CHAP. I.] STRYCHNE^. 401 



ORDER CXXIV.— OLEINiE.— (Skk Chap. A^II. P. 136.) 



This order comprises the common Ash, the 

 Manna Ash, the OHve, the Privet, the Fringe- 

 tree, the Phillyrea, and the Lilac. The flowers 

 of all have only two stamens, and a roundish 

 two-celled ovary, without any disk. The flowers 

 of the Ash have no corolla, and the fruit is a 

 samara. In the other genera, the flowers are 

 more or less funnel-shaped, and the fruit is a 

 capsule. The leaves are generally pinnate, and 

 always opposite. The seeds have a dense 

 albumen. 



ORDER CXXV.— JASMINE^.— (See Chap. VIIL, P.134.) 



This order has been separated from the last, 

 chiefly on account of the seeds having no albu- 

 men. The principal genus is the Jasmine, 

 which has a funnel-shaped corolla, and pinnate 

 leaves. Some botanists insert, between OleaceaB 

 and Jasminese, the new order Columelliese, 

 which contains only one plant, Bolivar ia trifida. 



ORDER CXXVI.— STRYCHNEiE. 



Tropical trees. The principal genus Strychnos, 

 the fruit of which is the well-known poisonous 

 nut, Nux vomica. The genera Theophrasta and 



