*276 ORDER 101. OLEACE^E. 



5 J. GRANDiKLdRUM. Climbing; leaflets 9, oval, some confluent, the odd one pointed; 



sepals thrice shorter than the corolla tube ; petals oval. India. 



6 J". REVOLUTUM. Not climbing ; Ifts. ovate, pointed ; pet. roundish, recurved. Asia. 



7 J ODORArfcsiMUM. Climbing ; Ifts. oval, obtuse ; fls. less fragrant than No. 6. Azores. 



2. FORSYTHIA, Vahl. Calyx very short, deciduous. Cor. subcam- 

 panulate, lobes long, twisted in bud. Sta. inserted in the base of the tube, 

 included. Seeds GO in the 2-celled pod. ^ Leaves opposite or in 3's, ap- 

 pearing after the yellow flowers. 



1 F. VIRIDISSIMA. Branches erect, strict, covered with flowers in early Spring, each 



flower separate, pedicellate, lateral ; leaves lanceolate. China. 



2 F. SUSPENSA. Branches weak, pendulous ; leaves ovate ; flowers scattered. Japan. 



3. SYRINGA, L. LILAC. Calyx small, persistent, many times shorter 

 than the tube of the salver-form corolla. Sta. included. Pod 2-celled, 

 valves bearing the septum in the middle, seeds 4. ^> Leaves opposite. 



1 S. VULGARIS. Comrron. L. Leaves cordate-ovate, entire, glabrous ; flowers lilac to 



lilac-purple, in a dense thyrse. very fragrant. A beautiful shrub, from Hungary : vary- 

 ing with flowers bluish, or white. April June. 



2 S. PERSICA. Persian L. Leaves lanceolate, acute, smooth, often pinnately cleft j 



thyrse loose, smaller, white, or lilac-blue. Persia. 



3 S. VILLOSA. Chinese L. Leaves elliptic, acute, hairy beneath. N. China. 



4. OLE A, Tourn. OLIVE. Calyx short. Corolla tube short, limb 4 

 parted, spreading. Stamens 2, inserted in the base of the tube, exsertcd. 

 Ovary with 4 suspended ovules, ripening only 1 or 2 seeds. Drupe fleshy, 

 i'y- 5 b Leaves opposite. Flowers white. 



* Racemes axillary, shorter than the coriaceous leaves Nos. 1 g 



* Racemes in a large terminal panicle. (Visiana paniculata C-B) No. 4 



1 O. Americana L. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, entire, smooth, shining, at- 



tenuated to a petiole ; raceme compound, scarce longer than the petiole ; flowers 

 dioecious ; drupes globular. Swamps, N. J. to Fla. 15 20f. 



2 O. EUROP^A. Leaves lanceolate, mucronate ; racemes longer than the petioles ; 



drupes oval. Europe. Cultivated in California, rarely far South. 20 40f. 



3 O. FRAGRANS. Shru'o ; leaves lance-oblong, serrate ; flowers small, white, very fra- 



grant, in axillary corymbs, white-red ; styles 2. China. (Osmanthus.) 



4 O. CLAVATA. Shrub with ovate entire leaves and many small flowers in large pani- 



cles ; style 1. club-shaped, exserted like the stamens. China. Hardy S. 



5. LIGUSTRUM, L. PRIVET. PRIM. Cal. minutely toothed. Cor. 

 funnel-form, 4-lobed. Sta, subincluded. Sty. very short. Berry 2-celled, 2- 

 4-seeded. Sds. angular. ;> With simple Ivs. and term, panicles of white ffe. 

 li t vulgare L. Leaves lanceolate to obovate, 1 2', obtuse or acute, thick but decidu- 

 ous ; flowers small, in small thyrses ; anthers partly exserted, but shorter than the 

 ovate corolla lobes. Planted in hedges. May, June. Europe. 



6. CHIONANTHUS, L. FRINGE TREE. Cal. short, 4-parted. Cor. 

 tube very short, including the 2 stamens, the limb of 4 linear lobes. 

 Style very short Drupe fleshy, with a bony 1-seeded nut. 5t> With 

 opposite leaves and white flowers in panicles. 



C. VlrjjinlcusL. Leaves oval to oblong; panicle with filiform branches and pedicels : 



