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ft aped fpreadlng ftamina, fupporting fhort four lobed 

 AnthercC. The female trees have fewer flowers pro- 

 duced upon much longer, fimple, cylhidrical foot- 

 ftalks, thickened at the extremity, and fupporting 

 generally three flowers, fitting clofe and having a 

 fmall involucrum. They are compofed of five fmall 

 oval leavas, and in the center an awl-fliaped incurv- 

 ed ftyle, arifmg from the oblong germen, which is 

 beneath, and becomes an oval oblong berry, of a 

 dark purpliih colour when ripe* The timber of this 

 tree is clofe grained and curled fo as not to be fplit or 

 parted; and therefore much ufed for hubs of wheels 

 for waggons, carriages, &c. 



O L E A. 



The OLIVE-TREE. 

 Clafs 2. Order i. Diandria Monogynia. 



THE Empalement is of one leaf, tubular, and fmall : the bor- 

 der four-toothed, ere61: and deciduous. 

 The Corolla is one petal'd, funnel-form. The tube cylindrical, 

 the length of the empalement^ The border four-parted and 

 plain : the divifions femi-ovate. 

 The Filaments two, oppofite, av/l-fhaped and fhort. The Jn- 

 thercB eredt. 



The Germen is roundilh. The Style fimple, very fhort. The 



Stigmas two- cleft, thickened, the divifions end-nicked. 

 The Seed-veJJel a drupe, fomewhat ovate, fmooth, and one cell'd. 

 The Seed ovate-oblong, and wrinkled, 



Tbe Species %vith usy 



Olea americana. American Olive Tree. 



- This grows naturally in Carolina and Florida, and 

 is a beautiful ever-green tree. The leaves are nearly 

 ovate, or fomewhat oblong, perennial-, of a fliining, 



full 



