400 OLEACE^. (olive FAMILY.) 



6. PERIPLOCA, L. PKRirLocA. 



Calyx 5-partcd. Corolla 5-partccl, wlicel-shaptd, with 5 awiied scales in tlio 

 throat. Filaments distiiiet: anthers coherent with the apex of the stiynia, 

 bearded on the back : pollcu-masscs 5, each of 4 united, sin<^Iy affixed directly 

 to the glands of the stigma. Stigma hemispherical. Pods smooth, widely 

 divergent, bccds with a silky tuft. — Twining shrubby plants, with smooth 

 opposite leaves, and panicled-eymose flowers. (Name from ntpinXoKr], a coUukj 

 ruuiiii, in allusion to tlie twining stems.) 



1. P. Gu.KCA, L. Leaves ovate or ovate-'.anccolatc, shorter than the loosely- 

 flowered cymes ; divisions of the brownish-purjde corolla linear-oblong, very 

 hairy above. — Near Rochester, &c.. New York. Probably hardly established. 

 Aug. (Adv. from Eu.) 



Order 81. OL,EACEJE. (Olive Family.) 



Ti'ees or shrubs, with opposile and pinnate or simple leaves, a 4-cleft (or 

 sometimes obsolete) calyx, a regular A-clefl or nearly or quite A-petalous 

 corolla, sometimes apetaluus; the stamens only 2 {rarely or accidentally 3 

 or 4) ; the ovary 2-celled, with 2 (rarely more) ovules in each cell. — Seeds 

 anatropous, with a large straight embryo in hard fleshy albumen, or with- 

 out albumen. — The Olive is the type of the true OleaccEB, to which be- 

 longs the Lilac (Syrixga), &c. ; while the Jessamine (Jasminum) 

 represents another division of the order. 



Tribe I. OL1KINE.E. Fruit a drupe or berry. Flowers perfect or polygiimous, with 

 both calyx aud corolla ; the latter valvate ia the bud. Ovules suspended. Leaves simple, 

 mostly entire. 



1. l<ij;^tislruin. Corolla funnel-form, its tube longer than the caly.v, 4-cIeft. 



2. OlfB. Corolla short, bell-shaped or salver-shaped ; the limb 4-iiarted. 



3. Cliioiiautlius. Corolla 4-parted or 4-petalous, the divisions or petals long and linear. 

 Tribe II. FRAXIXE.E. Fruit dry and winged (a samara). Flowers dioacious or 



polygamous, mostly apetalous, auj sometimes also without a calyx. Ovules suspended. 

 Leaves odd-pinnate. 



4. Fraxiiiiis. The only genus of the Tribe. 



Tribe III. FORESTIERE^. Fruit a drupe or berry. Flowers dioecious or perfect, 

 apetalous. Ovules suspended. Leaves simple. 



5. Purestiera. Flowers dioecious, from a scaly catkin-like bul. Stamens 2-4. 



1. LIGtrSTRUM, Tourn. PiuvJiT. 



Calyx short-tubular, 4-toothed, deciduous. Corolla funnel-form, 4-lobcd ; the 

 lobes ovate, obtu.se. Stamens 2, on the tube of the corolla, included. Stigma 

 2-cleft. Berry sjiberical, 2-cclled, 2-1-sceded. — Shrubs, with entire leaves on 

 short petioles, and snudl white flowers in terminal tbyrsoid panicles. (Tlie clas- 

 sical name.) 



1. L. vulgXue, L. (Common- Pkivkt or Puim.) Leaves elliptical- 

 lanceoUite, very smooth, tliickish, deciduous ; berries black. — U.scd lur low 

 h-dges : naturalized in copses by the agency of birds in E. New England aiul 

 Pennsylvania. June. (Nat. from Eu.) 



