158 JASMINES. [ Olea, 
rotundate ; petals linear-subulate, about “te 9 long; drupes ovoid- 
oblong, nearly 4 4 in. long, sm ooth, bluish b 
Has.—Frequent in the tropical — moister upper oe forests of the Pegu 
Yomah and Martaban down to Tenasserim; also Chittagong.—Fl. Dec.-Jan. ; 
an.—s.—SS.—Metam. Si 
ReMARKS.—Wood pale oes rather heavy, close-grained, of an unequal 
fibre, but soft. 
0. robusta, Kz. (Ligustrum robustum, Roxb.; Bedd. Sylvy. 
Madr. 153; Brand. For. Fl. 310).—An_ evergreen large tree, all 
glabrous or the young shoots pubescent; leaves oblong to 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at the base, on a slender 2-3 lin. long 
petiole, 2-3 in. long, acuminate, chartaceous, entire, glabrous; 
flowers minute, white, on short but slender pedicels, forming a ter- 
minal often ver ample tawny-puberulous or almost tomentose 
pole; ealyx obscurely 4-toothed, persistent; corolla funnel- 
shaped ; drupes elliptically oblong, somewhat curved, 3-4 lin. long, 
5 ae bluish black. 
Var. 2, pubescens (Legustrum Telager wee panicles more 
villous ; leaves pubescent on the midrib ben 
Has.—Hills of Chitt and P Tenasserim.— 
- July. hee Fe hee agong egu; var. 2: Ait e} Upper 
Remarxs.— Wood vay durable: 
CHIONANTHUS, L. 
Calyx short, 4-parted. Corolla-tube very short, the limb 4-parted, 
8 lobes quite distinct or slightly connected at the base. Stamens 
2, mserted in the tube of the corolla and included ; filaments 
very short. Ovary 2-celled, each cell with a pair of ovules sus- 
pended from the summit of the septum; style very short with @ 
notched stigma. Drupe more or less fleshy, enclosing a 1- 
ny putamen. Albumen none. Embryo with thick emer 
cotyledons, the radicle superior, very thick and short.— dee 
shrubs, with opposite simple leaves. Flowers small, in 
wericley, very rarely reduced to sessile clusters. 
* Petals or corolla-lobes very narrow, involute, 
Glabrous ; nerves prominent beneath ; ae Zlin,long . eee: minutifloruse 
** ceed or em ee: broader, flat or concave, but no 
O "Veins visible between the strong lateral nerves (leaves 
3-6 in 
Panicles ample, leafy pate ot a res on the upper side 
: the eagel ; drupes 1-14 i in. long . Ch. Pa lenibantc need 
rat! ll, with snake bracts ; nerves romingnt on 
both sides ; drupes 4 in : . Ch. macrophylls 
OO No visible mies habiipen the nerves (leaves 6-10 in. 
Panicle ininutely puberulous; petals linear , 
