49. OLEACE#.—50. APOCYNACER. 211 
Order XLIX. OLEACEA. 
Cal. monosepalous, divided, persistent. Cor. with 4—8 divi- 
sions, rarely 0, valvate. Stam. 2. Ovary free, 2-celled; ovules 
in pairs, pendulous. Stigma entire or bifid. Fr. a berry, drupe 
or capsule, often 1-seeded. Albumen dense or none. 
1. Licusrrum. Fr. fleshy, a berry containing 2 membranous 
1-seeded nuts. Cal. cupshaped with 4 minute teeth. Cor. 
funnelshaped, limb 4-cleft spreading. Stam. 2. 
2. Fraxinus. Fr. dry, a pendulous samara of 1 or 2 single- 
seeded cells. Cal. 0 or 4-cleft. Cor. 0.—FI. sometimes 
without stamens. 
1. Ligustrum Linn.  Privet. 
1. L. vulgare (L.); 1. elliptic-lanceolate entire glabrous, pa- 
nicles terminal compound dense.—E. B. 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. VI. VII. 
2. Fraxinus Linn. Ash. 
1. F. excelsior (L.); 1. pinnate with 4—8 pairs of nearly 
sessile ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrate leaflets, cal. wanting. 
—E. B. 1692. St. 44. 7.—A handsome tree. Fl. appearing be- 
fore the 1., in axillary clusters. 8. F. heterophyllus (Vahl.), 1. 
simple and pinnate.—E. B. 2476.— Woods and hedges. T. IV. V. 
Order L. APOCYNACEA. 
Cal. in 4 or 5 persistent divisions. Cor. regular, 4—5-lobed, 
deciduous, contorted. Stam. 5, filaments distinct. Anth. 2- 
eelled, pollen granular. Ovaries 2, l-celled; or 1 of 2 cells. 
Stigma 1. Seed with fleshy albumen. 
1. Vinca. Cor. salvershaped; tube long with 5 angles at 
the mouth, closed with spreading. hairs and the connivent 
stamens; limb flat, 5-lobed. Stigma capitate with a ring at 
its base. Fr. of 2 erect. elongated follicles. 
1. Vinca Linn. Periwinkle. 
1. V. minor (L.); st. procumbent, 1. lanceolate-elliptical, their 
margins as well as those of the small lanceolate calyx-segments 
glabrous... B. 917.—St. prostrate, rooting, flowermg branches 
