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55. oleacej:. 
liyp°gy no us more or less gamopetalous, lobes or pet. 4, united 
either all together or in pairs, rarely free or 0, valvate in bud. 
Stam. 2 (rarely 4) opposite each other, adnate to and alternate 
with the pet. ; anth. introrsal. Style single short or 0, stigma 
bifid or entire. Ov. free 2-celled, cells alternate with the stam. 
or opposite the pet., each 2-ovulate ; ovul. pendulous. Fr. dru- 
paceous, baccate, capsular or samaroidal, 2-celled and 2-4- 
seeded, or often by abortion 1 -celled 1-seeded. Seeds inverted 
pendulous ; embryo straight axile, half the length of the seed, 
mostly enclosed in copious thick fleshy or horny albumen ; cot. 
leafy; radicle superior. — Tr. or shr. with opposite branches 
often compressed upwards and with a terminal bud. L. with- 
out stip. opposite simple or rarely (as in Fraxinus ) odd-pinnate. 
FI. small in terminal or axillary trichotomous panicles or rac., 
w. or lilac often fragrant, pedic. opposite 1-bracteate. 
Tribe I. OLEINES. 
The Olive Tribe. 
Fr. fleshy drupaceous and 1-2-seeded, or baccate and 2-4- 
seeded. Alb. copious. — L. simple mostly coriaceous and entire. 
Wood close or fine-grained, hard and durable. 
1. Ole a. Cal. small 4- toothed. Cor. -tube short, limb 4- 
partite. Stam. 2 inserted on base of cor. -tube, exserted. 
Style short ; stigma large conico-capitate notched or bifid. 
Flesh of drupe oily ; stone ( putamen or pyrend) hard bony 
mostly 1- rarely 2-celled and 2-seeded. — L. naked or scaly 
i. e. lepidoto-punctate. 
2. NoTELiEA. Like Olea, but pet. 2 distinct and each bi- 
partite (i. e. 4 united by twos into 2 distinct opposite 
pairs) with stam. inserted at their base or claw, and stigma 
sessile ; style 0. — L. naked, often simply punctate, not 
scaly. 
Vhillyrea. Like Olea , but cor. rotate equably 4-partite almost 
tubeless, anth. subsessile not exserted, flesh of small berry- 
like drupe not oily, putamen thin fragile papery or parch- 
ment-like and 1. always naked, simply punctate, not scaly. 
Tribe I. Oleinece. 
1. Olea L. 
1. 0. europjea L. The Olive. Azeitona, Oliveira. 
Arb. or shr. branches subverruculate ; 1. nerveless or veinless 
especially beneath, lanceolate, oblong, oval or ovate entire, mi- 
nutely lepidote or scaly, glabrescent shining and puncticulate 
