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chefer, 1 vol. 4*0, London, 1795. Beauties of England 
nd Wales, vol.ix. by John Britton, F. 
HEAD 
a cape 
th 
Spaniards | ‘< Cabo de Velbo,’’ aad is very high and fleep. 
N. lat. 51° 37’. W. long. 8° 
OLDISLEBEN, a town ‘of the principality of 
Weimar, a on ahill near the Unfrutt; 22 miles N 
of Weima 
OLDMIXON, Joun, in Biography, defcendea from an 
ancient family in Somerfetfhire, and flourifhed in the 17th and 
a violent opponent of the Stuart 
he wrote “ A Hiftory of the a. in folio; «A Cri- 
tical Hiftory of England,”’ in sl s. 8vo.; a vou of 
poems, and fome dramatic piec 
OLDNEY, in Geography, a tanail ifland near the W. coalt 
of Scotland. N. lat. 58° 12!. . long. 5° 2’. 
OLD pee in Biography »y, an hiftorical writer, 
r. Oldys, chancellor of Lin cola, 
e of the re ‘of admiral: aving lived a 
diffolute life, and expended what property had been left him, 
of lord Oxford’s : 
i 
the publication of the Harleian mifcellany. onl 
lic poft he ever had was that of oy, king at arms e 
died in 1761 he age of 7 is principal work 
the life of fir Walter Raliegh; fome articles in the General 
Hiftorical Di€tionary ; thofe in the Biographia Britannica 
figned G: the Briti brarian: Introdu€tion to 
wood’s Britifh Mule, and the Life of Richard Carew, the 
antiquary. 
E reese the eee — of the Greeks, 
whofe aie on a of its oil, rendered it Pam 
throughout all ce ul ee ; The word i is derived from Atios, 
fmooth, and rae probably to the nature and qualities of 
the oil, for there is no remarkable fmoothnefs about the 
plant, except faced the upper furface of its leaves. Linn. 
Gen. 10. Schreb. 13. add. 816, Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. 44. 
Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 1. 21, 
Brown. Prodr. v. 1. 523. Michaux Boredl-Amer. v. 
222. Tournef. t. 370. Juff. 105. Lamarck Did. v 
537- Illuftr.t.8. Gertn. t. 93.—Clafs and order, Dian- 
i hg Ord. Sepiarie, Lian. Jafminea, 
Mart. Mill. Did. v. 3. 
tw 
Cal, Sea inferior, of one leaf, tubular, 
{mall, deciduous, its mouth four-toothed, ered. re 
one petal, funnel-fhaped ; tube cylindrical, the length of the 
calyx; limb flat, cloven into four, nearly ovate fegments. 
Stam. Filaments two, oppofite, awl-fhaped, fhort; anthers 
ere&t. iff. Germen fuperior, roundifh; ftyle fimple, very 
fhort ; fligma cloven, thickifh, se emarginate fegments. 
Peric. Drupa nearly ovate, fmooth, of one cell. Seed. 
Nut ovato. ee rugofe, eae ily two-celled. 
Obf. me fpecies are now removed from this genus, 
fee Neaces, -_ ees is by aes botanifts united 
toit. See Pain 
, Ch, Calyx dara at the mouth into four, nearly 
ovate Segments Drupa fuperior, anne eded. 
ropeg. pee European Olive. Linn. Sp. 
Pho FL. Gree. t. 3. Woodr. Med. Bot. t. 136.— 
° 
Jorub, not 
OLE 
Leaves lanceolate, sake ar beneath. 
denfe.—Native of the 
evergreen éree quare, rains. greyith branches. 
Leaves oppofite, gh ftalked, acute, a little revolute, 
ai axillary, Hiner half as long 
olite, t ftalks. Corolle 
Drupa elliptical, oe eolaned. bitter 
Five varieties of this {pecies are enumerated in the Hortus 
Kewenfis, Te chiefly in the fhape and dire&tion of their 
leaves s, and, in fome mea e value of their fruit. 
This is 
ee a name to the eters sone near Jeru pig 
capenfis. Cape Olive. Linn. I, (Liguf- 
bum capente oe ie craffo ‘fubrotundo Dill. 
Elth. 1 160. 
cled, seas = Native 
flowering from June to September. 
much paaeavinia a an erect, blackifh- rowan 
trunk befet with afh-color 
clufters, fmall and 
There is a variety of this {pecies ar in eis ie s Hort. 
Schoenb. v. 1, t. 2, under the name of u 
3. O americana. American Olive. n. Mant. 24 
Willd. n. (Liguftrum oO folio, fruétu violaceo, bae- 
cis purpureis ; Catefb. Carol. . 61.)—Leaves elliptic. 
lanceolate.—Native of Caiclina and Florida. owers in 
+ . excelfa. *"Laurel-leaved Olive. Willd. n. 6. Wahl 
. 3. 3-—~Leaves elliptical, acute. 
foliate, the lower cup-fhaped, permanent ; 
ciduous.— Native of Madeira, flowering in May. ‘This is 
a branched ree with an afh-coloured, dotted baré. Leaves 
pe ae and alternate, attenuated at each end, entire, {mooth, 
riaceous, vein owers in axillary, oppofite, moftly 
sliary, clufters. Corolla twice as large as in the common 
45. O. cernua. Drooping Olive. Vahl. Symb. v. 3. 3. 
Willd. n. 43; excluding the fynonym of Lamarck.—Leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, very blunt. 
inch long, cylindrical; limb in four fpreading triangular 
fegments, not half that length; the orifice bearded. Sta- 
ray four, which Gircumfance, added to our ignorance of 
