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branches from November onwards through the Winter. Leaves 

 small, ternate. A native of China. There is a variety with 

 golden leaves. 



5. J. revolutum. Branches rather stouter than in most of 

 the foregoing. Leaves persistent, pinnate, alternate, of a dark 

 glossy green. Flowers fragrant, bright yellow, borne in large 

 terminal clusters. A native of Northern India, blooming all 

 the Summer. 



J. Wallichianum, J. pubigerum, and J. heterophyllum are 

 yellow-flowered North Indian species less frequently seen ; the 

 latter is remarkable for the large size of its trifoliolate leaves, 

 which are often reduced to one leaflet. J. Azoricum and J. 

 odoratissimum are white-flowered species from the Atlantic 

 Islands. All of these are more or less tender. 



ORDER LXVIL OLEACEJE. 



A small order with most of the structural characters of the 

 last, but usually of erect habit and often arborescent. It is 

 distinguished by having simple or pinnate opposite exstipulate 

 leaves and usually small hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers, 

 rarely apetalous (Frdxinus). Calyx inferior, 4-partite. Corolla 

 of 4 petals. Stamens 2. Fruit a drupe, berry or capsule, 2- 

 celled or by abortion 1-celled and 1 -seeded. About 25 genera 

 and 140 species are referred here. The members of this order 

 are most abundant in the temperate and warmer zones of the 

 north, but isolated species are found in the tropics and south- 

 wards. The Olive, Olea Europcea, is one of the most useful 

 members of this group. Chiondnthus Virginica, the Fringe 

 Tree of North America, is a very ornamental tree with large 

 simple deciduous leaves and drooping clusters of pure white 

 flowers having narrow fringe-like petals, and followed by purple 

 drupes ; but it is very rare in cultivation in this country. 



1. PHILLYREA. 



Evergreen shrubs or small trees with small simple glabrous 

 serrulated leaves and inconspicuous bisexual greenish-yellow 

 flowers borne in axillary clusters. Fruit a 1- or 2-celled 1- or 

 2-seeded berry. The few species known inhabit the shores of 

 the Mediterranean. Named from <pv\\ov, a leaf, in allusion to 

 the ornamental foliage. 



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