. III. OLEA. 



Var. 8. Hispalensis (Clem. 1. c.) wood less hard and more 

 white than in no. 1., and the leaves are more lucid beneath, and 

 broader, and the branches are longer and more erect. Fruit 

 of a dark violet colour, cherry shaped. O. Europae'a regia, Roz. 



Var. 9. maxima (Clem. 1. c.) trunk and branches as in no. 7. 

 Leaves larger than any of the other varieties, not very green, 

 but with manifest veins. Fruit large, acuminated. O. Europ. 

 amygdallna, Gouan. 



Var. 10, ceratocarpa (Clem. I.e.) fruit more or less arched, 

 sometimes semicircular, an inch and more long, but never thick. 

 O. Europ. odorata, Gouan. 



Var. 11, rostrata (Clem. 1. c.) branches and leaves as in no. 9. 

 Fruit not much acuminated, nor very black ; long and middling 

 thick. 



Var. 12, empeltre (Arias) trunk dwarf, with smooth bark. 

 Leaves pale green, rather broad. 



Var. 13, herbequin (Arias.) dwarf, with pendulous branches. 



Cultivated Olive. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1570. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 



2 O. LA'NCEA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 40. Lam. ill. 1. p. 29.) 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, of the same 

 colour on both surfaces ; racemes panicled, terminal. Fj . S. 

 Native of the Isle of France. Branches dotted. Drupe ob- 

 long, acute. Blum., in his bijdr. p. 682., says the leaves have 

 depressed glands in the axils of the veins beneath. O. exas- 

 perata, Willd. enum. suppl. hardly differs from this, unless in 

 the leaves being less acute and a little larger. 



Zance-leaved Olive. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1819. Tr. 20 ft. 



3 O. AMERICA'NA (Lin. syst. 57. mant. 24. Vahl. enum. 1. 

 p. 41.) leaves elliptic-lanceolate; thyrse rather compound, axil- 

 lary, narrow ; bracteas ovate, permanent, connate. Fj . H. 

 Native of Carolina, Florida, &c. Michx. hist. arb. amer. 3. 

 t. 6. Catesb. car. 1. t. 61. Branches rather tetragonal. Leaves 

 4 inches long, rather coriaceous, shining. Flowers by threes, 

 almost sessile. Fruit purple, globose, containing an edible nut. 

 Corolline segments revolute. Perhaps a distinct genus. 



American Olive. Fl. June. Clt. 1758. Tree. 



4 O. CAPE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 11. Thunb. fl. cap. 1. p. 39.) 

 leaves oblong ; flowers disposed in racemose, terminal panicles. 

 ^2 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ker. bot. reg. 

 613. O. buxifolia, Mill. diet. Branches rather tetragonal, 

 from decurrent lines. Leaves coriaceous, dense, and rigid, de- 

 cussate, always paler beneath. Corollas white. Drupe rather 

 wrinkled, size of a pea. 



Var. /3, coridcea (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 13.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, stiff, flat ; petioles red. Fj . G. Dill. hort. elth. 193. 

 t. 160. f. 194. Burm. afr. p. 234. t. 81. f. 2. 



Var. /, unduldta (Ait. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, waved ; petioles 

 green. f? . G. O. undulata, Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 1. t. 2. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 379. O. laurif olia, Lam. ill. 1. p. 29. Burm. 

 .afr. 233. t. 81. f. 1. 



Cape Olive. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1730. Tree tall. 



5 O. EXCE'LSA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 14. ed. 2. 1. p. 22.) 

 leaves elliptic, acute ; bracteas perfoliate : lower ones cup-shaped 

 and permanent, superior ones large, foliaceous, and deciduous. 



Fj . F. Native of Madeira. Vahl, symb. 3. p. 3. enum. 1. 

 p. 42. O. exasperata, Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 3. t. 252. Branches 

 rough from small tubercles. Leaves 2-3 inches long and \^ 

 broad, sometimes 3 in a whorl, paler beneath. Panicles tri- 

 chotomous, many-flowered. Flowers rather large. Drupe oval, 

 size of a pea, purplish brown. 



Tall Olive. Fl. May. Clt. 1784. Tree. 



