Schrebera] LXXI. OLEACE.E 445 



of leaflets. Fl. yellowish-brown, fragrant at night, in terminal trichotomous 

 corymbose compound cymes, calyx campanulate, teeth 5, unequal. Corolla 

 i-.V in. lonir. lobes 5 7, on the upper side with brown glandular raised dots. 

 Capsule pendulous, pear-shaped, 2-3 in. long, 2-valved, seeds 8, ending in long 

 wings, albumen 0, radicle short, superior, cotyledons fleshy, longitudinally 

 plaited. 



Subhimalayan tract from Kumaon eastwards. Central India, Kajputana. Western 

 Peninsula. Burma Upper and Lower. Fl. Feb.-April. 



4. SYRINGA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 604. 



L. entire or pinnatifid, usually deciduous. Fl. numerous, in a terminal erect 

 thyrsus. Catyx campanulate, 4-toothed, more or less persistent. Corolla-lobes 

 4, valvate in bud. Fr. a coriaceous more or less cylindrical capsule, 2-valved, 

 the valves septiierous. Seeds pendulous in pairs from the top of each cell, 

 with a narrow win"; all round. Embryo straight in a fleshy albumen, radicle 

 superior. Species 10, Europe, Western Asia, Himalaya, China and Japan. 



1. S. Emodi, Wall. ; Royle 111. t. 65. Vern. S/iapa, Bash. ; C'hara, Paugi ; 

 Shaphroi, Jauns. 



A large shrub, youngest shoots and inflorescence pubescent. L. entire, pale 

 beneath, blade 3-5, pet. 1 in. long. Fl. white or purplish, strongly scented, 

 crowded in short compact cymes. Capsule cylindrical, if in. lone;, often curved. 



Trans Indus 9,000 ft. N. W. Himalaya, Indus to Sarda, in the outer moister as 

 well :is in the inner more arid tracts. Fl. May— July. 2. S. persica, Linn., indigenous 

 in Persia, Afghanistan and WazTristan, cultivated in Kashmir and at Lahore, 1. 

 lanceolate, entire or pinnatifid, capsule A in, long. 3. S. vulgaris, S. -Eastern Europe, 

 1. broadly ovate or cordate on long petioles. 



5. OSMANTHUS, Lour. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 606. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, glabrous, 1. coriaceous, fl. tetramerous, usually 

 polygamous, in axillary fascicles. Corolla-lobes obtuse, imbricated in bud. 

 Drupe usually one-seeded, albumen fleshy or horny, embryo cvliudric, radicle 

 superior. Species L0-15, Eastern Himalaya. China, Japan, New Caledonia, 

 the Sandwich Islands, Eastern North America. 



I. 0. fragrans, Lour. | ii. fragrans, Thunb,; Brandis F.F1.809).Himalayafrom( rarhwal 



east wan Is, F7, hi in ii ., in ( larhwal and Kuniaon possibly not indigenous, though frequent. 

 ('h ina, Japan. A shrub or small tree, I. coriaceous, lanceolate, en t ire or serrate, mid- 

 rib, sec. n. and the minutely reticulate veins impressed on the upper side, blade I 6, 

 narrowed into pet, A j in. long. Fl. white or light yellow, exquisitely Erogrant, 

 dioicous, mi long slender pedicels, in axillary fascicles. Drupe glaucous-blue, | in, 



long, endocarp hard, n ly. 2. O. suavis, King. Eastern Nepal, Sikkim !i In, nun ft. 



Manipnr. A small tree, I. coriaceous, lanceolate, minutely crenate-serrate, blade 1-3, 

 pet. ,' iii. Calyx membranous, segments obtuse, ciliate. Corolla-tuhe [ ', in., lobes 

 ,\ in. long. Dm] Ilipsoid, J-J in. long, endocarp crusto -. 



6. OLEA, [inn. : PI. Brit. Ind. iii. HI I. 



Trees or shrubs. I. entire or toothed. Fl. small, often unisexual, tetramerous, 

 in axillary Or terminal panicles. Calyx short, truncate or dentate. Corollft- 

 lulie short, lobes spreading, valvate in bud. stamens exserted, style short, 

 stigma capitate or bifid. Fruit a fleshy drape, endocarp usually bard. Seed 



usually , albumen fleshy, oily. Embryo straight, cotyledons foliaceous, 



radicle superior. Species :',i i 35, South Africa, India, Australia and Polynesia. 



A. All II. will, corolla. 



I. O. cuspidata, Wall.: Brandis P. Fl. t. 38. Syn. 0. ferruginat, 

 Royle 111. t. 66. Vera. Zaitttn, Pushtu; Kaho, Kan, NW. linn.; II'?, 



Kininwar. 



