komm, 44, f. 78. 
OLEACEAE. 319 
LIGUSTRUM. Privet. 
(Family Oleaceae). 
Shrubs: deciduous, but holding 
their foliage late, or more or less 
evergreen, where winters are mild. 
Twigs slender, rounded, or 4- 
ridged below the nodes: pith 
moderate, white, homogeneous. 
Buds sometimes superposed, ses- 
sile, ovoid, small, usually with 2 
or 3 pairs of exposed scales. Leaf- 
scars opposite or the pairs some- 
times divided, crescent-shaped or 
transversely elliptical, ~ raised, 
small: bundle-trace 1, transverse: 
stipule-scars lacking. Leaves, 
when present, simple, entire. 
Winter-character references: — 
Ligustrum Ibota. Shirasawa, 276, 
pl. 11. LZ. ovalifolium. Schnei- 
der, f. 201. L. vulgare. BOsemann, 
66; Fant, 44, f. 47; Schneider, f. 
60, 201; Ward, 1: 174, f. 86; Will- 
1. Scar as broad as bud: subevergreen. (1). L. ovalifolium. 
Leaf-scars narrow: deciduous. 2. 
2. Seales alternate: twigs rather hairy. 3. 
Scales at most acute: twigs barely velvety. (2). L. vulgare. 
3. Tall, with outcurving branches. 4. 
Low, with horizontal branches. (3). L. Ibota Regelianum. 
4. Lenticels low: pubescence sometimes short. L. Ibota. 
Lenticels prominent: pubescence long. L. amurense. 
