610 



xcn. OLEACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 



[Linociera. 



8. Xi. terniflora, Wall. Cat. 2845 ; leaves oblong acuminate coriaceous, 

 nerves inarching distinct on both surfaces, flowers in small heads in small 

 pubescent panicles, petals - in. united in pairs, ovary pilose. DC. Prodr. viii. 

 297. Olea terniflora, Kurz For. FL ii. 157, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 244. 



BIRMA ; on the Saluen, Wallich ; Pegu Yomah, Kurz. 



Innovations fulvous-pilose. Leaves 6^ by 2 in., sometimes more elliptic, glaucous- 

 green, narrowed at both ends, apex obtuse ; nerves 8 pairs, impressed above ; petiole 

 i in. Panicles 1-3 in., divaricate with few heads, grey-pubescent ; heads often 3- 

 flowered. Calyx ^ 6 in. ; lobes broad, patent, thin, ciliate-pubescent. Petals united 

 about one-third their length. Ovary minutely pilose ; style twice as long as the 

 ovary, pilose below. Drupe ^ by ^ in. ; seed exalbuminous in Kurz's own example, 

 who nevertheless removes the species to Olea. Setting aside the albumen, the species 

 appears closely allied to Linociera malabarica. 



VAR. acuminata, Wall. Cat. 2844 (sp.) ; primary nerves obscure somewhat im- 

 pressed beneath not prominently inarched, petals united in pairs for half their length, 

 ovary densely pilose, style much shorter than the ovary. DC. Prodr. viii. 298. 

 Linociera sp. n. 6. Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. Birma; on the Saluen, Wallich; Moul- 

 mein; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3689); Chittagong; H.f. $ T. 



9. Xi. insig-nis, Clarke; leaves large obovate-lanceolate, panicles com- 

 pound pubescent, petals 4 nearly free oblong-linear. Chionanthus insignis. 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. Suppl. 559. Ch. montanus, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 159, and in 

 Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 243, not of Blume. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3688); Martaban, alt. 1-2000 ft., rather 

 rare, Kurz. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



A small tree (Kurz} ; innovations ashy-pubescent. Leaves 9 by 2f in., shortly 

 acuminate, base attenuated, glabrous ; nerves 12 pairs, prominent beneath, secondary 

 obscure ; petiole 1|- in. Panicles 2-4 in., ashy-pubescent ; bracts in., linear, some 

 f in., subfoliaceous, often added ; pedicels often hardly any. Calyx ^ in., pubescent ; 

 lobes deep, almost acute. Petals |- in., oblong, margins much incurved. Ovary 

 microscopically pilose ; style as long as the ovary, terminated by 2 short lobes. Drupe 

 1 in. (Kurz} ; the fruit in the examples seen is very imperfectly ripe, but seems 

 likely to be larger. Chionanthus macrocarpa, Blume (Mus. Bot. i. 319), has drupes 

 1^ by f in. and obtuse petals, but the leaves and inflorescence are exceedingly like 

 the present plant. Kurz supposes the Tenasserim plant to be Chionanthus montana, 

 Blume (altered to Ch. monticola in Mus. Bot. i. 317), but the plentiful examples 

 communicated show this to be a totally different species with much smaller leaves and 

 very small glabrous panicles. 



10. Xi. minutiflora, Clarke; leaves obovate-oblong subacute, panicles 

 compound, calyx nearly glabrous, petals |- in. free narrowly oblong. Chionan- 

 thus minutiflora, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 159, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 243. 



MARTABAN HILLS ; east of Tounghoo, Brandis. 



Leaves 4^ by If in., base cuneate, coriaceous ; nerves few, slender, prominent 

 beneath, secondary obscure; petiole in. Panicles 3-4 in., minutely ashy-pubescent, 

 branches in flower long slender; bracts ^ in., linear ; pedicels hardly any. Calyx 

 ~ in. ; lobes ovate, glabrous or puberulous. Ovary glabrous ; stjle very short. 

 Drupe not seen. The examples from Kurz's herbarium are very imperfect ; they 

 appear closely allied to L. laxiflora, Blume (common in Malaya), which has, however, 

 a very pubescent calyx. 



11. Xi. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 2826 ; leaves large long-petioled oblong 

 acute distinctly nerved, panicles compound dense less than one-third as long as 

 the leaves glabrous, pedicels 0- in., petals in. nearly free oblong, drupe f by 

 3- in. DC. Prodr. viii. 297. Chionanthus macrophylla, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 159, 

 and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 243. 



