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50. OLEACE.E. 51. APOCYNEyE. 
Order L. OLEACEiE. 
Cal. monosepalous, divided, persistent. Cor. with 4 — 8 divi- 
sions, rarely 0, valvate. Stain. 2. Ovary free, 2-celled ; ovules 
in pairs, pendulous. Stigma entire or bifid. Fr. a berry, drupe 
or capsule, often 1 -seeded. Albumen dense or none. 
1 . Ligustrum. Fr. fleshy, a berry containing 2 membranous 
1-seeded nuts. Cal. cujishaped with 4 minute teeth. Cor. 
funnelshaped, limb 4-cleft spreading. Stam. 2. 
2. Fraxinus. Fr. di-y, a pendulous samara of 1 or 2 single- 
seeded cells. Cal. 0 or 4-cleft. Cor. 0. — FI. sometimes 
without stamens. 
1. Ligustrum Linn. Privet. 
1. L. vulgare (L.) ; 1. elliptic-lanceolate entire glabrous, pa- 
nicles terminal compound dense. — E. B. 704. St. 14. 1. — A 
bushy shrub, 6 — 8 feet high, with straight smooth branches and 
op])osite leaves. FI. white. Berries globose, black, rarely yellow. 
— Thickets in the south of England. Sh. VI. VII. E. 
2. Fraxinus Linn. Ash. 
I. F. excelsior (L.); 1. pinnate with 4 — 8 pairs of nearly 
sessile ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrate leaflets, cal. w'anting. 
— E. B. 1692. St. 44. 7. — A handsome tree. FI. appearing be- 
fore the 1., in axillary clusters. /3. heterophyllus (tiook.), 1. sim- 
ple and pinnate. — E.B. 2476. — Woods and hedges. 
Order LI. APOCYNEtE. 
Cal. in 4 or 5 persistent divisions. Cor. regular, 4 — 5-lobed, 
deciduous, contorted. Stam. 5, filaments distinct. Anth. 2- 
celled, pollen granular. Ovaries 2, 1-celled; or 1 of 2 cells. 
Stigma 1 . Seed with fleshy albumen. 
1. Vinca. Cor. salvershaped; tube long with 5 angles at 
the mouth, closed with spreading hairs and the connivent 
stamens; limb flat, 5-lobed. Styles 5. Stigma capitate 
with a ring at its base. Fr. of 2 erect elongated follicles. 
1. Vinca Linn. Periwinkle. 
1. V. minor (L.); st. procumbent, 1. lanceolate-elliptical, their 
margins as well as those of the small lanceolate calyx-segments 
glabrous. — E. B. 917. — St. prostrate, rooting, flowering branches 
erect. FI. smaller than those of the next, blue, rarely white. — 
Woods and thickets. P. V. VI. Lesser Periwinkle. — E. S. ? I. ? 
