112 StyracecB. [Symplocos. 



A shrub or small tree, young parts glabrous; 1. rather 

 small, ii-3 in., obovate-oval, acute or rounded at base, very 

 obtuse and rounded at apex, entire, margin often recurved, 

 glabrous, coriaceous, paler beneath with slightly prominent 

 veins, petiole short; fl. usually solitary but sometimes as 

 many as 5 in a raceme, on slender, curved, glabrous ped., 

 ;|-| in. long from axils of present and fallen 1., bracts very 

 small, persistent; cal. glabrous, segm. very short, broadly 

 triangular, ciliolate; cor. about h in. diam., tube nearly as 

 long as lobes; stam. very numerous, fil. adnate to cor.-tube, 

 flat, suddenly narrowed below the anth. ; drupe (immature) 

 oblong, cylindrical. 



Upper montane zone; common. Fl. all the year; pink or cream- 

 coloured. 



Endemic. 



A very pretty shrub when in flower. I follow the Fl. B. Ind. in 

 keeping this distinct from the Nilgiri ^. pendula, to which Thwaites (I 

 think rightly) referred it. Wight's figure, Ic. t. 1237, very well represents 

 one form of our plant, which varies considerably in inflorescence ; the 

 pedicels often droop in the bud-stage. 



LXXXI I.— OLEACE^. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing, 1. opp., simple or 



(rarely) compound; fl. regular, bisexual (rarely unisexual and 



polygamous), in cymes ; cal. free, segm. 4 (or 5 or more) ; 



cor. with short or long tube or cut almost into separate pet., 



lobes (or pet.) 4 (or 5-1 1), imbricate or valvate; stam. 2, 



inserted on base of cor,, fil. short; ov. superior, 2-celled with 



2 (or i) ovules in each cell, style simple, stigmas bilobed or 



2 ; fruit either of 2 pulpy carp, or a drupe with a woody 



or crustaceous stone; seed solitary (or 2) with or without 



endosperm. 



Fruit of two berry-like carp. ; cor. -lobes 5-1 1 {Jasminea) i. JaSMINUM. 

 Fruit a drupe ; cor.-lobes 4 {Olcinecc). 



Cor.-segm. or pet. linear ; infl. axillary . . .2. LlN0CiER.\. 

 Cor. -segm. oval. 



Style very short ; infl. axillary or terminal . . 3. Olea. 

 Style of moderate length ; infl. terminal . . .4. Ligustrum. 



We have 12 species of this Family, of which one — Linocicra purpurea 

 — is endemic. Three species oi Jaswi/unn are confined to the dry region, 

 and one to the Hills, where only are also found Linocicra Icprocarpa, 

 Ligustrum, and Olca polygama. 



