OLEIN^E. III. OLEA. IV. NOROKHIA. V. PACHYDERMA. 



Roxburghiana, Spreng. 1. p. 34, but not of Roem. et Schultes. 

 Leaves glaucous beneath. Drupe obliquely obovate, size of a 

 French bean, containing a solitary nut and the rudiment of 

 another. Stigma entire, clavate. Corolla funnel-shaped, small, 

 white. Very li^e a species of Ligustrum. 

 Ctora/e-stigmaed Olive. Tree 20 feet. 



16 O. CVSPIDA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 2817.) glabrous; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, cuspidate at the 

 apex, rusty beneath ; panicles terminal and axillary. Jj . G. 

 Native of Kamaon. 



Cuspidate Olive. Shrub or tree. 



17 O. MARITIMA (Wall. cat. no. 2813.) glabrous; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, coriaceous, sometimes repandly toothed ; 

 panicles terminal, thyrsoid. >j . S. Native of Singapore and 

 Malacca. 



Sea-side Olive. Shrub or tree. 



18 O. ROBU STA (Wall. cat. no. 2822.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 entire, acuminated, glabrous ; panicles terminal, large and 

 spreading, villous. T; . S. Native of Silbet, where it is called 

 Bhooee-moora by the natives, whom it furnishes with very hard 

 durable wood. Philly'rea robusta, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 101. 

 Young roots dotted with whitish specks. Panicle villous. 

 Stigma emarginate. Berries subcvlindrical. 



Robust Olive. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Tree large. 



19 O. GLANDULIFERA (Wall. cat. no. 2811.) glabrous; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, long-acuminated, entire ; panicles terminal and 

 axillary. Tr . G. Native of Nipaul and Kamaon, &c. 



Gland-bearing Olive. Shrub or tree. 



20 O. ? PACCIFLORA (Wall. cat. no. 2812.) leaves broad- 

 elliptic, rounded at both ends, or attenuated at the base, rather 

 rusty beneath ; panicles axillary and terminal : having the outer 

 divisions of the panicle 2-flowered. T? . S. Native of Penang. 

 Leaves sometimes attenuated at both ends, and acuminated. 



Few-Jlonered Olive. Tree. 



21 O. ACUMISA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 2809.) glabrous : leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, attenuated at both 

 ends; fascicles of flowers axillary; pedicels 1-flowered, rising 

 from scaly buds ; petals narrow. 1? . S. Native of Sirmore, 

 Penang, Xipaul, Silhet, &c. Fruit oblong. Perhaps a species 

 of Notelce"a. 



Acuminated-le&ved Olive. Tree 20 feet. 



H O. MICROCA'RPA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 43.) leaves elliptic, 

 acuminated, serrated ; racemes terminal. Ij . G. Native of 

 Cochin-china. Philly'rea I'ndica, Lour. coch. p. 19. O. rigida, 

 Hort. eels. A middle-sized, much-branched tree, with spread- 

 ing, twisted branches. Leaves small, glabrous, reflexed. Drupe 

 small, round, black. 



Small-fruited Olive. Shrub or tree. 



23 O. ROXBURGHIA'NA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 77.) 

 leaves oblong, quite entire, glabrous ; panicles axillary and extra 

 axillary : bracteas deciduous ; lobes of stigma divaricate. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Circar mountains. O. paniculata, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. 

 p. 10-i. but not of R. Br. Leaves waved. Segments of corolla 

 oblong, concave : with sharp, incurved points. Leaves 5 inches 

 long and 2 broad. 



Roxburgh's Olive. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1 820. Tree small. 



24 O. DIOICA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 105.) leaves oblong, ser- 

 rated ; panicles axillary ; flowers dioecious. T; . G. Native 

 of Silhet and Chittagong ; in the former country it is called 

 Alia-jam. Tetrapilus brachiatus, Lour. coch. p. 611.? Leaves 

 tapering to both ends, smooth, 4-8 inches long, and 2-4 broad. 

 Female flowers without a corolla. Drupe, in size and colour, 

 much like a common sloe. This olive grows to a prettv large 

 tree, the timber of which is reckoned excellent, and put to 

 many uses by the natives. 



