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xcii. OLEACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 



[Olea. 



A tree, 30 ft., glabrous, not spinous. Leaves 2 by f in., narrowed at both ends, 

 usually obtuse or subacute, sometimes cuspidate, very coriaceous ; midrib prominent 

 beneath, scales of the lower surface circular peltate closely toothed ; petiole -J in. 

 Panicles 1-2 in., minutely scaly; flowers perfect, but many with reduced ovary are 

 functionally male. Calyx -L m., subtruncate, glabrous. Corolla deeply divided; 

 lobes -~ in., elliptic, obttise. Endocarp bony. This was supposed a var. of the Wild 

 Olive by Dr. Stewart ; Brandis says it differs by the more lax inflorescence, the upper 

 surface of the leaves glossy, not dull grey, the lower surface reddish instead of white, 

 smaller fruit, the absence of spines, and a more distinctly marked heartwood. The 

 cuspidation of the leaves, distinct in Wallich's specimen, and relied on by Boissier as 

 a diagnostic mark, proves variable in the Indian plant. 



2. O. glandulifera, Wall Cat. 2811; leaves rhomboid-lanceolate 

 entire, nerve-axils glandular, secondary nerves distinctly reticulating, panicles 

 mostly terminal glabrous or nearly so, flowers bisexual corolloid, ovary glabrous 

 or nearly so, drupe i in. ovoid. DC. Prodr. viii. 285 ; Wight Ic~ t. 1238; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 238"; Brand. Far. Fl. 309, excl. syn. 



NORTH-WEST HIMALAYA, alt. 2-6000 ft., from Kashmir to Nipal. MTS. of SOUTH 

 INDIA ; Wight, Beddome, &c. 



A tree, 20-60 ft.; glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 4 by 2 in., acuminate, base 

 cuneate, margin undulate ; petiole f in. Panicles nearly always terminal, some 

 smaller in the penultimate axils sometimes added, 2-5 in. diam., broad, compound ; 

 pedicels 0-^- in. Calyx minute, 4-lobed, glabrous or obscurely pubescent on the 

 margin. Corolla deeply divided, lobes in., elliptic, obtuse. Anthers broad, large. 

 Ovary glabrous or (fide Wight} minutely hairy. Endocarp bony. 



3. O. dioica, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 3, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Watt. i. 105; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate toothed or entire coriaceous, secondary nerves obscure, 

 panicles axillary glabrous, flowers dioecious males with corolla females without, 

 ovary glabrous or with hard tomentum, drupe - in. ellipsoid often subacute. 

 Wall. Cat. 2814; Wight 111 t. 151; DC. Prodr. viii. 286; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl 159; Bedd. For. Man. 154; Kurz For. Fl ii. 157, and in Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 244. O. Wightiana, Wall Cat. 2815. O. Heyneana, 

 Wall Cat. 2823; DC. Prodr. viii. 288. 



In the lower hills, from ASSAM and BENGAL throughout the DECCAN PENINSULA ; 

 common. CHITTAGONG HILLS ; Roxburgh. 



A tree 30-60 ft. ; glabrous. Leaves 5^ by 2J in., base cuneate ; nerves 10 pairs, 

 elevated beneath ; petiole |- in. Panicles 2-6 in., very compound, shining (female 

 usually smaller) ; pedicels ()- in. Calyx minute ; lobes ovate, glabrous or margin 

 obscurely pubescent. Corolla of the males deeply lobed ; lobes i in., elliptic, ob- 

 tuse ; of the females wanting in the examples seen (Kurz says present). Endocarp 

 ci'ustaceous. 0. Wightiana, Wall., is a form from Assam with large leaves but shorter 

 subglobose drupes ; in the typical 0. dioica the drupes are often subacute. 



4. O. maritima, Wall Cat. 2813; branchlets hairy, leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate entire or toothed coriaceous, secondary nerves obscure, panicles axillary 

 hairy, flowers dioecious, drupe \ in. globose. G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 49 ; DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 288. Pachyderma javanicum, Blume Bijd. 682. Stereoderma 

 javanicum, Blume; DC. I.e. 290. Tetrapilus brachiatus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 61U Notelea Zollingeriana, Teijs. % Binn. Cat. Hort. Bog. 122. 



MALACCA and SINGAPORE; Wallich, Griffith, &c., frequent. DISTRIB. Malaya, 

 Cochinchina. 



A small tree. Leaves 3 by 1 in., base cuneate, glabrous ; petiole \ in. Panicles 

 1-4 in., compound; bracts minute or a few |-| in. narrow lanceolate, caducous; 

 pedicels 0- in. Calyx minute ; lobes ovate, pubescent. Corolla (in the males) 

 I5~TO i n -> divided deeply ; lobes elliptic, obtuse ; of females not seen. Endocarp 

 somewhat bony. Without fruit, this greatly resembles Olea dioica, but the branchlets 



