>Schr€be7-a.] Lxxxii. oleace^ (baker). 17 



Calyx campanulate, pubescent, J in. long, minutely toothed. Corolla- 

 tube twice as long as the calyx ; lobes obovate-cuneate, J in. long. — S, 

 (data, var. tomentella, Welw. in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxvii. 42. Xathusia 

 alata, var. tomentella, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 657. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in the rocky l)ighcr parts of Morro de 

 Lopollo, 5200-5500 ft., WelioiUch, 939 ! Foot of the Keputu Mountains, 5800 ft.. 

 Anilines ^ Dekindt, 198. 



11. S. Holstii, Gilg hi }Jngl. Jahrb. xxx. 72. A shrub, with 

 lenticellate pubescent young branches. Leaves imparipinnate, 4-7 in. 

 long, distinctly petioled, rigidly membranous, pubescent on both 

 surfaces; leaflets 5, oblong, 2-3 in. long, narrowed to both ends, the 

 side ones very shortly stalked, the end one largest. Cymes dense, 

 terminal, many-flowered ; pedicels about as long as the calyx. Calyx 

 campanulate, densely tomentose, ^ in. long. Corolla glabrous ; tube J- 

 h in. long; lobes obovate- oblong, obtuse, nearly as long as the tube. 

 —Nathusia Bolstii, Engl. & Gilg in Engl. Pfl. O.st-Afr. C. 308. 



XVEozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Mlalo, Moist, 361, and 

 \^anibugulatKl, 5500 fr., Buchuudd, 413 (ex Gilg). 



3. OLEA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PJ. ii. 679. 



Calyx small, campanulate, truncate or 4-lobed. Corolla-tube short, 

 campanulate ; segments 4, ovate, valvate. Stamens 2, inserted in the 

 tube of the coi-oUa ; filaments short. Ovary 2-celled ; style short ; 

 stigma capitate or emarginate. Fruit drupaceous ; endocarp thick 

 and bony, or thinner and crustaceous Seeds usually solitary, pendu- 

 lous, albuminous ; albumen fleshy, sometimes slightly ruminate ; coty- 

 ledons flat ; radicle superior. — Trees or erect shrubs. Leaves opposite, 

 simple, usually entire. Flowers small, panicled, hermaphrodite, 

 dioecious or polygamous. 



Species about -40, spread throu^jjh the warmer regions of tlie Old Workl. 



Leaves nearly naked beneath ; petiole long . . .1. O. Hochstetteri. 



Leaves thinly coated beneath ; petiole short 



Drupe very small, globose or turbinate . . . 2. O. somaliensis. 



Drupe larger, ellip--;oid . . . . . . 3. O, europcea. 



Leaves densely l^pidote beneath ; petiole short . . 4. O. chrt/sophi/lla. 



1 . O. Hochstetteri, Baker. A tall tree with naked branchlets^ 

 Leaves oblong, 8-4 in. long, 1-H in. broad at the middle, deltoid at 

 the apex and base, minutely cuspidate, subcoriaceous, bright green 

 above, paler green and nearly or quite naked beneath; petiole i-| in. 

 long. Panicles lateral and terminal, sparsely compound, 1^-2 in. long ; 

 flowers clustered at the tip of the branches ; bracts small, ovate. 

 Calyx campanulate, J lin. long, obscurely toothed. Corolla white, ^i in. 

 long ; lobes ovate, much longer than the tube. — 0. lauri/olia, Hochst. 

 ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 2S ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 ;333 ; Knobl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 533 partly, not of Lam. 



