Frdxinns.'] 



LIV. OLEACE.^. 



273 



without any Lypogynous disk, 2-celled, cells 2-seeded : ovules 

 collateral, pendulous. JSfyle 1, or 0: stigmas 1 or 2. Friiit a 

 ierry^ drupe^ or capsule^ separable in two. Seeds with or 

 without albumen. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite^ without 

 stipules, simple or compound. — Olive oil is the expressed juice 

 of the pericarp (not of the seed) of Olea Europcea. Manna is 

 the concrete juice of Fraxinus rotundifolia and other species of 

 Ash. The Jasmines yield a deliciously fragrant oil, and belong 

 to the very closely allied order of JasminacecB^ chiefly dis- 

 tinguished by the erect ovules, unsynimetrical flowers and 

 corolla imbricated in gestivation. 



1. LlGUSTRUM. 



2. Fkaxinus. 



Fruit fleshy. 

 Fruit dry, winged at the extremity 



1. LlGUSTRUM Linn. Privet, 



Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. 4-cleft. Berrrj 2-celIed, with 'the cells 

 1 — 2-seeded. — ISTamed from ligo^ to hind; on account of the 

 use sometimes made of its long and pliant branches. 



F 



1. L. vidgdre L. {Privet) ; leaves elliptic- lanceolate, panicle 

 compact, E. B. t. 764. 



Thickets, and more frequently in hedges, \. 6, 7. — A hush^ 

 with opposite evergreen leaves, frequently used for fences, as the 

 plant bears clipping. Flowers small, white. Berries l)lack, globose. 



2. Fraxinus Linn. Ash. 



CaL 0, or 4-cleft. 



Fruit dry, inde- 



Co7\ 0, or of 4 petals. 

 liiscent, 2-celled, 2-seeded, compressed and foliaceous at the 

 extremity (a Sam.arci). Seeds solitary. 

 Without stamens.) 



(Flowers sometimes 



Named from r.^pa^tr-, a sepafyxtion^ in allusion 

 to the facility with which the wood may be split. 



1. i. excelsior L. (common A.); leaves pinnate, leaflets 

 ovato-lanceolate acuminate serrate, flowers without either calyx 

 or corolla. E. B, t. 1692. - — ,,,..,, 



leaves 



simple and pinnate. 



/3 . heteropliylla {simple-leaved 



F. heterophvlla Vald : 



j9. Rare in England ; 



k- 



Asli) ; 



E. B. t. 2476. 



Woods and hedges, througliout tlie country. 

 l)evonslnre. Tj . 4, 5. — One of the noblest of our trees, remark- 

 able m old individuals for the curving upwards of the extremities of 

 tne lower pendant branches. The R heterophylla niay be considered 

 a sou ot monstrosity, often with the leaflets united so as to form one 

 ^ igle Jeat.— The flowers are very simple, and appear before the leaves. 



lere is no cahjx or coroUa. The pistil and stamens, often one of 

 I en are sometimes separate, and rise at once from the extremity of 

 tne nower-stulk. ^ 



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