232 49. OLEACEJE. 



1. Ilex. Cal. 4 — 5-fid, persistent. Cor. rotate, 4 — o-fid. 

 Stam. 4 — 5. Stigmas 4—5, nearly sessile, Fr. fleshy, con- 

 taining 4 — 5 seeds. 



] . I'lex Linn. Holly. 



1. I. Aquifdlmm (L.) ; 1. ovate acute spinous Wavy shining, 

 peduncles axillary short many-flowered, fl. somewhat umbellate. 

 — E. B. 496. St. 7. 4. — A small tree. L. evergreen, often 

 quite entire on the upper branches, edged with strong spinous 

 teeth and terminated by a spine on the lower ones. Fl. white. 

 Berries scarlet.— Woods and hedges. T, VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



Order XLIX. OLEACE^. 



Cal. gamosepalous, divided, persistent ; or none. Cor. with 

 4 — 8 divisions, valvate, rarely 0. Stam. 2. Ovary fi-ee, 2-celled ; 

 ovules pendulous. Stigma entire or bifid. Fr. a berry, drupe, 

 or capsule, often I-seeded. Albumen dense or none. — No 

 stipules. 



1. LiGtrsTEDM. Fr. fleshy, a berry containing 2 seeds. Cal. 

 cupshaped with 4 minute teeth. Cor. funnelshaped ; limb 

 4-cleft, spreading. Stam. 2. 



S. Fbaxinus. Fr. (a samara) dry, of 1 or 2 single-seeded 

 cells, compressed and leaflike at the end, pendulous. 

 Cal. or 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Cal. and cor. 

 wanting in our plant. — Fl. sometimes with only stam. or 

 with pistils only. 



1. LiaTJs'iEtrM Linn. Privet. 



1. L. vulgdre (L.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate entire glabrous, pa- 

 nicles terminal compound dense. — E. S. 764. St. 14. 1. — A 

 bushy shrub, 6 — 8 feet high, with straight smooth branches and 

 opposite leaves. Fl. white. Berries globose, black, rarely 

 yellow.— Thickets in the South of England. Sh. YI. VII. E. I. 



2. Feax'ijtus Linn. Ash. 



I. F. excelsior (L.) ; 1. pinnate with 4 — 8 pairs of nearly ses- 

 sile ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrate leaflets, cal. wanting. — 

 E. B. 1692. St. 44. 7. — A handsome tree. Usually dioecious. 

 Fl. appearing before the 1., in axillary clusters.— [/3. F. hetero- 

 phyllus (Vahl) ; 1. simple and pinnate. E. B, 2476.] — '\^'oods 

 and hedges. T. IV. V. E. S. I 



