Olea] LXXf. OLEACE.F 447 



narrowed into pet. \— | in. long, midrib, sec. and intramarginal n. deeply impressed 

 on the Tipper surface. Fl. S in lateral pedunculate glabrous trichotomous panicles, 

 pedicels nearlj as long as M. Calyx glabrous, segments triangular, acute, corolla cam- 

 panulate ,', in. long, filaments shorter than anthers. 



5. 0. polygama, Wight [c it. 1239, 1240. Hill* on the east side of the Peninsula, 

 Palkonda hills (Gamble 14055). Veligonda hills (D. B. Dec. 1881). Nilgiris. Ceylon. 



( llabrous, I. rigidly curiae is, entire, ellipt ie. blade 2-3, narrowed into pet. J in. long. 



Fl. S and $ on different trees, in panicles 1-2 in. long, corolla campanulate, ,\ in. 

 Drupe ovoid | in. long, endocarp thin, crustaceous. 



B. Female or all ri. without petals. 



6. O. dioica, Roxb. ; Wight 111. 1. 151. Vern. Kdramba, Mar. ; Parrjamb, 

 Mi"//ii. Kan.; Kbit, Payar, Tain. 



A middle-sized, sometimes a large tree, glabrous. L. elliptic-lanceolate, 



entire or toothed, blade 3-fi, petiole {-.', in. Fl. small, white, dioicous, in 

 axillary and extra-axillary panicles, rauiiliraf ions slender. Corolla .',-,'._. in. 

 long, wanting or caducous in ? H. Drupe ellipsoid, !,-;■ in. 



Lower hills of Sikkim. WesternDuars. Assam. Khasi hills, Cachar. chittagong 

 hills. Western chats in evergreen forests, from the Eonkan southwards. Upper 

 Burma (Griffith). Fl. March, April. 7. 0. Gamblei, I larke. Sikkim, lower and outer 

 hills, 2-^3,000 ft. Jamu, Nep. A small tree, 1. coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 

 blade I 5, pet. !, in. Fl. dioicous, all without corolla, calyx minute, nearly truncate, 

 ciliate, anthers oearly sessile, ovary glabrous. Drupe j-1 in. long, endocarp bony. 



7. LIGUSTRUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 614. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. entire. Fl. bisexual, tetramerous, in terminal panicles. 

 Calyx usually truncate, corolla funnel-shaped, lobes induplicate-valvate in bud. 

 Fr. a berry, 2-celled and 2-4-seeded, endocarp membranous or crustaceous. 

 Species 30, one in Europe L. vulgare, Privet .one in Australia, the rest in 

 Asia, of which II in China. The 11 species here mentioned will probably 

 e\ entually be reduced to 5. 



A. Drupe longer than broad. 



• a Corolla-tube shorter than or as long as calyx, rarely slightly longer. 

 Eastern and Himalayan species. 



I. L. robustum, Blume. — Syn. Olea robusta, Wall. Silhet, Dacca, Chittagong, in the 



plains and at the fool of the hills. Pegu V i. Opper Burma, I 6,000 ft. Malay 



Archip. China. A large shrub or middle-sized tree, I. glabrous, elliptic-lam late, 



blade 8 I. pet. | in. Paniclea6-12 in. long, pyramidal, pubescent or villous, corolla 

 | in. Drupe '. in. long, cylindric, often curved. 2. L. compactum, Hook. f. & Th.; 



Kau.iilal F. PI. 280. Outer ranges of the X. W. Himalaya, I 9, t ft. A large shrub 



Or small tree, closely allied to 1. branches less lenticellate, panicle glabrous or pubescent, 

 il. nearlj sessile, densely clustered, corolla ) in. lone, tube sot itly longer 



than calyx, fr. 'in. Ion;.'. 



//i Corolla-tube as long as calyx, or slightly longer. Western species. 



:;. L. Roxburgb.il. Clarke i Viriania rohuta, Wight [c. t. 1242). Nilgiris, Shevogberrj 

 hills. A small tree, branches lenticellate, I. coriaceous, ova blade :'■ I. 



pet. | in. Panicle stout pubescent, lanceolate bracts often present, corolla ,', in., some- 



ii 3 longer than calyx. I. l. Waikeri, Done. Nilgiris. Travancore, at 8,500 ft. 



Ceylon. Fl. scented, corolla J in. Drupe j in, long. "•■ L. Decalsnei. Clarke. Nilgiris. 

 Courtallum, Shevagerrj hills. SimiIar.to4, but I. smaller. 



(c Corolla tube twice the length of calyx. 



ii. L neilgherrense. Wight Ie. i. 1248. Western Ghats from Bombay southwards, 

 Nilgiris, frequent. Branches lent eel late. I. thinly coriaceous, elliptic or ovate, blade 

 J :i. pet. ; 'i in., sec. n. !'• 8, slender birl distinct: Panicle glabrous, cabj k « ith I shallow 

 teeth, corolla | in. long, ant hers exser ted. T. L. Perrottctii, \ DC.', Wight let, 1244. Kholi, 

 Tain. Nilgiris, I 'a I n is. Closely allied to 6 with which Beddonie unites it. Supposed to 



