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m. OLEACE.E. 



31. ArOCYXACE.^. 



hairy ; capsule globular, l-celled, 

 opening transversely by a lid : 

 seeds numerous on a free cen- 

 tral placenta. 



Cultivated land, pasture. — 

 Sept.-Apl. — Europe. 



Family 30.— OLEACE/E. 



1. Ole.v, L. 



1. Olea europaea., L. 



OJicc. Shrub or tree with 

 greyish branches ; leaves oppo- 

 site, persi.stant, shortly stalked, 

 oblong-lanceolate, entire, stiff, 

 glossy-green and glabrous above, 

 covei'ed with minute white scales 

 below; flowers creamy-white, in 

 axillar.v racemes niucli shorter 

 than the leaves : calyx with 4 

 short teeth ; corolla with a .short 

 tube and 4 spieading lobes ; 

 .stamens 2 ; fruit a fleshy oblong 

 diupe, black when ripe, with a 



Anasrallis arvensis. 



nutlet containing 1-2 



t)ony 

 seeds. 



Cultivated in the moister 

 parts of the State and sub- 

 spontaneous in places. — Fl. Oct.- 

 >vov., fr. ^lay-June. — Mediter- 

 ranean region. 



Family 31. APOCYNACE/E. 

 1. ViNC.v, L. 



1. Vinca. major, L. rrri- 



icinllc. Perennial, propagating 

 itself chieily by the long, pro- 

 strate, sterile stems which root 

 at the nodes: leaves opposite, 

 large, shining, oval, enlarged 

 and .subcoidate at base, glabrous 

 except for the minute liairs 

 along the edge ; flowering stems 

 stiff, almost erect; flowers blue, 

 on peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves; calyx with linear, ciliate segments nearly 

 as long as the corolla - tube ; corolla - limb ilat. spreading, 

 consisting of 5 broad obliquely truncate lobes; stamens 

 bent and liair.v at base; style 1, .swollen at summit into 

 a ring, on which is .seated the o-angled stigma with 



Olea europaea. 



