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calyx. Stamens enclosed. Style very short. Stigma bifid. Berry globose, 

 containing two chartaceous nuts. 



Philly'rea Diosc. Corolla short, campanulate. Stamens a little exserted. 

 Stigma thickish. Berry globose, having one of the cells usually abortive. 



Chiona'nthus Lin. Calyx 4-parted. Segments of corolla linear, and long. 

 Stamens enclosed. Style short. Stigma trifid. Drupe containing a stri- 

 ated 1-seeded nut. 



Sect. II. SYRfNGEJE. 



Sect. Char. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate, 4 — 5-parted. Stamens 

 2, short. Fruit capsular, 2-celled. 



Syri'xga Lin. Calyx tubular, short, 4-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, with 

 an elongated tube, and a +-parted limb. Stamens enclosed, style filiform. 

 Stigma thickish, bifid. Capsule oblong, 2-celled, 2-valved; dehiscence 

 loculicidal. Seeds solitary, compressed, with membranous margins. 



Fontanels/./ Labill. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla of 2 petals. Sumens elon- 

 gated, and stigma bifid. Capsule papery, indehiscent. Cells 1-seeded 



Sect. III. Fraxinie'^. 



Sect. Char. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-parted or wanting. Stamens 



2, short. Anthers dehiscing externally. Stigma nearly sessile, bifid. 



Fruit 2-celled, compressed, winged at the top, usually 1-seeded. 



Fra'xinls Tourn. Flowers polygamous. Petals wanting. Samara 1-celled. 



O'rxus Pers. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx 4-parted. 



Petals 4. Samara 2-celled. 



Sect. I. OLE^INiE 



Genus I. 



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LIGU'STRUM Tourn. The Privet. lAn. St/at. Diandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst, t. 367. ; Lin. Gen., No. 9. ; Schreb. Gen., No. 23.; Gaertn. Fruct., 2. n. 72. 



t.92.; Juss. Gen., p. 106. ; Lam. IlL, 1. t 7. ; Lindl. Nat Syst. Bot, 2d edit, p. 308. ; Don's Mill., 



4. p. 44. 

 Synonymes. Troene, Fr. ; Rainweide, Ger. 

 Derivation. Said to be from ligo, to tie ; in reference to its flexible branches. 



Gen. Char. Cnlijx short, tubular, 4-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, with 

 the tube exceeding the calyx, and the limb 4-parted. Stamens 2, with short 

 filaments, insertedinto the tube of the corolla. Style very short. Sfigvia 

 obtuse, bifid. Berry globose, containing 2 chartaceous, 1-seeded nuts. 

 Albumen hardish. Embryo inverted. {Don's Mill.,iv. p. 44.) — Shrubs, with 

 opposite leaves, and terminal, compound, thyrsoid racemes of white flowers ; 

 generally subevergreen. Natives of Europe, and some parts of Asia, Africa 

 and North America, and readily propagated by cuttings in common soil. 



a • !t t \. L. viLGA^RE Trag. The common Privet. 



Identification. Trag. Hist., lOO.i. ; Lin. Sp.. 1. p. 10. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 44. 



Synonymes. L. germanicum Bauh. Hist., 475. ; Prim, or Prim-print ; Troene, Puine blanc, Fr. ; 

 gemeine Rainweide, Gt-r. ; Ligustro Olivella, Ital. 



Derivation. This plant was ancientl) called prim, or prim-print, from its being used for verdant 

 sculptures, or topiary work, and for primly cut hedges. Puine blanc seems to imply a *' little 

 white shrub," from the w hiteness of the blossom of the privet ; which is alluded to by Virgd, and 

 other poets, but which soon vanishes, and changes to brown, when exposed to the direct influence 

 of the sun. The German name is combined of rain, green, and taeidc, a willow ; alluding to ['* 

 being supple like the willow, and nearly evergreen. Olivella seems to signify the little olive The 



