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. In- 

 troduced 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 !ND!CUM. 



From H. M. Curran, Manila, 

 Oriental tree of extremely rapid 

 growtn, with large, giaorous 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. 



