428 ORDER LXXVIII. — OLEACE^J. 



tered on the old alternate buds, alternate on the young branches; spines 

 axillary. Flowers clustered, on 1 -flowered peduncles; drupe black.— 

 Greenish-white. ^ . May — June. Wet soils. Middle Carolina, near 

 Columbia. 



2. B. rf.clina'ta, (Pursh.) A small shrub, with spreading branches, 

 spiny. Leaves small, obovate, smooth. Flowers in clusters, 15 — 20, on 

 short pedicels. — Greenish-white. ^ . June — July. Banks of streams. 

 Georgia. 



3. B. te'nax, (L.) A small tree, with slender, flexible branches. 

 Leaves lanceolate, cuneate, pubescent underneath. Fruit oval. Flow- 

 ers in clusters. — Greenish-white. ^ . June — July. In dry soils. 20 

 — 30 feet. 



4. B. lanuginosa, (Mich.) A small tree, with expanding pubescent 

 branches. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, covered with a ferruginous pu- 

 bescence on the under surface, obtuse. Drupes globose. — White. ^ . 

 June — July. Dry, light soils. 8 — 12 feet 



Order LXXVIL— JASMINA'CEJS. Br. 



Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx persistent, 5-lobed. Co- 

 rolla salver-form, 5-lobed. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 simple ; stigma 2-lobed. 



Genus I.— JASMI'NUM. Tourn. 2—1. {Arabic name.) 



1. J. officinale, (L.) Stem somewhat running, striate, somewhat 

 angular. Leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, 3 pairs. Flow- 

 ers axillary and terminal. Corolla much longer than the subulate lobes 

 of the calyx, 5-lobed ; lobes lanceolate. — White. Asia, from the base 

 of the Caucasus. Naturalized in Europe and America. 



White Jasmine. 



2. J. fru'ticans, (L.) Stem not running, branches angular. Leaves 

 alternate, ternate, rarely simple. Flowers few, mostly terminal. Co- 

 rolla much longer than the subulate lobes of the calyx. — Yellow. South- 

 ern Europe. Introduced. Yellow Jasmine. 



Order LXXVIII.— OLE A 'CE^E. ^ ( Olive Family.) 



Flowers perfect or dioecious. Calyx divided, persistent. 

 Corolla hypogynous, 4-cleft. Stamens 2, alternate with the 

 segments of the corolla. Ovary simple, 2-celled, 2 seeds in a 

 cell. Style A. Stigma simple, or bifid. Fruit usually a drupe, 

 often 1 -seeded by abortion ; cotyledons foliaceous. Trees or 

 Bhrubs, with opposite leaves. 



Genus I— O'LEA. Tourn. 2—1. 

 (From elaia, the Olive.) 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx small, 4-toothed. Corolla with 

 a short tube ; limb 4-cleft ; segments ovate. Fruit a drupe, 

 1 -seeded. 



