^26 197- OLE ACE AE 



Fruit a berry. Corolla salver-shaped. Anthers opening inside. Shrubs. 

 Leaves compound, with i — 7 leaflets. — Species 60. Some of them 

 are used in perfumery and medicine or as ornamental plants (jessamine). 



Jasminum L. 



3. Fruit a linear or lanceolate winged nut. Seeds with fleshy albumen. 



Ovules 2 in each ovary-cell. Corolla absent. Flowers unisexual or 

 polygamous. Leaves pinnate. Trees. — Species 4. North-west 

 Africa. They yield timber, tanning and dyeing materials, and medica- 

 ments. " Ash." [Tribe FRAXINEAE.] Fraxinus L. 



Fruit a capsule, a berry, or a drupe. Corolla present 4 



4. Fruit a capsule. Albumen very scanty or absent. Ovules 4 in each 



ovary-cell. Corolla with a long tube and 4 — 8 imbricate lobes. Flowers 

 in panicles. Trees. — Species 15. Central and South Africa. {Nathusia 

 Höchst.) (Plate 126.) [Tribe SYRINGEAE.] . Schrebera Roxb. 

 Fruit a berry or a drupe. Ovules 2 in each ovary-cell. Corolla with a 

 short tube or without a tube, and with valvate, rarely imbricate segments; 

 in the latter case shrubs with spicate or racemose flowers. Leaves 

 undivided. [Tribe OLEINEAE.] 5 



5. Petals free or united in pairs, with valvate aestivation 6 



Petals all united at the base 7 



6. Flowers in axillary and terminal simple racemes. Embryo with a long 



radicle. — Species i. Canary Islands and Madeira. Yields timber. 



{Picconia DC.) Notelaea Vent. 



Flowers in axillary or terminal compound racemes. Embryo with a short 

 radicle. — Species 10. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some species 

 yield timber. {Mayepea Aubl.) Linociera Swartz 



7. Corolla vvith imbricate aestivation. Flowers in axillary simple spikes 



or racemes. Shrubs. — Species 4. North Africa. They yield timber 



and medicaments, and serve also as ornamental plants. . Phillyrea L. 



Corolla with induplicate- valvate aestivation 8 



8. Corolla globular. Seeds exalbuminous, with thick cotyledons. Flowers 



in axillary and terminal simple racemes, more rarely solitary or in 

 clusters. Trees. — Species 6. Madagascar and Mascarenes. Some 



have edible fruits Noronhia Stadtmann 



Corolla not globular. Seeds with a fleshy albumen and flat cotyledons. 

 Flowers in compound racemes or in clusters 9 



9. Corolla-tube very short ; segments narrow, bent inwards at the margins. 



Sepals free or nearly so. Anthers opening outwards. Flowers in clusters. 



Low trees. — Species i. Southern Central Africa. Dekindtia Gilg 



Corolla-tube not very short. Sepals united high up. Anthers opening 



inwards or laterally. Flowers in compound racemes 10 



10. Fruit a berry with a membranous or crustaceous endocarp,2 cells, and 2 — 4 

 seeds. Inflorescences terminal. Shrubs. — Species i. Naturalized 

 in North Africa. Serves as an ornamental or hedge plant ; also the 

 wood is used ; the berries are poisonous. " Privet." Ligustrum L. 



