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early period. This is exactly what occurs. The corolla falls off when the ovary is quite 

 uiiniiie, taking away 2 (sometimes 3) stamens with it, except where (as is sometimes the 

 case) the stamens are inserted on the ovary itself. Hence the female flowers usually 

 reach Herbaria as small ovaries seated on a calyx without either corollas or stamens. 



In the hot season of 1883, when a flight of locusts visited Matheran, the leaves of 

 this tree seemed to possess a greater attraction for them than those of any other tree 

 on the hill. 



OJea europcea, Linu. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 8. The well-known Olive-tree 

 of the Mediterranean regions, originally probably a native of Asia Minor 

 and Greece, was apparently first introduced into the Bombay Presidency 

 in 1837 (tide Graham), Later, in 1842, Colonel Jervis introduced 

 several varieties of the tree which grew readily and well but rarely 

 flower and never ripen fruit. Olea sativa, Hoffmannsegg & Link, Fi. 

 Port. V. 1 (1809) p. 388; Grab. Cat. p. 109; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. 

 p. 50 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 373 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 5, p. 485. 



Olea cuspidata, Wall. Cat. (1828) 2817. A bushy tree about 30 ft. 

 high, a native of the N.W. Himalaya, Kashmir, and Beluchistan. The 

 tree grows freely with ordinary treatment and may be transplanted 

 successfully when of large size. The flowers are small and are rarely 

 produced in the plains. [Some botanists consider it a variety of the 

 wild Olive {OJea europaa). An oil is extracted from the fruit in 

 Afghanistan, and the fruit is sometimes eaten by the natives of the 

 countries where it abounds, though it is not very palatable. PI. B. I. 

 V. 3, p. 611 ; AVoodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 373 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 5, p. 483. — Vern. Rdhu ; Ban ; IShivdyi. 



6. LIGUSTRUM, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees ; branches often lenticellate. Leaves opposite, 

 quite entire. Flowers usually white, in terminal often thyrsoid panicles. 

 Calyx truncate or 4-toothed. Corolla infundibuliform ; tube short or 

 long; lobes 4, subiuduplicate-valvate. Stamens 2, attached to the tube 

 of the corolla; anthers included or exserted. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 2 

 in each cell, pendulous ; style short or long ; stigma thickened. Drupe 

 1-3- seeded ; endocarp chartaceous or thin. Seeds pendulous ; testa 

 thin ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat ; radicle short, superior. — Distrib. 

 Europe, temperate and tropical Asia and Australia ; species 25. 



1. Ligustruxn neilgherrense tab. obovata, C. B. Clarl-e, in 

 Hooh. f. Fl. B. I. v. 3 (1882) p. 615. A large shrub or small tree; 

 bark of the brancbes copiously studded with white lenticels. Leaves 

 1^-3 by |-2 in., elliptic or slightly obovate, acute, acuminate or obtuse, 

 often mucronate, glabrous, usually sprinkled beneath with minute black 

 dots, base acute ; main nerves 5-8 pairs ; petioles |-g in. long, chan- 

 nelled above. Flowers white, fragrant, in dense or lax terminal nearly 

 glabrous thyrsoid panicles sometimes reaching 6 in. long and broad ; 

 branches of the panicle subquadrangular ; pedicels O-jiQ-in.long ; bracts 

 beneath the pedicels Yj-^^^y in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute ; buds 

 obovoid. Calyx -^ in. long, glabrous (rugose in dried specimens) ; limb 

 truncate or shortly 4-toothed. Corolla \ in. long ; lobes as long as the 



