LmocieraJ] xcu. OLEACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) . 609 



very thick ; nerves beneath somewhat obscure, inarching. Fruit 1 by in., rough, 

 blotched, fide Thwaites, but when dry does not differ in this respect from the neigh- 

 bouring species. Thwaites's example is not in flower ; nor does Thwaites explicitly 

 state that the seed is exalbuminous. 



VAR. courtallensis ; leaves elliptic-oblong subacute hardly acuminate drying red- 

 dish. Chionauthus courtallensis, Bedd. For. Man. 154. Courtallum, Wight. Tinne- 

 velly Ghats ; Beddome. A good-sized tree (Beddome}, glabrous. Leaves 7| by 2 in., 

 nerves beneath subobscurely inarched. Panicles |-1 in., usually reduced to 3-5 sub- 

 simple racemes fascicled in each axil, glabrous. Petals scarcely .in. Drupe unknown. 

 The flowers of this have been in the Herbarium matched with the fruit of L. 

 leprocarpa ; the identification must be uncertain until further material is received. 



6. Xi. intermedia, Wight Ic. t. 1245; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong 

 acute at both ends secondary nerves prominent, panicles compound somewhat 

 dense, petals in. narrowly oblong, drupe f by ^ in. Chionanthus intermedia, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 239. 



NILGHERRIES, alt. 1-6000 ft. ; Wight, HohenacJcer, &c. ANAMAIXATS; alt. 5000 ft., 

 Beddome. 



A large tree, Beddome, more often small. Leaves 6 by 2 in., chartaceous ; 

 nerves 10 pairs, reticulations many prominent; petiole -1 in. Panicle 2-5 in.; 

 branches compressed ; bracts ^ in., ovate ; pedicels often hardly any. Calyx i in., 

 lobes ovate glabrous. Petals 4, shortly united at the base, obscurely disposed in pairs. 

 Ovary glabrous. Chionanthus picrophloia, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 139, t. 24, does not 

 appear to differ ; the inflorescence in the picture is subcapitate, but in the specimens 

 is densely paniculate, as in L. intermedia. 



VAR. Roxburghii ; panicles smaller, drupes scarcely \ in., seed exalbuminous. 

 Olea paniculata, Boxb. Catal. PL (1813), and in Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey $ Wall. i. 104. 

 O. Roxburghii, Spreng. Syst. i. 34 ; Wight Jc. t. 735, not of Wall. 0. Roxburghiana, 

 Eoem. et Sch. Mant. i. 77; DC. Prodr. viii. 286; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 159; 

 Bedd. For. Man. 153. Orissa and Circars, Roxburgh. Chota Nagpore, alt. 2-5000 

 ft. ; J. D. H., &c. Western Ghats ; Dalzell, Beddome, &c. Sumbulpore ; Griffith. 

 Siwaliks ; Edgeworth. At 4500 ft. alt. this is a gnarled tree 25 ft. high. The 

 examples of Griffith and Edgeworth have narrower (obovate-lanceolate) leaves. 

 Linociera ? oblonga, Wall. Cat. 2843, from Ava, appears the same, but the example 

 consists of very young fruits and leaves only. 



7. Zi. pauciflora, Clarke ; glabrous, leaves large elliptic-oblong some- 

 what acuminate coriaceous, panicles very small. Olea pauciflora, Wall. Cat. 

 2812, letter a only, DC. Prodr. viii. 288, partly. 



PENANG ; Wallich. 



Leaves 7^ by 2^- in., shortly obtusely acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 11 pairs, 

 subprominent beneath, secondary nerves obscure ; petiole 5- in. Panicles reduced to 

 subsimple erect spikes 1 in. Flowers in bud, seem likely to be small. Drupe not 

 seen. This could hardly be distinguished from L. leprocarpa, var. courtallensis, but 

 by the subsolitary racemes. If, however, as Wallich supposed, the next variety is 

 really its young fruit, it must be altogether different. 



VAR. evoliitior ; nerves more distinct, petioles l-l in., panicles in young fruit 

 2-6 in. compound lax, branches stout angular, pedicels thickened. L. pauciflora, 

 Wall. Cat. 2812, b only. Penang; Wallich. Tenasserim or Andamans, Heifer. 



Bat. Suppl. 558; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 159, and in Jmirn. As. Soc. _1877, pt. ii. 243. 

 Andamans; Kurz, Heifer. Kurz says the drupe is l-l in., ovoid to oblong. In one 



branch of Heifer's the petioles vary from \ to f in. The upper bracts are sometimes 

 \ in., subfoliaceous, both in Miquel's and Heifer's examples. 



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