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OLEIN^E. VI. MYXOPYRUM. VII. CHIONANTHUS. VIII. CHONDROSPERMUM. 



Ovarium 2-celled ; cells biovulate. Stigma almost sessile, 

 obtuse. Berry nearly dry, 1-seeded. Albumen fleshy. Em- 

 bryo inverted -- This genus is nearly allied to O'lea, but it 

 differs from that genus in the globose corolla, undivided stigma, 

 and baccate fruit. A tree with opposite leaves, and terminal 

 panicles of flowers. 



1 P. JAVA'NICUM (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, acutish at the base, quite entire, glabrous, rather veiny, 

 on short petioles ; panicles terminal, brachiate, length of leaves. 

 Jj . S. Native of Java, in woods on mount Salak, where it is 

 called Paljar-gunung. 



Java Pachyderma. Tree. 



Cult. See Olea, p. 49. for culture and propagation. 



VI. MYXOPY'RUM (from p.v,a, myxa, mucus, and Trvpnv, 

 pyren, a nut ; nuts covered with mucilage). Blum, bijdr. p. 683. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, quadrifid. 

 Corolla globose, coriaceous, plicate inside ; limb quadrifid. Sta- 

 mens 2, inclosed; filaments very short, inserted in the middle 

 of the tube. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells 3-ovulate. Stigma 

 thick, sessile, angular at the side, and bicuspidate at the apex. 

 Drupe coriaceous, 1-2-celled, containing 1-4 angular, 1-seeded 

 nuts, which are covered with mucilage. Albumen horny. 

 Embryo erect. A climbing shrub, with tetragonal branches ; 

 opposite elliptic-oblong, 3-nerved, glabrous leaves, which are 

 sometimes serrated at the apex ; and axillary and lateral pani- 

 cles of flowers. Nearly allied to Noronhia. 



1 M. NERVOSUM (Blum. 1. c.). J? . ^. S- Native of Java, 

 in calcareous places near Kuripan, and at the foot of mount 

 Salak. 



Nerved-leaved. Myxopyrum. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See O'lea, p. 49. for culture and propagation. 



Virginian Fringe-tree. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1796. Tree 

 10 to 30 feet. 



2 C. AXILLA'RIS (R. Br. prod. p. 523.) spikes axillary, very 

 short ; leaves oblong-elliptic, acute. fj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, within the tropic. Flowers white. 



4 xillary-Qovtered Fringe-tree. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub. 



3 C. INCRASSA'TA (Swartz, prod. 13. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 24.; 

 branches of panicle decussate or fastigiate ; flowers pedicellate ; 

 corollas tetragonal, with erect, thickened segments ; leaves ob- 

 long, f} . G. Native of Jamaica, in woods on the mountains. 

 Leaves rather coriaceous, with a short, obtuse acumen. Ulti- 

 mate peduncles 3-flowered. Corollas white, with terete, sub- 

 clavate segments. 



Thickened Fringe-tree. Tree tall. 



4 C. PUBE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 233.) 

 panicles terminal, short, trifid : with 3-flowered peduncles ; 

 corollas red, with linear segments ; leaves elliptic-oblong, blunt- 

 ish, coriaceous, clothed with soft down beneath. fj . G. Na- 

 tive of New Granada, near Gonzanama, Llanos de Trigo- 

 Bamba, and Salto del Frayle, where it is called Arupo by the 

 natives. Panicles rising before the leaves, downy, corymb- 

 formed. 



Downy Fringe-tree. Fl. Oct. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. The Ch. Virginicus is a fine large ornamental shrub. 

 It thrives best in a moist light loamy soil. It is generally in- 

 creased by seed received from America; by layering it is diffi- 

 cult, if the soil be not moist. By grafting or budding it on the 

 common ash it succeeds very well. The greenhouse kinds 

 grow freely in a mixture of sand, loam, and peat ; and ripened 

 cuttings of them will strike root in sand, under a hand-glass, in a 

 little heat. 



