XLViii. olea'ce^: philly'rea. 



^33 



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

 May and June. 



5. P. (m.) OLEiEFo^LiA Ait. The Olive-leaved Phillyrea. 



Jdcnlificnticm. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. II. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 46. 



Sywrnymcs. P. media S Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 11. ; P. racembsa Link Jalirh. 1. p. 



160. 

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



Spec. Cliar., Sfc. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, almost entire, obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base, veiny. Branches erectish. (Do?i's Mi/L) 

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

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



6. P. (m.) latifo^lia L. 

 Phillyrea. 



The broad-leaved 



I2-I. P. (m.) lafifolia. 



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



Hynonyvies. P. latifOlia ^ serrata Poll. Ft. Ver. 1. p. 7. ; P. lati- 



fOlia /3 Ten. Fl. Neap. 3. p. 6. ; P. spin6sa Ten. Si/ll. p. 9. No. 



2. ; P. latitblia ^ spinbsa Seg. Ver. 2. p. 273. 

 Engravings. Smith Fl. Graec, t. 2. ; and owe fig. 1231. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, rounded at the base, 

 serrated, veiny. Young leaves sub-cordate at the 

 base. (Do7i's Mill.) A low sub-evergreen tree; 

 in England a shrub. South of Europe. Height 

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

 greenish white ; May and June. 



m 7. P. (m.) LiE'vis Ait. The smooth Phillyrea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. 



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

 Si/nont/tnes . P. latif&lia var. a. 



n'illd. Sp. 1. p. 43. ; P. latifdlia 



Mill. Diet. No. 1 

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



and our fig. 1232. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, almost en- 

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

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

 niucro at the point. {JDorCs Mill.) An evergreen 

 shrub. South of Europe and North of Africa. 

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

 Flowers greenish white ; May and June. 



The leaves are smoother than those of any other 

 1232. P. (m.) te'vis. vancty. 



1 8. p. (m.) obli'^qua Ait. The oblique-Ztawc? Phillyrea. 



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



4. p. 46. 

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



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



p. 52. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1233. 



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

 serrated, acute at both ends, veiny, 

 bent obliquely. Leaves like those of 

 ilfyrica. {Don^s Mill.) An evergreen 

 shrub. South of Europe. Height 10 ft. 

 to 12 ft. Introduced in 1579. Flowers 

 I '233. p.(m.|obiiqua. grceuish whitc ; May and JuHB. 



I 



; 9. P. (m.) spino'sa Mill. The spiny, or Holly-leaved, 

 ' Phillyrea. 



W'-ntification. Mill. Diet., No. 3.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 12. Don's Mill., 4. 

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