
          33783. OLEA FOVEOLATA.
Olive. From Chas. P. Lounsbury, East
London, Cape Colony. Shrub, native
of south Africa, twelve feet in height,
ashy-gray branches; smooth, leathery,
oblong-elliptic leaves; small flowers
in short axillary cymes, and smooth
oblong fruits half an inch long. Introduced 
for experiments as a possible
stock for the cultivated olive.

36059. OLEA VERRUCOSA.
Wild Olive. From Simondium, near
Paarl, Union of South Africa, through
C. W. Mally. Wild, close relative of
cultivated olive, for which it has been
successfully used experimentally as a
stock. The tree grows 20 feet high
and 18 inches in diameter. Fruit small,
one-quarter inch long, dry. Introduced
for stock experiments.

29183. OROXYLON INDICUM.
From H. M. Curran, Manila.
Oriental tree of extremely rapid
growth, with large, giabrous leaves
and showy, white flowers, striped
with purple; of fetid odor. The wood is
useful for the manufacture of matches.
For testing as an ornamental tree in
nearly frost free regions of the United
States.
        