448 LXXI. OLEACE.E [Ligustrum 



differ by the branches rarely lenticellate, 1. smaller and panicles minutely pubescent. 

 Further study in the forest of species 3-7 will probably lead to their being united. 



8. L. Massalongianum, Visiani. Khasi hills. A small shrub, branches lenticellate, 

 densely leafy, 1. lanceolate and linear-lanceolate, 1-3 in., petiole short. Panicles small, 

 densely hairy, corolla J in. long, tube slender. 



B. Drupe globose. Eastern and Himalayan species. 



9. L. confusum Dene. Sikkim 4-8,000 ft. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Yunnan. A 

 middle-sized tree, branches lenticellate, 1. lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 1-5, 

 pet. Jj-J in. long, Panicles pubescent, bracts 0. Corolla J in. long, tube as long as 

 calyx, Drupe £ in. diam. 10. L. nepalense, Wall. Garhwal, Kumaon, Nepal. Similar 

 to 9 and probably not specifically distinct, the lower branches of panicles in the axils 

 of large leaf-like bracts up to 2 in. long. 11. L. Myrsinites, Dene. Khasi hills. A 

 small much branched shrub, branchlets densely hairy, 1. J-| in. long. PL usually 

 sessile, in terminal 8-12-fld. racemes, corolla j-J in. long, tube longer than calyx. 

 Drupe ^ in. diam. 



8. LINOCIERA, Swartz; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 607. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely climbing, as a rule evergreen, 1. entire. Fl. tetra- 

 merous, § an d S i n lateral fascicles or opposite-branched racemes and 

 panicles, often from the axils of the uppermost leaves and from the middle of 

 internodes. Petals free or cohering in pairs, rarely connate to the middle, 

 in bud induplicate-valvate, anthers dehiscing laterally, sessile or on short fila- 

 ments, ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous from the apex, Seed usuallj r solitary, 

 radicle superior. Species 40, tropics of both hemispheres. 



A. Petioles more than half inch long. 



1. L. intermedia, Wight Ic. t 1245. — Syn. Chionanthus intermedia, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 239. Taw Petsut, Burm. 



A middle-sized tree. L. chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, elongate-elliptic, 

 acuminate, blade 4-8, narrowed into petiole \-1\ in. long, sec. n. 10-14 pair, 

 slender but conspicuous. Fl. $ arj d <$ > white, in large glabrous trichotomous 

 compound often fascicled panicles, 3-5 in. long, axillary, or from the middle of 

 the internode, bracts lanceolate, often foliaceous. Calyx glabrous, petals oblong, 

 at base only slightly connate in pairs, ^— \ in. long, anthers sessile or nearly 

 so, ovary glabrous. Fr. i-J in. long. 



Hills on both sides of the Western Peninsula, on the east side extending to Orissa, 

 Sambulpur and Chutia Nagpur. Hills east of Toungoo 3,000 ft. (D. B. Feb. 1880). 

 Upper Burma (Smales). PI. Feb.-May. 2. L. macrophylla, Wall. (Chionanthus macro- 

 phyllus,TLvLTz). Duars, Assam, Khasi hills. Andamans. Burma, Upper and Lower. Simi- 

 lar to 1 but 1. larger. PI. yellowish, in dense panicles, less than one-third the length of 1. 

 petals x\r~ s ^ n - l° n S- Fr. i i n - long. 3. L. insignis, Clarke ( Chionanthus montanus. 

 Kurz, not of Blume). Hills east of Toungoo. Tenasserim. A small tree, young shoots 

 minutely grey-pubescent, 1. glabrous, shining, oblaneeolate, blade 7-9, pet. 1 in. long, 

 sec. n. 10-12 pair, conspicuous beneath. Fl. in pedunculate pubescent panicles, 3-4 in. 

 long, calyx pubescent, petals J— J in. long, ovary minutely pilose. Fr. black, 1 in. long 



B. Petioles short, less than half inch long. 



4. L. malabarica, Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 1246. — Syn. Chionanthus malaharica, Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 239, fig. in corner. Vern. Punisi, Tel. Bvergreen forests of the Western 

 Ghats from the Konkan southwards. A small tree, 1. glabrous, chartaceous or coria- 

 ceous, elongate-elliptic, blade 4-5, narrowed into petiole J-§ in. long. Fl. white, on 

 1-5-fld. pedunculate hairy cymes, in lateral fascicles, generally on short hairy protu- 

 berances, axillary or from the middle of the internode, pedicels and calyx grey pilose, 

 petals linear-lanceolate, J in. long, ovary hairy. 5. L. Wightii, Clarke (Olea linocieroid.es, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1241). Javadis, 3,000 ft., Gingee hills, South Arcot (D. B. Jan. 1882). 

 Courtallum. Travancore. L. coriaceous, elliptic, more or less acuminate, blade 3—4, 

 narrowed into petiole J in. long, fl. sessile or shortly pedicellate, in short axillary panicles, 

 often from the axils of the 1. near the ends of branchlets, calyx glabrous, edge of seg- 

 ments ciliate, petals J-§ in. long, linear-lanceolate, often connate to one-third of their 

 length, ovary glabrous. 6. L. courtallensis, Bedd. (L. leprocarpa, var. courtaUensis, 

 Clarke). Courtallum. South Travancore. L. coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 

 4-6, narrowed into pet. J in., sec. n. visible on the underside. Fl. in axillary glabrous 



