XLVIII. OLEA^CEMl PUILL\'REA. 



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of Europe. Height 10ft. to 15 ft. Introd. 1597. Flowers greenish white ; 

 May and June. 



5. P. (M.) OLE^EFO V LIA Ait. The Olive-leaved Phillyrea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 11. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 46. 



Synoni/mes. P. media 5 ^47. Hort. Keic. 1. p. 11. ; P. racembsa Link Jahrb. 1. p. 



160. 

 Engravings. Pluk., t. 310. f. 1. ; and our fig. 1230. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, almost entire, obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base, veiny. Branches erectish. (Don's Mill.) 

 An evergreen shrub. South of Europe. Height 10 ft. to 15ft. 

 Introduced in 1597. Flowers greenish white ; May and June, 



* 6. P. (M.) LATIFO V LIA L. The broad-leaved 

 Phillyrea. 



ipentification. Lin. Sp., 10. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 46. 



Synonymes. P. latifblia /3 serrata Poll. Fl. Ver. 1. p. 7. ; P. lati- 



iolia /3 Ten. Fl. Neap. 3. p. 6. ; P. spinosa Ten. Syll. p. 9. No. 



2. ; P. latifblia /3 spi.nbsa Seg. Ver. 2. p. 273. 

 Engravings. Smith Fl. Gra?c., t. 2. ; and our fig. 1231. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, rounded at the base, 

 serrated, veiny. Young leaves sub-cordate at the 

 base. (Don's Mill.) A low sub-evergreen tree ; 

 in England a shrub. South of Europe. Height 

 20ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1597. Flowers 

 greenish white ; May and June. 



* 7. P. (M.) UE'VIS Ait. The smooth Phillyrea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. 



p. 12. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 46. 

 Synonymes. P. latifblia var. A. 



Willtl. Sft. I. p. 43. ; P. latifolia 



Mill. Diet. No. 1 

 Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., 1. 125. ; 



and our fig. 1232. 



Spec. Char., &c. Leaves 



elliptic-oblong, almost en- 123K p " (m lat * 61ia ' 

 tire, veiny, bluntish ; an inch or more in length, a 

 little narrowed at the base, blunt, and with a small 

 mucro at the point. (Don's Mill.) An evergreen 

 shrub. South of Europe and North of Africa. 

 Height 10ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1597. 

 Flowers greenish white ; May and June. 

 The leaves are smoother than those of any other 



variety. 



1*52. /'. ( 



8. P. (M.) OBLI^QUA Ait. 



The oblique-leaved Phillyrea. 



Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 12. ; Don's Mill., 



12o5. f. (m.j obliqua. 



Identification. 



4. p. 46. 

 Synonymes. P. latifblia -y H'illd. Sp. 1. p. 43. ; P. fo- 



liacea Link Jahrb. 1. p 54. ; Phillyrea ii. Clus. Hist. 



p. 52. 

 Engraving. Oar fig. 1233. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 serrated, acute at both ends, veiny, 

 bent obliquely. Leaves like those of 

 .Myrica. (Don's MUl.) An evergreen 

 shrub. South of Europe. Height 10 ft. 

 to 12ft. Introduced in 1579. Flowers 

 greenish white ; May and June. 



9. P. (M.) SPINO'SA Mill. The spiny, or Nolly-leaved, 

 Phillyrea. 



Identification. Mill. Diet., No. 

 p. 46. 



.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 12. ; Don's Mill., 4. 123 4. 



spindsa.' 



