Oka. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 105 



Perisperm none, or in small quantity, and blended with the 

 integument. Embryo curved, and folded up nearly as in the 

 Convolvulacece. Cotyledons ovate-oblong. Radicle inferior, 

 curved. 



OLE A. Schreb. gen. N. 25. 

 Corol and calyx four-cleft. Germ two-celled, two-seeded. 

 Drupe superior, one-seeded. Embryo inverse, and furnished 

 with a perisperm. 



1. O.Jrayrans. Linn, sp.pl. ed. VVilld. 1. 4. 6. 

 Shrubby. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, slightly serrate. Pe- 

 duncles axillary. 



Olea. fray runs. Thunb. Jap. 18. t. 2. good. 

 A native of China, in the Botanic garden it blossoms dur- 

 ing- the cool season. 



2. O. paniculata. R. 



Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, entire, smooth. Pani- 

 cles axillary. Bractes deciduous. Lobes of the stigma di- 

 varicate. 



A small tree ; a native of the Circar mountains. Flowers 

 during- the hot season. 



Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, waved, entire, running 

 down the petiole, smooth on both sides, firm, about five inches 

 long, and two broad. Petioles an inch and half long, smooth, 

 flat above. Stipules none. Panicles below the leaves, and 

 also from the axills, small, thin, brachiate. Bractes small, 

 nearly sessile. Calyx four-cleft, small. Corol one-petalled ; 

 tube shorter ; border four-cleft ; divisions oblong, spreading, 

 concave ; apices sharp and incurved. Filaments two, oppo- 

 site, short. Anthers large, oblong, erect. Germ superior, 

 round. Style very short. Stigma two-cleft ; divisions en- 

 tire, acute. Ripe fruit not observed. 



