1 1 8 OleacecB. \Otea, 



A moderate-sized tree ; 1. ^\-'\\ in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 tapering to base, long-acuminate, subacute, glabrous, sub- 

 coriaceous, lat. \-eins few, nearly horizontal, faintly marked, 

 petiole very short, stout; fl. on short ped., few, in puberulous 

 racemose cymes about i in. long, bracts very small, caL 

 glabrous, segni. rounded, ciliate; drupe i in., ovoid or sub- 

 pyriform, rough with small scales, brownish-purple. 



Lower montane zone, rare, 3000-4000 ft. Deltota ; Raxawa ; Hunas- 

 giriya. Fl. March ; white. 



Also in S. India; if Z. courtallensis^ Bedd., be the same. 



I have seen only the C. P. specimens, which are in bud with some 

 loose fruit. An obscure species. 



3. OXiEA, L. 



Trees, 1. opp., entire or very nearly so, fl. small, sometimes 



unisexual, in axillary and terminal panicles; cal. small, segm. 



4; cor. 4-lobed; stam. 2, inserted at base of cor.-tube; ov. 2- 



celled with 2 ovules in each cell, style very short, stigma 



bilobed ; drupe ovoid, endocarp thin, crustaceous ; seed solitary 



with copious fleshy endosperm. — Sp. 35; 7 in Fl. B. hid. 



Fl. all bisexual; cor. cut nearly to base . i. O. glandulifera. 

 Fl. polygamous ; cor. cut half way down . 2. O. polygama. 



1. O. g-landullfera, Wall. Cat. n. 281 1 (1828). 

 Thw. Enum. 188. C. P. 2481. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 612 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 1238. Bedd_ 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 238. 



A moderate-sized tree, bark grey, young parts glabrous; 

 1. 3-4^ in., oval or lanceolate, tapering to base, caudate- 

 acuminate, acute, entire, glabrous, lat. veins curved, uniting 

 within the edge, with shallow ciliate glandular pits in their 

 axils, petiole about h in,, channelled above; fl. all bisexual, 

 numerous, on slender ped., in rather large, lax, glabrous, 

 spreading panicles which are terminal and from upper 1. -axils, 

 buds globose, bracts small, deciduous; cal. shallow, nearly 

 glabrous, segm. triangular, acute; cor.-tube very short, lobes 

 much longer than tube, ovate, acute ; ov. glabrous, stigma 

 large, bifid, drupe h in., ovoid, bluntly pointed. 



Moist region, 2000-5000 ft., rare. Hanguranketa; Palagama. Fl. 

 April-July ; cream-coloured. 



Also in the Himalayas and Nilgiris. 



This has the inflorescence of Z/i'-^j/rw;;/, and might be equally well 

 placed in that genus. 



2. O. polyg-ama, Wight, Ic. iv. pt. i. 11 (1850). 

 O. CJardncri, Thw. Enum. 188. C. P. 275. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 613. Wight, Ic. tt. 1239, 1240. 



