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Flowers in axillary or extra-axillary, few-flowered, trichotomous, pani- 

 culate cymes about 1 in. long ; rachis glabrous, somewhat angular ; 

 bracts and bracteoles small, ovate, acute. Calyx -05 in. long, tube 

 short ; lobes 4, ovate, obtuse. Corolla-tube scarcely any ; lobes in 2 

 pairs, oblong, -1 in. long. Stamens : filaments broad ; anthers oblong, 

 cells extrorsely dehiscing ; connective apiculate. Ovary glabrous, 

 conical ; style very short ; stigma bifid. Drupe (immature) obovoid, 

 •3 to "4 in. long, seed apparently albuminous. 



Peeak : King's Collector 3212, 6857, in dense jungle on high moun- 

 tains at 3,500 to 4,000 feet. 



This species is rather near L. monticola, Bl., but the leaves are narrower and the 

 inflorescence longer. 



4. Olea, Linn, 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire or toothed. Flowers 

 small ; hermaphrodite, dioecious or polygamous ; in axillary, rarely 

 terminal trichotomous panicles ; bracts small. Calyx short, 4-toothed 

 or -lobed. Corolla-tube short ; lobes 4, induphcate-valvate, sometimes 

 0. Stamens 2, on the corolla-tube or sub-hypogynous ; filaments short ; 

 anthers ovate or oblong, cells dehiscing on the margin or shghtly 

 extrorse, in 3 flowers sometimes introrse. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 2 in 

 each cell, attached laterally to the septum or sub-pendulous ; style 

 short ; stigma obtuse, capitate or bifid. Drupe ellipsoid or sub-globose ; 

 exocarp fleshy ; endocarp bony or crustaceous, usually 1-seeded. Seed 

 pendulous ; testa thin ; albumen fleshy, sometimes slightly ruminate ; 

 cotyledons flat, radicle superior. — Distbib. South Europe and Asia, 

 tropical and South Africa, New Zealand ; about 35 species. 



Inflorescence more than 3 in. long ; leaves oblong lanceolate, 



acute, usually over 4 in. in length . . . . . . 1. O. dentata. 



Inflorescence under 3 in. long ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 



under 4 in. in length .. .. .. ..2. 0. maritima. 



Species Lsipekfectly Known. 



Leaves 8 to 14 in. long ; inflorescence extra-axillary on old wood ; 



drupes flattened . . . . . . . . . . 3. 0. platycarpa. 



Leaves 2 to 3 in. long; inflorescence axillary or extra-axillary on 



young wood ; corolla-lobes linear, -1 in. long ; di'upes not known. . 4. 0. ardisioides. 



1. Olea dentata. Wall. Cat. 2840 (1829). A tree, 40 to 60 feet high ; 

 branchlets light brown, smooth, innovations minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves coriaceous ; oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acute at apex, cuneate or 

 rounded at base ; glabrous on both surfaces, but when young pubescent 

 on the nerves beneath ; margins entire or distantly dentate, slightly 

 recurved; 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad; midrib slender, im- 



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