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xcn. OLEACEJE. (C, B. Clarke.) 



\InnocieffOL. 



Petals white. Style shortly bifid. Drupe - by \-% in., ellipsoid ; endocarp thin, 

 crustaceous. Testa thin, albumen plentiful. 



2. Xi. Wightii, Clarke ; leaves elliptic acuminate or rostrate, flowers in 

 small clusters, calyx-lobes glabrous on the back ciliate, petals ^ in. linear-lan- 

 ceolate connected in pairs often for one-third their length, ovary glabrous. 

 Olea linocieroides, Wight Ic. t. 1241 : Bedd. For. Man. 152. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Courtallum; Wight. Tinnevelly Grhauts, alt. 1-3000 ft., 

 Beddome. 



A small tree. Leaves-A by If in., base obtusely cuneate, coriaceous, nerves obscure 

 or somewhat plainly inarching ; petiole | in. Peduncles short, axillary, clustered, 

 glabrous, sparingly panicled ; bracts in., ovate, glabrous. Calyx-lobes ~ in., ovate. 

 Drupe -% by |--| in., ellipsoid ; endocarp thin, crustaceous. Testa thin, albumen 

 plentiful. Hardly differs from L. malabarica, but by the points specified in the 

 diagnosis. Wight's Herbarium contains the ripe fruit, which is as depicted by him. 



SECT. II. Ceranthus. Seeds exalbuminous. (Several species, in which 

 the seed is not known may prove to be Oleas.} 



3. Xi. purpurea, Vahl Enum. i. 47 ; leaves obovate-oblong obtuse coria- 

 ceous, panicles very small closely pubescent, petals 4 subequal ~ in., drupe ^ | 

 in. ellipsoid. Wall. Cat. 2829 ; DC. Prodr. viii. 297. Chionanthus zeylanica, 

 Linn. ; Thwaites Enum. 188 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. i. 107 ; Bedd, 

 For. Man. 154. Thouinia nutans, Linn. f. Suppl. 89. 



CEYLON ; common in the hotter parts of the island. 



A small tree ; branchlets minutely pubescent. Leaves 2J by 1 in., tip very obtuse 

 or rounded, base attenuate, nerves slightly impressed beneath distinctly inarching ; 

 petiole in. Panicle ^-1 in., somewhat dense, grey-pubescent ; lower bracts in., 

 lanceolate, upper i j n>> ovate. Calyx very small. Ovary glabrous. 



VAB. dicho/oma, Wall. Cat. 2825 (sp.) ; leaves elliptic or oblong subacute at both 

 ends very coriaceous nerves less distinct, panicles 1-4 in. lax nearly glabrous, petals 

 - in. DC. Prodr. viii. 297. Ceylon. 



4. Xi. albidiflora, Thwaites Enum. 189 ; leaves elliptic shortly suddenly 

 rostrate coriaceous, panicles small nearly glabrous, petals 4 subequal - in. and 

 upwards, drupe - in. Chionanthus axillaris, R. Br. Prodr. 523 ?. 



CEYLON; alt. 1-3000 ft., abundant, Thwaites. DISTRIB. Australia. 



A small tree ; nearly glabrous. Leaves 2f by l in. ; nerves beneath slightly 

 impressed, distinctly inarching. Panicles -1 in. ; bracts ^ in., ovate, minutely 

 ciliate-pubescent. Calyx in., glabrous ; lobes minutely ciliate-pubescent. Petals 

 pale yellow (Thwaites). Ovary glabrous. This seems hardly specifically distinct 

 from L. purpurea if in that species we include the larger flowered L. dichotomd. 

 Beddome (For. Man. 154) reduces it with confidence to L. malabarica ; but (apart from 

 the presence of albumen) L. malabarica has the flowers in small capitate clusters at 

 the extremities of peduncles much longer than the heads themselves. The example 

 communicated from Australia by F. Mueller appears identical with the Ceylon speci- 

 mens ; F. Mueller is very probably right in supposing it to have been Chionanthus 

 axillaris, R. Br., but the diagnosis of Brown is very short. 



VAE. rostrata, Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 189 (sp.) ; fruit 1 by | in. Ceylon ; 

 Hinidoon Corle, Thwaites. Except in the somewhat larger fruit, Thwaites' examples 

 of this appear identical with his L. albidiflora. 



5. Xi. leprocarpa, Thwaites Enum. 189 ; leaves oblong acuminate coria- 

 ceous, panicles small minutely glandulose-pilose, drupe ovoid large. Chionan- 

 thus leprocarpa, Bedd. For. Man. 154. 



CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 3-4000 ft., rather rare, Thwaites. 



Appears closely allied to L. purpurea. Leaves 5 by 1 in., base narrowly cuneate, 



