920 OLEACEAE 



obtuse or acutish, serrate, acuminate into short petioles : flowers from the branchlets of the 

 preceding year : staminate in sessile clusters : pistillate in clusters on short spurs : calyx 

 quite persistent : drupes oval-oblong, 4-5 mm. long, acute. [Forestiera acuminata var. parvi- 

 folia A. Gray.] .,. 



In dry soil, Texas and Colorado. Spring. 



6. Adelia acuminata Michx. A shrub, or a small tree sometimes 10 m. tall, with 

 glabrous foliage, the trunk widely branching. Leaves deciduous ; blades membranous, ellip- 

 tic-oval or ovate-elliptic, 3-10 cm. long, acuminate at both ends, slightly serrate especially 

 about the middle ; petioles 5-15 mm. long : flowers from the branchlets of the preceding 

 year ; staminate flowers in clusters ; pistillate in short panicles : calyx obsolete or caducous : 

 drupes narrowly oblong, 12-15 mm. long, finally straight, deep purple. 



On river banks and in river swamps, Illinois to Missouri, Georgia and Texas. Spring. 



6. CHIONANTHUS L. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite : blades entire. Flowers perfect or polyga- 

 mous in axillary drooping panicles. Calyx persistent : tube short : lobes 4. Corolla white: 

 tube very short : lobes 4, narrow, elongated, induplicate in the bud. Stamens 2 : filaments 

 adnate to the corolla-tube : anthers rather extrorse, with an apiculate connective. Ovary 

 2-celled : stigmas notched or 2-lobed. Ovules 2 in each cavity, pendulous. Drupe oval to 

 subglobose, with a hard sometimes bony endocarp. Seed usually solitary. Testa thin. 

 Endosperm fleshy. 



1. Chionaiithus Virginlca L. A shrub or small tree, rarely 10 m. tall, with glabrous 

 or softly pubescent foliage. Leaf-blades oval, oblong or elliptic, varying to obovate, 5-15 

 cm. long, rounded at the apex, or acute or acuminate, undulate, narrowed into short petioles : 

 panicles drooping, 5-20 cm. long, usually with leaf-like bracts : calyx-lobes ovate to lan- 

 ceolate, acute, longer than the tube : petals white, linear, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, acute, somewhat 

 spreading : drupes oblong or oval-oblong, 1.5-2 cm. long, deep purple or nearly black. 



In rocky soil and along streams, Pennsylvania to Florida and Texas. Spring. FRINGE TREE. OLD 

 MAN'S BEARD. FLOWERING ASH. SUNFLOWER TREE. 



7. LIGUSTRUM L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite : blades simple. Flowers in terminal panicles. 

 Calyx -tube short, sometimes truncate : lobes usually 4. Corolla white or greenish, 

 f unnelform : tube short : lobes 4. Stamens 2 : filaments attached to the corolla-tube : 

 anthers rather extrorse. Ovary 2-celled : stigma thickened. Ovules 2 in each cavity, 

 pendulous. Drupe berry-like, with a membranous or parchment-like endocarp. Seeds 

 1-3, pendulous. Testa thin. Endosperm fleshy. 



1. Ligustrum vulgare L. A shrub 0.5-3 m. tall, with much -branched stems and 

 glabrous or nearly glabrous foliage. Leaves 1-6 cm. long, tardily deciduous ; blades 

 leathery, oblong, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, deep green, acute or obtuse, entire, narrowed 

 into short petioles : panicles erect, 2-15 cm. long, dense when young : corolla white, 4-6 

 mm. long ; tube about as long as the lobes or sometimes shorter : drupes subglobose, 6-8 mm. 

 in diameter, black. 



In thickets and on roadsides, Ontario to Pennsylvania and North Carolina. June. PRIVET. 



8. OSMANTHUS Lour. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite : blades leathery. Flowers polygamous, 

 in axillary clusters or short racemes. Calyx persistent : tube short : lobes 4. Corolla 

 greenish : tube short : lobes 4, imbricated. Stamens 2 or rarely 4, included : filaments 

 inserted on the corolla-tube : anthers rather extrorse. Ovary 2-celled : stigma entire. 

 Ovules 2 in each cavity, pendulous. Drupe ovoid to subglobose, with a thick bony or horny 

 endocarp. Seeds usually solitary. Testa thin. Endosperm fleshy. DEVILWOOD. WILD 

 OLIVE. 



Panicles glabrous : drupe dark purple. 1. 0. Americana. 



Panicles pubescent : drupe yellowish green. 2. 0. Floridana. 



1. Osmanthus Americana ( L. ) B. & H. An evergreen glabrous slender shrub or 

 tree, reaching a height of 15 m., the bark pale. Leaves leathery, 5-20 cm. long ; blades 

 narrowly elliptic, varying to lanceolate or oblanceolate, entire, lustrous above, somewhat 

 revolute, attenuate into short petioles : panicles surpassing the subtending petioles : flowers 



