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. XII. NOTELSA. XIII. LINOCIERA. 



LIN. SYST. Didndriu, Monogynia. Calyx 4-toothed. Co- 

 rolla of 4 petals ; petals ovate, connected by pairs to the fila- 

 ments at the base. Stigma bifid. Drupe containing a charta- 

 ceous, 1 -seeded putamen. Albumen wrinkled. Small evergreen 

 trees or shrubs, with the habit of olive. Leaves quite entire. 

 Flowers white, in axillary racemes. 



1 N. LONGIFOLIA (Vent, choix. t. 25.) leaves lanceolate, reti- 

 culately veined on both surfaces, more or less downy beneath, 

 dotless ; calycine segments unequal ; stigma bifid, fj . G. Na- 

 tive of New South Wales. O'lea apetala, Andr. bot. rep. 316. 

 There are varieties of this shrub with lanceolate, acuminated, 

 and elliptic leaves, which are either smoothish beneath or clothed 

 with copious soft down. 



Long-leaved Notelsea. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 



2 N. PUNCTA'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 528.) leaves lanceolate, 

 attenuated at the base, veiny above, quite glabrous, but dotted 

 beneath and obsoletely veined. >2 G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, within the tropic. 



Z)oed-leaved Notelaea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Sh. 



3 N. OVA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves ovate, glabrous, without 

 dots ; calycine segments equal; stigma sessile, undivided, fy . G. 

 Native of New South Wales. 



Oyate-leaved Noteljea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 



4 N. LIQU'STRINA (Vent, choix. t. 456.) leaves narrow-lan- 

 ceolate, elongated, petiolate, quite glabrous, with simple margins, 

 dotted beneath, having the veins on both sides obsolete. Tj . G. 

 Native of Van Diemen's Land. Racemes length of leaves. 



Privet-like Notelaea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1807. Shrub. 



5 N. MICROCA'RPA (R. Br. prod. p. 524.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, elongated, attenuated at the base, almost sessile, quite 

 glabrous, obsoletely dotted beneath, and having the veins mani- 

 fest above, t? . G. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 

 The drupe in this species is smaller than a pea, while in N. li- 

 gustrina it is larger. 



Small-fruited Notelsea. Shrub. 



6 N. POSU'A (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 107.) leaves el- 

 liptic-oblong, acuminated ; pedicels axillary, drooping, glo- 

 merate, 1 -flowered ; calycine teeth equal; stigma capitate. 

 I}. G. Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. O'lea Posua, Hamilt. 

 mss. Olea Buchanani, Herb. Lamb. Leaves 4-5 inches long, 

 and 1^ or 2 broad. 



Posua Notelaea. Shrub. 



f A doubtful species. 



7 N. RIOJDA (Desf. arbr. 1. p. 120.) leaves stiff, broad-lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire ; racemes axillary. ^ G. Native of Van 

 Diemen's Land, where it was collected during the expedition 

 of Baudin. 



Stiff-leaved Notelaea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. Shrub. 



Cult. The species of this genus thrive well in a mixture of 

 loam and peat ; and ripened cuttings root freely under a hand- 

 glass, in sand. 



XIII. LINOCIE'RA (named by Swartz, after Geofroy Li- 

 nocier, a physician at Tournon, in the Vivaraes ; author of 

 L'Histoire des Plantes, Paris, 1584. 12mo.). Swartz in Schreb. 

 gen. no. 1709. p. 178. fl. ind. 1. t. 2. Gsertn. fruct. t. 215. 

 Thouinia, Swartz, prod. 14. Chionanthus, spec. Jacq. Lin. 

 and Swartz. Mayepea, Aubl. Ceranthus, Schreb. gen. 1. p. 14. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-toothed. Co- 

 rolla of 4 linear petals, much longer than the calyx, which are 

 connected by pairs to the filaments at the base. Anthers 2, elon- 

 gated ; filaments short. Stigma 2-cleft. Drupe 2-celled ; 

 cells 1 -seeded. Evergreen trees, with entire leaves, and tricho- 

 tomous panicles of white or yellow flowers. 



* Species natives of South America. 