6 O. APE'TALA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 3. but not of Andr. End- 

 licher, prod. fl. ins. norf. p. 56.) racemes axillary, shorter than 

 the leaves. fy . G. Native of Norfolk Island. Bauer, ill. pi. 

 ins. norf. t. 172. 



Apetalous Olive. Shrub. 



7 O. FRA'GRANS (Thunb. fl. FIG. 8. 

 jap. p. 18. t. 2.) leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate, a little serrated ; 



pedicels 1 -flowered, axillary, and 

 lateral, aggregate from scaly 

 buds. Ij.G. Native of Japan, 

 China, and Cochinchina. Vahl, 

 enum. 1. p. 43. Sims. bot. 

 mag. t. 1552. Osmanthus fra,- 

 grans,Lour. coch.p 29. Moksei, 

 Kaempf.amcen.5.p. 844. Quaifa, 

 Osb. itin. engl. ed. 2. p. 14. 

 Branches and branchlets tricho- 

 tomous. Leaves 2 inches long, 

 acuminated, shining above and 

 pale beneath. This tree is cul- 

 tivated much in China, Cochin- 

 china, and Japan in the gardens, for the sake of its sweet- 

 scented flowers, which are said to be put into teas to give them 

 flavour. Flowers yellowish or almost white, (f. 8.) 



Fragrant Olive. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1771. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



8 O. PANICULA'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 528.) leaves lanceolate- 

 elliptic, acuminated, quite entire ; ultimate peduncles of the pa- 

 nicle 3-flowered. T? . G. Native of New South Wales ; and of 

 New Holland, within the tropic. 



Pamc/er/-flowered Olive. Fl. July. Clt. 1825. Tree 10 ft. 



9 O. HEYNEA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 2823.) leaves broad, oblong, 

 acuminated, attenuated at the base, repandly toothed ; peduncles 

 lateral and axillary, solitary, trichotomous, each fork or branch 

 bearing almost sessile flowers at the apex ; fruit oblong. Fj . G. 

 Native of (he East Indies. 



Heyne's Olive. Shrub or tree. 



10 O. COMPA'CTA (Wall. cat. no. 2819.) leaves elliptic, acu- 

 minated, glabrous, quite entire ; panicle thyrsoid, terminal, gla- 

 brous ; flowers crowded. Fj . G. Native of Kamaon and 

 Sirmore. Tube of corolla hardly longer than the calyx. 

 Perhaps a species of Ligiistrum. 



Compact Olive. Shrub or tree. 



11O.? GRANDIFLORA (Wall. cat. no. 2820.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, quite entire, glabrous ; branchlets warted ; panicles 

 thyrsoid, terminal, downy ; corolla funnel-shaped. Fj . G. Na- 

 tive of Nipaul. Phillyrea grandiflora, Wall. herb. Perhaps 

 a species of Ligustmm. 



Great-homered Olive. Tree. 



12 O. SALICIFOLIA (Wall. cat. no. 2821.) glabrous, leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, quite entire, rather glaucous ; panicles axil- 

 lary and terminal. F; . G. Native of Silhet, on the mountains. 



Var. ft ; leaves broader, obovate-lanceolate, acuminated, some- 

 times furnished with 1 or 2 teeth on each side. *? . S. Native 

 along with the species. 



11 illow-leaved Olive. Shrub or tree. 



13 O. LINDLE'I (Wall. cat. no. 6305.) glabrous; branches 

 warted ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; panicles 

 thyrsoid, terminal, downy. Ij . G. Native of Silhet. Calyx 

 small, obsoletely toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a longish 

 tube. 



Lindley's Olive. Shrub. 



14 O. ATTENUA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 2839.) glabrous; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, entire, acuminated, or obovate, coriaceous, pale 

 beneath; panicles terminal, divaricate; corolla spreading, 4- 

 petalled ; fruit oblong. Fj . G. Native of the Burman empire, 

 on the banks of the river Martaban. 



Attenuated-]enved Olive. Shrub or tree. 



15 O. CLAVA'TA ; leaves ovate-oblong, entire, smooth ; 



CLAVATA 



branches drooping ; panicles terminal. 

 China. Phillyrea paniculata, Roxb. fl. 



ind. 



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1. p. 



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