O D. OLEACEJE. 
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axillary clusters on tire newest slioots; ped. 1-fld., 2 or 3 lines 
long, round or a little compressed. Cal. deeply 5-fid persistent. 
Cor. rotato-campanulate, pet. concave, tlieir edges erosulate or 
subtomentoso-ciliolulate, very pale pink or flesh-col., deeper in 
the throat ; barren stam. petaloidal erosulate alternate with and 
as long as the pet. Fertile stam. alternate with the barren or 
opposite the pet., exserted, longer than the pet. ; anth. oblong 
2-celled rose-red beneath at the insertion of the til. ; pollen pale 
or whitish. Style single thickish cylindric shorter than the 
pet. ; stigma merely the smooth abrupt or obtuse tip of the 
style. Ov. ovate rusty-pubescent 5-celled ; ovules one in each 
cell, oval, 4 mostly abortive. Fr. a shortly stalked or nearly 
sessile drupe (abortive pome) about the size and col. of a Sloe 
(Prunus spinosa L.) i. e. f in. long and \ in. broad, shining deep 
black without bloom shortly obpyriform or obovately globoso- 
ovoidal ; the flesh one line thick, firm, bright sap-green, rather 
copiously milky, the milk thin viscous whitish ; taste sweetish 
but somewhat salt or mawkish and disagreeable, like that of 
the fr. of Chrysophyllum oliviforme Lam. or rather the seeds of 
Staphylcea pinnata L. Seed almost always single large irregu- 
larly or obliquely ovato-globose, apiculate, about | in. long, 4 
or o lines broad, smooth shining light brown, divided into 5 
unequal raised compartments like a melon. Hilum oblique 
small. 
The fr., having a little sweetness, is occasionally eaten by 
the country people, notwithstanding its dryness and somewhat 
saline unpleasant flavour. 
This pi. is strictly peculiar to the Mad. group, and is not 
found in either the A£ores, the Canaries or Cape Verdes. In 
the Azores it is represented by My r sine africana L., /3. retusa 
Alph. DC. ; the “ Marmolan ” of the Canaries is Myrsine (or 
Pleiomeris DC.) canariensis Willd. ; and the u Marmidano ” of 
the Cape Verdes ( u Sideroxylon Marmulana P (Madeira) ” of 
Chr. Smith’s St. Iago List in Tuckey’s Narrative 249) is Sopot a 
marginata Dene. (Webb Spic. Gorg. 169. t. 13), found by me 
not only in St. Iago but in S f Antao, Fogo and Brava. Chr. 
Smith's original Cape Verde spec, without fl. or fr., marked by 
himself u Sideroxylon MSS. no. 41,” is still extant in BH. 
Order LV. OLEACEiE. 
The Olive Family. 
Fl. perfect regular, rarely imperfect apetalous. Cal. gamo- 
sepalous 4-lobed or 4-toothed free persistent. Cor. deciduous 