1 L. LIGU'STRINA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 49.) flowers 

 panicled, pedicellate ; petals reflexed ; leaves lanceolate, l/i . S. 

 Native of Jamaica and Hispaniola. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 46. 

 Thouinia ligustrina, Swartz, prod. 15. Branches beset with ele- 

 vated dots. Leaves 2-3 inches long, shining, obtuse at top. 

 Petals obtuse, concave, white. 



Privet-like Linociera. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



2 L. LATIFOLIA (Vahl 1. p. 46.) flowers panicled, axillary; 

 peduncles 3-flowered ; flowers sessile ; leaves elliptic, acumin- 

 ated. Tj . S. Native of St. Domingo and the Antilles. Chio- 

 nanthus Domingensis, Lam. ill. 1. p. 30. It differs from the 

 preceding in the leaves being broader, firmer, and less shining 

 and acuminated ; in the petals being broader and thinner. 

 Drupe oblong, size of a pea. 



Broad-leaved Linociera. Tree. 



3 L. GLOMERA'TA (Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 98. t. 164.) racemes 

 compound ; peduncles many-flowered ; flowers sessile ; petals 

 linear-lanceolate, hardly broader at the base ; leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, glabrous above, but densely clothed with yellowish 

 tomentum beneath in the axils of the nerves. f; . G. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in the district of 

 the New Mines, or Minas Novas, among bushes in dry moun- 

 tainous places. Flowers yellow. 



Glomerale-fiovtered Linociera. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



4 L. COMPA'CTA (R. Br. prod. p. 523. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. 

 vol. 1 . p. 23.) racemes compound and decompound ; peduncles 

 3-flowered ; flowers almost sessile ; petals attenuated, subulate. 

 fy . S. Native of the West Indies. Chionanthus compacta, 

 Swartz, prod. p. 13. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 44. Chionanthus Cari- 

 bse'a, Jacq. coll, 2. p. 110. t. 6. f. 1. Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 22. 

 Ceranthus, Schreb. gen. 1. p. 14. Ceranthus Screberi, Gmel. 

 syst. 1. p. 26. Pluk. aim. 224. f. 2. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic, 

 acuminated, often a hand long. Calyxes villous. Petals snow 

 white. Anthers acute. 



Compact Linociera. Clt. 1793. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



5 L. ? TETRA'NDRA (R. Br. prod. p. 523.) panicles trichoto- 

 mous, axillary ; flowers pedicellate, tetrandrous; petals ovate, 

 attenuated, subulate ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, f; . S. 

 Native of Guiana. Chionanthus tetrandra, Vahl, enum. 1. 

 p. 45. Mayepea Guianensis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 81. t. 31. Chio- 

 nanthus incrassata, Willd. spec. 1. p. 47. Chion. Guianensis, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 5. Calyx villous. Anthers obtuse. Petals 

 white, concave, terminated by a thread. Fruit size of an olive, 

 violaceous, 1 -seeded, bitter. The flowers exhale a grateful 

 scent. Perhaps a genus of Rhamnece. 



Tetrandrous Linociera. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



* * Species natives of Asia. 



6 L. DICHOTOMA (Wall. cat. no. 2825.) racemes axillary, com- 

 posed of 3-flowered peduncles ; leaves large, cuneate-lanceolate, 

 recurved, entire, glabrous. fy . S. Native of Coromandel. 

 Chionanthus dichotomus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 107. A smooth, 

 dichotomous shrub. Racemes solitary, shorter than the leaves. 

 Flowers small, white, scentless. Calyx villous. Segments of 

 corolla hardly joined at the base. Drupe ovate or obovate, 

 purple, size of a currant. Albumen none. 



Dichotomous Linociera. Shrub 7 to 10 feet. 



7 L. RAMIFLORA (Wall. cat. no. 2824.) panicles ovate, below 

 the leaf-bearing shoots, smooth ; leaves broad-lanceolate or 

 oblong, entire, acute, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of the Moluccas. 

 Chionanthus ramiflorus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 106. Leaves 

 about 6 inches long. Flowers numerous, small, yellow. Seg- 

 ments of the corolla lanceolate, with incurved edges. Drupe 

 oblong. 



Branch-flowered Linociera. Fl. March, April. Tree. 



