li inch broad, 

 shining, pubcoriaceous, 4 nerved, the lateral ones the 

 larger ; flowers v.^hite, fragrant, about 15 lines long. 

 Neilgherries, not infrequent about Gootfoor and 



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