Dioecious Olive. Fl. Mar. Clt. 1818. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



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25 O. WIGHTIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 2815.) leaves elliptic, atte- 

 nuated at both ends, acuminated at the apex, distantly toothed 

 from below the middle, glabrous; panicles terminal and axillary, 

 divaricate, glabrous. >j . S. Native of the East Indies. 6. 

 dioica, var. W T ight. herb. Leaves broad, very like those of 

 O. dioica. 



Wight's Olive. Tree or shrub. 



26 O. VERRUCOSA (Link. enum. 1. p. 33.) branchlets warted; 

 leaves lanceolate, white beneath ; fruit nearly globose. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. O. Europae v a, Thunb. 

 prod. p. 2. fl. cap. 1. p. 37. O. saliva, var.a, verrucosa, Roem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 1 . p. 69. O. Africana, Mill. diet. Burm. afr. 

 p. 237. t. 83. f. 2. Branches somewhat tetragonal at the top. 

 Leaves obtuse, with an acumen, entire, greyish beneath. Panicle 

 ternately compound. Bracteas opposite, deciduous. Drupe 

 size of a pea, hardly fleshy. 



JFartecf-branched Olive. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1814. Tree 

 40 feet. 



Cult. Most of the species of olive are admired for the fra- 

 grance of their flowers in our greenhouses. The soil best suited 

 to them is a mixture of peat and loam. Ripened cuttings strike 

 root readily in sand, under a hand-glass, those of the stove spe- 

 cies in heat. They may also be increased by grafting on the 

 common privet. O. oleaster and 0. sat'ita will endure our 

 winters against a south wall. 



IV. NORO'NHIA (in honour of C. Noronha, a traveller in 

 Madagascar, Isle of France, &c.). Pet. Th. gen. mad. no. 7. 

 Poir. in nouv. diet, des sc. nat. Bojer, in Hook. hot. misc. 

 2. p. 167. O'lea species, Vahl. 



Lor. SYST. Diandria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-cleft, 

 Corolla globular, thick, deeply 4-cleft. Anthers 2, at the bottom 

 of the tube of the corolla, and lying in its substance. Ovarium 

 small, conical, 2-celled, 4-seeded. Style none. Drupe oblong 

 or roundish, containing a 2-celled nut ; testa solid. Seed soli- 

 tary, with a superior radicle ? and thick cotyledons, without 

 albumen. Small trees, with opposite leaves and axillary ra- 

 cemes of flowers. 



1 N. CE'RNUA ; glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, very 

 blunt, sometimes emarginate ; racemes simple, axillary, solitary, 

 twin or tern; flowers drooping. F? S. Native of the Mauri- 

 tius. O'lea cernua, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 3. O. obtusifolia, Lam. 

 ill. 1. p. 28. Branches marked with elevated dots. Leaves 

 with reflexed edges. Bracteas ovate, solitary at the base of 

 the pedicels, and twin under each calyx. Flowers twice the size 

 of those of the common olive. 



Drooping-fiowered Noronhia. Clt. 1816. Tree 20 feet. 



2 N. EMARGINA'TA (Poir. 1. c. Hook. 1. c. t. 88.) leaves 

 obovate, emarginate ; racemes axillary. I? . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. N. chartacea, Stadm. mss. N. Binia, Pet. Th. 

 gen. med. no. 7. O'lea emarginata, Vahl. enum. 1. p. 42. 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 545. ill. t. 8. f. 2. Branches glabrous. Leaves 

 2-4 inches long, glabrous, shining. It is grown in the gardens 

 of the Mauritius, under the name of Ponai des Indes. Fruit size 

 of a walnut, edible. There appear to be two species confused 

 under this name, one with coriaceous emarginate leaves, and ter- 

 minal panic-led racemes of flowers ; and another with chartaceous 

 emarginate leaves, and axillary racemes of flowers. 



Emarginate-lea.ved Noronhia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1825. 

 Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Olea, above, for culture and propagation. 



V. PACHYDE'RMA (from TOXVC, pachyt, thick, andSep/ia, 

 derma, a skin ; berries). Blum, bijdr. p. 682. 



LIN. SYST. Diandria, Monogynia. Calyx obsoletely 4- 

 toothed. Corolla globose, coriaceous, with a half 4-cleft border. 

 Stamens 2, very short, inserted above the base of the corolla. 

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