G16 xcii. OLEACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ligustrum. 



Leaves 2 by f in., coriaceous ; nerves 7 pairs, oblique to the midrib, slender or 

 obscure. Panicles 3 by 1 in., rigid ; branches in fruit 4-angled, stout. This differs 

 little from L. Roxburgh but by the non-lenticellate branches and smaller leaves, and 

 is placed under L. Eoxburghii by Beddome. 



6. Xi. Decaisnei, Clarke, branches lenticellate, leaves small elliptic 

 acute at both ends, panicles small obscurely pubescent, corolla small tube 

 scarcely as long as the calyx. L. neilgherrense, Dene, in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 2, ii. 

 32, not of Wight. Ligustrum sp. n. 3, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 8? T. 



NLLGHERRIES. 



Leaves 1 by in. Panicles 2 by l in. This appears as though a form of L. 

 Walkeri with smaller leaves and panicles, but is founded on a plant once collected, 

 the fruit unknown. 



VAR. microphylla, Wight in Herb, (sp.) ; leaves 2 by f in. lanceolate, panicles 

 glabrous, berry by in. South Deccan ; Shevagherry Hills and Courtallum, Wight. 

 L. microphyllum, Bedd. For. Man. 154, from Coorg, is described with small leaves 

 and pubescent panicle-branches, and is therefore perhaps nearer L. Decaisnei type. L. 

 Walkeri only differs in its large diffuse panicles. 



7. Xi. compactum, H.f. $ T. ; Brand. For. Fl. 310; glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, nerves 12-20 pairs subdistinct, panicle pyramidal compound, 

 corolla-tube as long as the calyx, fruit nearly ^ by | in. Dene, in Nouv. Arch. 

 Mus. 2, ii. 23 (as to the Kumaon examples). Olea compacta, Wall. Cat. 2819. 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 287. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5000 ft.; Kumaon, Wallich, Thomson, Strachey $ 

 Winterbottom. 



Branches sparingly (or not) lenticellate. Leaves 4 by l in., acute, base cuneate 

 or rounded, coriaceous ; petiole \ in. Panicles 4 in. long and broad ; bracts ; brac- 

 teoles minute ; flowers clustered, subsessile. Corolla-tube very short ; lobes reflexed, 

 or sometimes corolla-tube considerably exceeding the calyx. Panicle dense with fruit; 

 branches compressed, flexucse. Drupe often curved. 



8. L. IVIassalong ianum, Vis. PI. Nov. Orto Padova, 27, t. 4 ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, panicles small dense very hairy, corolla-tube narrow twice as 

 long as the calyx, drupe by g in. Dene, in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 2, ii. 19. Olea 

 robusta, y. angustifolia, Wall. Cat. 2822. Ligustrum n. 8, Herb. Ind. Or. H. 



/.# T. 



KHASIA ; alt. 3-5000 ft., Wallich, H.f. $ T., &c. 



A small shrub ; branchlets lenticellate, densely leafy. Leaves 3 by ^ in., tapering 

 at each end, coriaceous ; nerves few, distant ; petiole in. Panicles 1-2 in. ; bracts 

 ^ in., linear, caducous ; bracteoles inconspicuous ; flowers clustered, subsessile, small. 

 Berry glaucous, exceedingly like that of L. robustum, var. Jchasiana, of which this 

 may be a narrow-leaved form. 



VAR. Lindleyi ; leaves 1 in. lanceolate, corolla-tube hardly longer than the calyx, 

 style short, drupe in. broad. L. robustum, Wall. Cat. 2822, y oiily. Olea Lindleyi, 

 Wall. Cat. 6305 ; DC. Prodr. viii. 288. Ligustrum sp., n. 1175, Griff. Itin. Notes, 81. 

 Khasia, alt. 3-4000 ft.; Griffith, H.f. $ T., &c. Perrottet's Nilgherry plant re- 

 ferred here by Decaisne was perhaps L. Decaisnei, var. microphylla. 



** Drupe globose. 



9. Xi. confusum, Dene, in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 2, ii. 24 ; branches lenticel- 

 late, leaves elliptic-lanceolate, panicles pubescent bractless, flowers clustered 

 subsessile, corolla-tube as long as the calyx, berry I in. diam. L. robustum, 

 Wall. Cat. 2822, only. Ligustrum sp., nn. 1247, 408, 1247, Ch'iff. Itin. Notes, 



pp. 86, 123, 157. Ligustrum n. 9, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



