OLEACE.E 



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First pair ovate, acute, serrate, simple, rarely lobed at the base. 



Second pair pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets elliptic, acute, serrate 

 above the middle, articulated with the rachis ; terminal one largest. 



Ultimate leaves imparipinnate, with three to five or more pairs 

 of leaflets and a terminal one ; lowest pair of leaflets lanceolate ; 

 terminal one lanceolate-elliptic ; the rest oblong ; all acuminate, with 

 a narrow cartilaginous margin, rather distantly and unequally ser- 

 rate, with acute serratures, hooked inwards at their tips, alternately 

 penninerved, sessile, cuneate at the base ; rachis narrowly channelled 

 above, or margined, or winged, rounded on the back, much thickened 

 at the insertion of the leaflets. 



Fraximis Sogdiana, Bge. 



Ilypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, 1-2 cm. long, brown. 



Cotyledons very similar to those of F. excelsior. 



Stem erect, quadrangular, herbaceous, ultimately woody ; 1st 

 internode 7-10 mm. long ; 2nd about the same. 



First leaves simple, opposite, decussate, ovate or almost lanceo- 

 late, acute, coarsely serrate, glabrous, green, pinnatinerved ; petioles 

 rather short and broad, channelled on the upper face. 



Olea cuspidata, Wall. (fig. 513). 



Ilypocotyl shrubby, erect, terete, glabrous, brownish, 1-2 cm. 

 above the soil. 



Cotyledons ovate, obtuse, en- 

 tire, or usually slightly obliquely 

 emarginate, penninerved, coria- 

 ceous, persistent, deep opaque 

 green, paler beneath, glabrous, 

 shortly petiolate ; lamina 1'85 cm. 

 long, 7' 5 mm. wide ; petiole chan- 

 nelled above, '5-1 mm. long. 



Stem shrubby, erect, terete, 

 densely and shortly pubescent, 

 greyish ; 1st internode 8'5 mm. 

 long ; 2nd 5 mm. ; 3rd 7 mm. ; 4th 

 9-25 mm. ; 5th 11 mm. 



Leaves simple, entire, cauline, 

 opposite, decussate, exstipulate, 

 shortly petiolate, scaly on both 

 surfaces when young, ultimately 



glabrous or nearly so except the shortly ciliate margin, deep _ 

 and shining above, paler beneath, coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, 



FIG. 518. Olea cuspidata. 

 Two-thirds nat. size. 



