49. OLEACE.«. — 50. APOCYNACE.a;. 
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quite entire on the upper branches, edged with strong spinous 
teeth and terminated by a spine on the lower ones. Fl. white. 
Berries scarlet.— Woods and hedges. T. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 
Order XLIX. OLEACE.E. 
Cal. gamosepalous, divided, persistent ; or none. Cor. with 
4 — 8 divisions, valvate, rarely 0. Stam. 2. Ovary free, 2-celled ; 
ovules pendulous. Stigma entire or bifid. Fr. a berry, drupe, 
or cap.sule, often 1-seeded. — No stipules. 
1. LiGUSTEUM. Fr. fleshy, a berry containing 2 seeds. Cal. 
cupshaped with 4 minute teeth. Cor. funnelshaped ; limb 
4-cleft, spreading. Stam. 2. 
2. Feaxinus. Fr. (a samara) dry, of 1 or 2 single-seeded 
cells, compressed and leaflike at the end, pendulous. 
Cal. 0 or 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Cal. and cor. 
wanting in our plant. — Fl. sometimes mth only stam. or 
with pistils only. 
1. Ligus'teum Linn. Privet. 
1. L. i<'ulgdre (L.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate entire glabrous, 
panicles terminal compound dense. — E. B. 764. St. 14. 1. — 
A bushy shrub, 6 — 8 feet high, with straight smooth branches 
and opposite leaves. Fl. white. Berries globose, black, rarely 
yellow.— Thickets in the South. Sh. VI. VII. E. I. 
2. Frax'inus Linn. Ash. 
1. F. excel' sior (L.) ; 1. pinnate with 4 — 8 pairs of nearly ses- 
sile ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrate leaflets, cal. wanting. — 
E. B. 1692. St. 44. 7. — A handsome tree. Usually dioecious. 
Fl. appearing before the 1., in axillary clusters with no perianth. 
— [/3. diversifolia (Ait.) ; 1. simple and pinnate. E. B. 2476.] 
—Woods and hedges. T. IV. V. E. S. I. 
Order L. APOCYNACE^. 
Cal. in 4 or 5 persistent divisions. Cor. regular, 4 — 5-lobed, 
deciduous, twisted in the bud. Stam. 5, filaments distinct. 
Anth. 2-celled, basifixed ; pollen granular. Ovaries 2, 1-celled ; 
or 1 of 2 cells. Stigmas 1. Fr. 2 follicles. Seed with fleshy 
perisperm. — Rudimentary stipules rarely seen. 
