120 LXXX. OLEACE.r. 



tube, elliptic-oblong, subacute, reflexed. Stamens inserted on the corolla- 

 tube, exserted beyond the extremity of the corolla-lobes. Style as long as 

 the corolla-tube; stigma slightly clavate, obtuse, bifid. Drupe obovoid, 

 ^ by i in., dark purple and covered with a powdery bloom when ripe. 

 Lif/ustram neilgherrense, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 159 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p.'219 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 164 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Ecou. Prod. V. 4, p. 640. Ligustrum ohovatum (sp,), Decaisue, Monogr. 

 Gen. Ligust. & Syringa in Nouv. Arch, du Mus. ser. 2, v. 2 (1879) p. 22. 

 PJiilhjrea mkrophrilht, Grab. Cat. p. 108. — Flowers : Aug.-Xov. 



The stamens in the specimens from the Deccan hills, which I have 

 examined, are exserted beyond the corolla-lobes, while in Wight's 

 specimens of L. neilgherrense, with which his figure (Icon. t. 1243) 

 agrees, the stamens are not exserted beyond the lobes, but only beyond 

 the tube of the corolla. The stigma, too, of Wight's specimens (cor- 

 I'ectly shewn in his figure) is more acute than the stigma of the examples 

 from the W. Ghats. 



Higher Ghats of the Presidency. Konkan : Amboli Ghat, Kanitkarl Deccan: 

 Mahableshwar, plentiful, Cooke \, Graham, H. M. Birdwood; Harishchandragad, 

 Gibson ex Graham. S. M. Country: P;irva Ghat, Balzell ^- Gibson. Kanaka: 

 common in moist forests near the Tinai Ghat, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Osmanihus fragrans, Lour. Fl. Cochinch, v. 1 (1790) p. 29. A shrub 

 with entire or serrate coriaceous glaucous leaves sometimes reaching 7 

 by 2 in., but usually in cultivated plants much smaller. The flowers 

 are small, white, delightfully fragrant, and the shrub is largely grown 

 in gardens in the Bombay Presidency, where it flowers abundantly 

 during the cold season. It is a native of China and Japan and also of 

 the temperate Himalaya. The flowers are said by Fortune to be used 

 in China to flavor tea. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 606 ; Woodr, in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 164 ; Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 373 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 654. Olea fragrans, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 18, t. 2 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 109 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 50. 



Okbeb LXXXI. SALVADORACE^. 



Shrubs or trees, usually glabrous, unarmed or spinous. Leaves 

 opposite, entire ; stipules minute or 0. Flowers small, hermaphrodite 

 or dioecious, in panicled spikes or racemes. Calyx free, campanulate or 

 ovoid, 3-4-toothed or 4-fid. Corolla gamopetalous, or ])etals free, 

 4-merous, shortly campanulate, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4, inserted 

 on the corolla-tube or near the base of the petals, alternate with the 

 lobes or petals ; filaments free or connate at the base ; anthers ovate. 

 Disk or of 4 glands alternate with the filaments. Ovary superior, 

 1-2-celled ; ovules 1-2 in each cell, erect from its base, anatropous ; 

 etyle short ; stigma 2-fid or subentire. Berry or drupe usually l-seeded. 

 Seed erect, globose or compressed; testa thin or cartilaginous; albu- 

 men ; cotyledons fleshy, plano-convex. — Distrib. Tropical and sub- 

 tropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, and INLalaya ; genera 3 ; species 8-9. 



Unarmed; corolla gamopetalous ; ovary 1-celIed 1. Salvadoua. 



Armed; petals free; ovary 2-celled 2. Azima. 