VII. CHIONA'NTHUS (from x^v, chion, snow, and 

 anthos, a flower ; in reference to the snow white flowers of the 

 species). Lin. gen. no. 21. Juss. gen. 105. Gsertn. fruct. 1. 

 t. 39. Lam. ill. t. 9. f. 2. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-parted, 

 or 4-toothed. Corolla with a -short tube and a 4-parted limb; 

 segments of the limb long and linear. Style hardly any ; stigma 

 2-lobed. Anthers almost sessile. Drupe baccate, containing a 

 striated nut. Seeds albuminous. Trees, having the branch- 

 lets compressed at top. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Ra- 

 cemes simple or compound, terminal or axillary. Flowers snow 

 white. This genus differs principally in the figure of the seg- 

 ments of the corolla from O'lea. 



1 C. VIRGINICA (Lin. spec. p. 11.) racemes terminal ; pe- 

 duncles 3-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; leaves lanceolate* gla- 

 brous. fy . H. Native of North America. Lodd. hot. cab. 

 1204. Duh. arb. 1. p. 165. t. 63. Catesb. car. 1. t. 68. 

 Leaves resembling those of a laurel ; the flowers come out in 

 May, hanging in long bunches, from whence the inhabitants call 

 it Snont-drop-tree ; and from the corolla being cut into narrow 

 segments they also give it the name of Fringe-tree. Drupe 

 purplish. 



Var. a, lalifolia ; leaves ovate-elliptic, having the nerves 

 downy beneath. Tj H. Native of Carolina. Catesb. car. 

 t. 69. Kern. t. 607. Leaves oval-lanceolate, coriaceous, gla- 

 brous; panicles dense ; drupes oval. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. 

 p. 8. 



Var. ft; angustifblia (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 23.) 

 leaves lanceolate, glabrous. Jj. H. Ch. trifida, Moench. 



Var. y, maritima (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 8.) leaves obo- 

 vate-lanceolate, membranous, pubescent ; panicles very loose j 

 drupes elliptic. Jj . H. Native of North America, by the sea- 

 side. 



VIII. CHONDROSPE'RMUM (from X ov$po e , chondros, a 

 lump, and o-Trtpjua, sperma, a seed ; form of seed). Wall. cat. 

 2837. and 2838. Chionanthus species, Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. 

 p. 108. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx urceolate, 4- 

 toothed ; teeth lanceolate, acute, with purple edges. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, rather fleshy, having a large obscurely 4 -sided 

 tube, which is longer than the calyx ; and a 4-parted spread- 

 ing limb, which is longer than the tube ; segments linear- 

 clavate, blunt, vertical, and thickened at their apexes ; throat 

 closed by the anthers. Stamens 2, inserted above the base of 

 the tube ; anthers fleshy, with 2 marginal cells ; situated between 

 the 2 opposite fissures of the border, hardly elevated above the 

 tube. Ovarium ovate, 2-celled. Ovulum solitary, inserted by 

 its base? A rambling evergreen shrub, with ash-coloured, 

 separating bark; large, opposite, 3-nerved leaves; and axillary 

 and terminal, brachiate panicles of small, greenish yellow flowers. 



1 C. SMILACIFOLIUM (Wall. cat. no. 2837.). Tj . w . S. Native 

 of the forests of Chittagong, where it is called Chunalata ; also 

 of the Burmese empire, on mount Taong Dong, if C. coriaceum, 

 Wall. cat. no. 2838. be the same. Chionanthus smilacifolia,' 

 Wall. fl. ind. 1. p. 108. Ligustrum laurifolium, Roxb. hort. 

 beng. p. 32. Branches and peduncles 4-sided. Leaves 5-7 inches 

 long, and 3 broad, 3-nerved, coriaceous, pale beneath, undulated, 

 and bullated between the principal nerves ; nerves and veins 

 much elevated beneath, and uniting a little above the base. 

 Flowers small, almost scentless. The erect position of the 

 ovula seems to indicate its belonging to the order Jasminece. 

 The aestivation of the corolla is valvate. 



Smilax-leaved Chondrospermum. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see O'lea, p. 49. 



