OLEACEiE 



Leaves oval, oval-lanceolate, elliptical or nearly rotundate, acute, dark glossy 

 green above, paler below, veins prominent, coriaceous, 6 ins. long, 2 ins. 

 wide. 



An evergreen shrub, 8-12 ft. ; or a tree, 20 ft. ; erect, twiggy ; Branches 

 specked with lenticels. 



Introduced from China by Sir Joseph Banks, 1794. Known as the Woa 

 Tree. Specific name, L. luddum = shining. 



OVAL-LEAVED PRIVET, Ligustrim ovalifoUum. 



Gardens, hedges. June, July. A vigorous town shrub of somewhat erect 

 and stiff habit, very valuable as a hedge plant. 



JFlowe7's yellow-white, as in L. vidgai-e, in a terminal thyrsoid panicle, 

 small, dense, odour heavy, somewhat unpleasant ; Fruit a berry. 



Leaves oval, oval-elliptical, or obovate, shortly petiolate, reticulately veined, 

 dark green above, lighter beneath, almost persistent. 



A sub-evergreen shrub, 6-10 ft. 



A native of Japan ; introduced 1877. 



CHINESE PRIVET, Ligustrum sinense. 



Gardens. July, August. Needs a well-drained soil. Thrives best when 

 sheltered by other trees. 



Flowers white or cream, small, very abundant, in a feathery panicle, com- 

 pressed ; Fruit a berry, black-purple. 



Leaves decussate, ovate-lanceolate, shining above, hairy beneath, light green, 

 petioles twisted so as to give the appearance of a distichous arrangement. 



A sub-evergreen shrub, 12 ft. ; or tree, 20 ft. ; Branches arching, smaller 

 branchlets frond-like, pubescent. 



Introduced from China by Fortune, 1874'. 



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