448 LXXI. OLEACE.E [Llgustnm 



differ by the branches mrely lout i col kite, 1. smaller and paiLiclps mimitoly pubpscont. 

 Further htudv in tlie foiest of spec ies 3-7 wili piobably lead to thoir being united. 



8. L. Massalongianum, Yisiani Khasi hilK A small hlunb, biauclieslentia^llatp, 

 densely leafy, 1. lanceolate and hneai -lanceolate. 1-3 m., petiole short. Panicles &niall, 

 denbely hairj^ corolla J in. long-, tube slt'uder. 



B. Drupe globose. Eastern and Himalayan species. 



9 L. confusum Dene. Sikkim 4-8,000 ft. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Yunnan. A 

 middle-sized tiee, branches lenticellate, i. lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 1-5, 

 pet. l~\ in. lonc^, Panicleb pubescent, bracts 0. ('oiolla I in. long, tube as long as 

 cahx, Drupe ^ m. diaiu. 10. L.B.epalense, Wall. Gaihwal, Ivumaon, Nepal. Siniilar 

 to 9 and piobably not si3ecjticall\ distinct, the lower biaiK hes ot panicles in the a\ds 

 of large leaf4ike bracts up to 2 in. long. 11. L. Myrsinites, Dene. Khasi hills. A 

 small much branched sliiub, brauchlets densely hauv, 1. \-\ in. Joug. Fl. usually 

 sessile, in terminal 8-r2-fld. racemes, coiolla |-| in long, tube longer than cal} k. 

 Drupe i in. diam. 



8. LINOCIERA, Swart^^; El. Brit. lud. ill. 607. 



Trees or shrabSj rarely climbino-^ as a rule evergreen, 1. entire. EL tetra- 

 merons, ^ and ^ in lateral fascicles or opposite-branched racemes and 

 panicles, often from the axils of tbe uppermost leaves and from the middle of 

 interiiodes. Petals free or coherini;- in paii^s, rarely connate to the middle, 

 in bud induidicate-valvate. authers deliiscinc; laterally, sessile or on short fila- 

 ments, ovules 2 in each cell, |endulons from the apex. Seed usually solitaiy, 

 radicle superior. Species 40, tropics of botli liemisphei^es. 



A. Petioles more than half inch long. 



1. L. intermedia, \Vii2;ht Ic. t 1245. — Syn. CMonanthns intermedia^ 

 Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 289. Taic Pcfhid^ Bnrm. 



A middle-sized tree. L. chartaceons or thinly coriaceous, elongate-elliptic, 

 acuminate, blade -4-8, narrowed into petiole \~i\ in. long, sec. n. 10-14 pair, 

 slender but conspicuous. Fl. 9 ^^^ ^ , white, in large glabrous trichotomous 

 compound often fascicled panicles, 3-5 in. long, axillary, or from the middle of 

 the internode, bracts lanceolate, often foliaceous. Calyx glabrous, petals oblong, 

 at base only slightly connate in pairs, \-\ in. long, anthers sessile or nearly 

 so, ovary glabrous. ¥i\ i-| in. long. 



Hills on both sides of the AYestern Peninsula, on the east side extending to Orissa, 

 Sambulpur and Chutia IN'agpur. Hills east of Toungoo 3,000 ft. (D. B. Peb, 1880). 

 Upper Burma (Smales). PL Peb.-May. 2. L. macropliylla, Wall. {Chionanthus macro- 

 ^;//,?////fs,Kurz). Duars, Assam, Khasi hills. Andamans. Burma, Upper and Lower. Simi- 

 lar to 1 but 1. larger. PI. yello^\ ish, m dense panicles, less than one-third the length of 1. 

 petals fi^j-J in. long. Fr. J in. long. 3. L. insignis, Clarke {(Jhlonantlms montmms. 

 Kurz, not of Blume). Hills east of Toungoo. Tenasserim. A small tree, young shoots 

 minutely grey-pubescent, 1. glabrous, shining, oblanceolate, blade 7-9, pet. 1 in. long, 

 sec. n. 10-12 pair, conspicuous beneath. PI. in pedunculate pubescent panicles, 3-4 in. 

 long, calyx pubescent, petals J— ^, in. long, ovary minutely i^ilose. Pr. black, 1 in. long 



B. Petioles abort, less tlian half inch long. 



4- L. malatjarica, Wall- \ Wight lo. t. 1246. — Syn. Qhionantlms malaharica^ Bedd, PL 

 Sylv. t. 239, j&g. in corner. Vern. Fimisi, Tel. Evergreen forests of the Western 

 Ghats from the Konkan southwards. A small tree, 1. glabrous, chartaceons or coria- 

 ceous, elongate-elliptic, blade 4-5, narrowed into petiole i~| in. long. PL white, on 

 1-5-fld. pedunculate hairy cymes, in lateral fascicles, generally on short hairy protu- 

 berances, axillary or from the middle of the internode, pedicels and calyx grey pilose, 

 petals linear-lanceolate, J in. long, ovary hairy. 5. L. "Wi^litii, Clarke (Olea Hnocieroldes^ 

 Wight Ic. t. 1241). Javadis, 3,000 ft., Gingee hills, South Arcot (D. B. Jan. 1882). 

 Courtallum. Travaucore. L. coriaceous, elliptic, more or less acuminate, blade 8-4, 

 narrowed into petaol6jin.long,fl.sessile or shortly pedicellate, in short axillary panicles, 

 often from the axils of the 1. near the ends of bx*anchlets, calyx glabrous, edge of seg- 

 ments ciliate, petals J-J in. long, linear-lanceolate, often connate to one-tliird of their 

 length, ovary glabrous. 6. L. conrtallensis, Bedd. {L. lepracarpa^ var. courtallensisj 

 Clarke). Courtallum. South Travancore. L. coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 

 4r-6, narrowed into pet. J in., sec. n. visible on the underside. PL in axillary glabrous 



