Sclirehem] LXXI. OLEACEiE 445 



of leaflets. ¥1. yellowish-broAvn, fragrant at night, in terminal trichotomous 

 corymbose com])oniid cymes, calyx campanula te, teeth. 5, iineqiLal. Corolla 

 \~-\ in. loutr, lobes 5-7, on the upper side with brown glandular raised dots. 

 Capsule pendulous, pear-shaped, 2-3 in. long, 2-valved, seeds 8, ending in long 

 wings, albumen 0, radicle short, superior, cotyledons fleshy, longitudinally 

 plaited. 



Subhmialayan tract from Iviimaon ea&t\\arfls. Central India, Bajpntana. Western 

 Peninsula. Burma Upper and Lo-vver. Fl. Ff'h -April. 



4. SYRINGA, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 604. 



L. entire or pinnatifid, usualh' deciduous. Fl. numerous, in a terminal erect 

 thyrsus. Calyx campanula te, 4--toothed, more or less persistent. Corolla-lobes 

 4, valvate in bud. Fr. a coriaceous more or less cylindrical capsule, 2-vaIved, 

 the valves septiferous. Seeds pendulous in pairs from the top of each cell, 

 with a narrow wing all round. Embryo straight in a fleshy albumen, radicle 

 superior. Species 10, Europe, AVestern Asia, Himalaya, China and Japan. 



1. S. Emodi, Wall. ; Eoyle 111. t. 05. Tern. Sliapa^ Bash. ; CJiara^ Pangi ; 

 Sliaphroi^ Jauns. 



A large shrub, youngest shoots and inflorescence pubescent. L. entire, pale 

 beneath, blade 3-5, pet. 1 in. long. Fl. white or purplish, strongly scented, 

 crowded in short compact cymes. Capsule cylindrical, I in. long, often curved. 



Tranb Indus 9,000 ft. K. W. Hnnalaya, Induh to Saida, in the outer moister as 

 well as in the inner more arid tracts. Fl. May-July. 2. S. persica, Lmn., indigenous 

 in Perbia. Afghanistan and Wazlnstan, cultivated in Kashmir and at Lahore, 1. 

 lanceolate, entire or piunatiiid, cap&ule i in. long. 3. S. vulgaris, 8.-Eastern Europe, 

 1. broadly ovate or cordate on long petioles. 



5. OSMANTHUS, Lour. ; FL Brit, Ind. iii. 606. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, glabrous, 1. coriaceous, fl. tetramerous, usually 

 polygamous, in axillary fascicles. Corolla-lobes obtuse, imbricated in bud. 

 Drupe usually one-seeded, albumen fleshj^ or horny, embryo cylindric, radicle 

 superior. Species 10-15, Eastern Himalaya. China, Japan, New Caledonia, 

 the Sandwich Islands, Eastern JSForth America. 



1. 0. fragxans, Lour. ( O.fragrans, Tliunh, ; Brandis F. FL 309). Himalaya from Garhwal 

 eastwards, 4-7.000 ft., in Garhwal and Kxmiaon possibly not indigenous, though freq[Uent. 

 China, Japan. A shi^ub or small tree, 1 coriaceous, lanceolate, entire or serrate, mid- 

 rib, sec. n. and the minutely reticulate veins impressed on the upper side, blade 4-0, 

 narrowed into pet. ^-| in. long. Fl. white or light yellow, exquisitely fragrant, 

 dioicous, on long slender pedicels, in axillary fascicles. Drupe glaucous-blue, | in. 

 long, endooarp hard, woody. 2. 0. suavis, King. Eastern Nepal, Sikkim 9-10,000 ft. 

 Manipur. A small tree, 1. coriaceous, lanceolate, mmutely crenate-seri'ate, blade 1-3, 

 pet. I in. Calyx membranous, segments obtuse, ciliate. CoroUa-tube i~^ in,, lobes 

 J in. long. Drupe ellipsoid, J-| in. long, endocarp crustaceous. 



o. KjjLjjtliAy Lmn, J Jc I. JtJrit. Xncl. iii, uii. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. entire or toothed. EL small, often unisexual, tetramerous^ 

 in axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx short, truncate or dentate. Corolla- 

 tube short, lobes spreading, valvate in bu.d, stamens exserted, style short, 

 stigma capitate or bifid. Eruit a fleshy drupe, endocarp usually hard. Seed 

 usually one, albumen fleshy, oily. Embryo straight, cotyledons foliaceous, 

 radicle superior. Species 30-35, South Africa, India, Australia and Polynesia. 



A, All fl. with corolla. 



1. O. cuspidata, Wall. ; Brandis E, EL t. 38. — Syn. 0. ferruginea, 

 Eoyle 111. t. 65. Vern. Zaittuij Pushtu ; KahOj KUn^ N,W. Him. ; Wt^ 

 Kunawar. 



