114. OLEACEAjE 157. 



6. daphnoides Hiern. Thorn veld. Midlands, 



7. undulata E.Af. Thorn veld. "Gwanxe." 

 3. MABA Forst. "Tshikivane." "Masinda." 



natalensis Harv. Coastbelt bush. 



FAMILY 124— OLEACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing. Leaves exstipulate, 

 usually opposite. Flowers regular, mostly hermaphrodite. Petals 

 united. Stamens 2 epipetalous. Ovary superior, 2 celled. Style 

 simple. Ovules 2 in each cell, rarely 1 or 4—8. Fruit a berry, drupe 

 or capsule. Seeds usually exendospermic. 4 genera 17 species. 



1. Tree. Corolla tube short, 4 lobed. Fruit a drupe. 4 OLEA. 



Shrubs or climbers. Corolla tube with 5 to many lobes or 

 teeth. 2. 



2. Small imdershrub. Corolla funnel-shaped. Fruit of 2 globose 



capsules splitting across. 3 MENODORA. 



Shrubs or climbers. Corolla salver-shaped. 3. 



3. Stamens included. Fruit a twin berry. 1 JASMINUM. 

 Stamens exserted. Fruit a woody capsule. 



2 SCHREBERA. 

 i. JASMINUM L 



1. glaucum Ait. Near Durban. 



2. multipartitum Hochst. Thorn veld, coast, and Midlands. 



Common. "isAndhla-ka-inkosikazi." 



3. gerrardi Harv. Thorn veld. 



4. streptopus E.M. Coast and Midlands. 



5. stenolobum Rolfe. Tugela Valley. 



6. annulare Vahl. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



7. wyliei N.E.Br. 'Nkandhla, 4-5,000 ft. 



2. SCHREBERA Roxb. 



1. saundersiae Harv. Coastbelt. "umGwenyahangula." 



2. obliquifolia Gilg. Tongaat. 



3. MENODORA Humb & Bonpl. 



africana Hk. Tugela River, Bushman's River, and Zulu- 

 land. 



4. OLEA L. (Trees). "umQuma." "umHlebe." 



1. foveolata E.M. Midlands. Common. "umQumaswele." 



2. verrucosa Link. Coast to Drakensberg. "umSityane." 



"umHlwati." "umNqumo." 



3. capensis L. Ngoya, Zululand, and coastbelt sand dunes. 



4. laurifolia Lam. "Black Ironwood." Dominant or sub- 



dominant in Midland forests. "Mutshine." "um- 

 Zimane." "Gqanse" 



5. enervis Harv. Buffalo River. 



6. woodiana Knobl. Coastbelt and Tugela Valley. 



