OLEINEjE. 405 



1*. OLEA, L. 



Calyx 4-fid or truncate. Corolla deeply 4-fid (rarely 0) : lobes ovate. Stamens 2, in- 

 serted into the coroUa-tube. Drupe usually 1-seeded : endocarp hard : seed exalbumittous. — 

 Leaves dmple, 



1*. O. fragrans, Thunb. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, eUiptical-oblong or elliptical- 

 lanceolate, semvlate or suhentire, dotted beneath ; flowers dioecious, in axillary corymbs ; 

 anthers shortly exserted : connective enlarged ; ovary in S 2-fid, with conical, incurved 

 lobes. — Boi. Mag. t. 1553. — Osmanthus, Lour. — A shrub; leaves 3"-li", corolla 2'" long, 

 fragrant. — Hab. Naturalized and common in. the highlands of Jamaica !, March ; [intro- 

 duced irom China]. 



2. H.S!NIANTHUS, Gr. 



Calyx 4-fid. Corolla 4-partite: segments sub^jrliudrical-clavate, indnplioative at the 

 base. Anthers 2, ovoid, laterally dehiscent, subsessile within the coroUa-tube. Stigma 

 thick, subsessile. Drwpe 1-seeded by abortion; endocarp chartaceous. Albumen, cartila- 

 ginous. — Trees, gWirous, hut bearing scattered^ minute scales on the branches and foliage ; 

 leaves dmple, quite entire, petioled ; panicle terminal, trichotomous ; pedicels ternate, 

 thickish. 



The drupe is described from a nearly allied new Cuba species, discovered by Mr. Wright. 

 In its seed it is not distinguished from Linodera, the West Indian species of which prove 

 albuminous (as described by Gsertner), while the East Indiaa linodera (i.e. Chionanthus, 

 Bl.) are said to be eialhuminous. Our genus has the coroUa-tube of Chionanthus, the thin 

 endocarp of Mulinodera, and is peculiar by its spreading, elongated-clavate corolla-segments, 

 which are cylindiical and somewhat laterally compressed. 



2. H. incrassatus, Gr. Leaves rigid, elHpticat or elliptical-oblong, cuneate at the 

 base, bluntish, twice as long as the petiole ; veins costate, delicate ; anthers filling up the 

 €Orolla-tube, twice as long as the pistil. — Chionanthus, ,Su>. ! — A large tree ; leaves 3"-2" 

 long, la'-l" broad; calyx minute; corolla white: tube 1'", segments 3'" long — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Sm., Macf., in mountain-woods. 



3. HNOCIEEA, Sw. 



Calyx 4-fid. Petals 4, linear, connected in pairs by the filaments. Stamens 2. Stigma 

 emarginate-capitate, terminating the style. Drupe 1— 2-8eeded by abortion. Albumen car- 

 tilaginous. — Leaves simple, quite entire ; flowers in panicles or corymbs. 



Sect. 1. EULINOOIEKA. — Anthers elongated, nearly extrorse, exceeding the filiform style, 

 in the bud enclosed within the induplicative petals : filaments almost wholly adnate. 

 Endocarp -chartaceous. — Leaves shining above, dotted beneath. 



3. Ii. ligustrina, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical-lauceolate oi obovate-lanceolate ; 

 panicles terminal and axillary ; pedicels termite, as long as the flower,, i-bracteolate above 

 the base, or towards the middle ; anthers linear, almost as long as the petals ; drupe ovoid- 

 subglobose. — Sie. Fl. t. 2 : analyt. — A tree {fd') or shrub ; leaves 2", white corolla 4"'-3"', 

 drupe 4'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Fd., Wullschl.,. Manchester, Westmoreland; [Cuba!, 

 Haiti]. 



Sect. 2. Cekanthxis, Sehreb. — Anthers short, laterally deMscent, equalling the short 

 style : filaments free above. Endocarp hard. — ^Leaves dotless. 



4. Ii. compacta, R. Br. Leaves rigid, elliptical-oblong, pointleted, glabrous ; vein- 

 axils bearing usually a tuft of hairs beneath ; panicle terminal, puberulous : flowers ternate, 

 shortly pedicellate ; pedicels as long as the Calyx ; anthers ovate, pointed; drupe ellipsoidal- 

 oblong, bluntish.— /acj. Coll. 2. t. 6./. 1. Pahl, Bras. 2. t. 164.— Chionanthus, Sw. C. 

 caribsea, Jacq. C. incrassata, Berter ! {norp Sw.). L. tetrandra, Sieb. Mart. 3 : being 

 diaudrous. L. glomerata, Fohl. — A tree ; leaves 5"-3", bluntly linear corolla-segments 6"', 

 drupe 9'" long. — Hab. Nevis, Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 Trinidad !, Sieb., Cr.; [Cuba 1- to French islands 1 ; Venezuela !, Brazil]. 



