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LIX. STYRACACEiE 
glabrous. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate, 2-4 in., toothed, acute 
or obtuse, turning yellow in drying ; stipules none. Flowers 
regular, 2 -sexual, fragrant, white, J in. diam., in terminal panicles 
2-6 in. long. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary ; lobes 5, short, 
obtuse, minutely fringed. Petals 5, nearly free. Stamens 
numerous, filaments united at the base in 5 sets, inserted at the 
base of the corolla. Ovary inferior, 2-celled ; style long, linear, 
stigma capitate ; ovules 2 or 3 in each cell, pendulous. Drupe 
globose or ovoid, about J in. diam., crowned with the persistent 
calyx-limb, black when ripe ; seed solitary. (Fig. 95.) 
Simla, Narkunda ; April-June. — Temperate Himalaya, 3000-8000 ft. — 
Burmah, Japan. 
The inflorescence resembles that of the Hawthorn : hence the specific 
name. The leaves and bark are used in dyeing, yielding a yellow colour. 
LX. OLEACE^E 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, except in Jasminum humile, 
undivided or pinnate ; stipules none. Flowers 2 -sexual, rarely 
polygamous, regular, in cymes or panicles. Calyx free, bell-shaped 
or tubular, usually small, toothed or nearly entire, persistent. 
Corolla salver- or funnel-shaped or rotate, usually 4-lobed or 
in Fraxinus of 4 petals united at the base in two pairs. Stamens 
2, inserted on the corolla-tube or at the base of the petals ; fila- 
ments usually short, anthers 2-celled. Ovary superior, 2-celled ; 
style usually short, stigma terminal, simple or 2-lobed ; ovules 
2 in each cell, rarely solitary. Fruit drupe-like, berry-like or 
capsular ; seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, sometimes solitary through 
the suppression of one cell. — A small Order inhabiting all warm 
and temperate regions. 
Leaves pinnate. 
Shrubs. Corolla salver- shaped, lobes 5 . . . .1. Jasminum. 
Trees. Corolla-lobes 4, nearly free . . . .4. Fraxinus. 
Leaves undivided. 
Bracts 2, conspicuous, concealing the calyx . . .2. Nyctanthes. 
Bracts none or minute. 
Corolla- tube longer than the calyx. 
Leaves ovate ; lower surface white. Corolla-tube 
cylindric, in. . . . . . .3. Syringa. 
Leaves lanceolate ; lower surface green. Corolla-tube 
funnel-shaped, A in. . . . . . .6. Ligustrum. 
Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx . . .5. Olea. 
1. JASMINUM. Derived from jasemin, the Persian name, 
signifying fragrant.- — Tropical and temperate regions of the Old 
World. 
Climbing, sometimes erect, glabrous shrubs ; branches long. 
Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, odd-pinnate ; leaflets opposite, 
