49. OLEACE^:. 50. APOCYNACE.E. 283 



quite entire on the upper brandies, edged with strong- spinous 

 teeth and terminated by a spine on the lower ones. FL white. 

 Berries scarlet. Woods and hedges. T, VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



Order XLIX. OLEACEJE. 



Cal. gamosepalous, divided, persistent : or none. Cor. with 

 4 8 divisions, valvate, rarely 0. Stam. 2. Ovary free, 2-celled ; 

 ovules pendulous. Stigma entire or bifid. Fr. a berry, drupe, 

 or capsule, often 1-seeded. No stipules. 



1. LIGUSTRUM. Fr. fleshy, a berry containing 2 seeds. Cal. 

 cupshaped with 4 minute teeth. Cor. funnelshaped ; limb 

 4-clet't, spreading. Stam. 2. 



2. FBAXINUS. Fr. (a samara) dry, of 1 or 2 single-seeded 

 cells, compressed and leaflike at the end, pendulous. 

 Cal. or 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Cal. and cor. 

 wanting in our plant. FL sometimes with only stam. or 

 with pistils only. 



1 . LIGUS'TKTJM Linn. Privet. 



1. L. vulydre (L.) 1. elliptic-lanceolate entire glabrous, pa- 

 nicles terminal compound dense. E. B. 764. St. 14. 1. A 

 bushy shrub, 6 8 feet high, with straight smooth branches and 

 opposite leaves. FL white. Berries globose, black, rarely 

 yellow.- Thickets in the South. Sh. VI. VII. E.I. 



2. FRAX'INTJS Linn. Ash. 



1. F. excel' sior (L.) ; 1. pinnate with 4 8 pairs of nearly ses- 

 sile ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrate leaflets, cal. wanting. 

 E. B. 1692. St. 44. 7. A handsome tree. Usually dioecious. 

 FL appearing before the L, in axillary clusters with no perianth. 

 [/3. E. keterophyllus (Vahl) ; 1. simple and pinnate. E. B. 

 2476.] Woods and hedges. T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



Order L. APOCYNACE^E. 



Cal. in 4 or 5 persistent divisions. Cor. regular, 4 5-lobed, 

 deciduous, twisted in the bud. Stam. 5, filaments distinct. 

 Anth. 2-celled, basifixed ; pollen granular. Ovaries 2, 1-celled ; 

 or 1 of 2 cells. Stigmas 1. Fr. 2 follicles. Seed with fleshy 

 perisperm. Rudimentary stipules rarely seen. 



