428 ORDER LXXViri. — OLEACE^. 



tered on the old alternate buds, alternate on the young branches ; spines 

 axillary. Flowers clustered, on 1-flowered peduncles ; drupe black. — 

 Greenish-white. "^ . May — June. Wet soils. Middle Carolina, near 

 Columbia. 



2. B. reclixa'ta, (Pursh.) A small shrub, with spreading branches, 

 spiny. Leaves small, obovate, smooth. Flowers in clusters, 15 — 20, on 

 short pedicels. — Greenish-white. ^ . June — July. Banks of streams. 

 Georgia. 



3. B. te'nax, (L.) a small tree, with slender, flexible branches. 

 Leaves lanceolate, cuneate, pubescent underneath. Fruit oval. Flow- 

 ers in clusters. — Greenish-white. '^ . June — July. In dry soils. 20 

 —30 feet. 



4. B, LANUGixo'sA, (Mich.) A small tree, with expanding pubescent 

 branches. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, covered with a ferruginous pu- 

 bescence on the under surface, obtuse. Drupes globose. — White. ^ , 

 June — July. Dry, light soils. 8 — 12 feet. 



Order LXXVIL— JASMINA'CE^. Br. 



Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx persistent, S-lobed. Co- 

 rolla salver-form, 5-lobed. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 simple ; stigma 2-lobed. 



Genus I.— JASMI'NUM. Tourn. 2—1. {Arabic name.) 



1. J. officina'le, (L.) Stem somewhat running, striate, somewhat 

 angular. Xcav^s unequally pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, 3 pairs. Flow- 

 ers axillary and terminal. Corolla much longer than the subulate lobes 

 of the calyx, 5-lobed ; lobes lanceolate. — White. Asia, from the base 

 of the Caucasus. Naturalized in Europe and America. 



White Jasmine. 



2. J. fru'ticaxs, (L.) Stem not running, branches angular. Leaves 

 alternate, tei-nate, rarely simple. Floxoers few, mostly terminal. Co- 

 rolla much longer than the subulate lobes of the calyx. — Yellow. South- 

 ern Europe. Introduced. Yellow Jasmine. 



Order LXXVIIL— OLEA'CE^. {Olive Family.) 



Flowers perfect or dioecious. Calyx divided, persistent. 

 Corolla hypogynous, 4-cleft. Stamens 2, alternate with the 

 segments of the corolla. Ovary simple, 2-celled, 2 seeds in a 

 cell. Style I. >S'^/^7?2a simple, or bifid. i^?'2^27 usually a drupe, 

 often 1 -seeded by abortion ; cotyledons foliaceous. Trees or 

 shrubs, with opposite leaves. 



Genu3 I.— O'LEA. Tourn. 2—1. 

 (From elaia, the Olive.) 



Floivers dioecious. Calyx small, 4-toothed. Corolla with 

 a short tube ; limb 4-cleft ; segments ovate. Fruit a drupe, 

 1 -seeded. 



