108 OLEA LANCEOLATA. 
DESCRIPTION. 
| Olea lanceolata, Hook. f. 
| “ Plora Nove-Zelandiz,”’ 1., p. 176. 
A round-headed evergreen tree, ee to 5oft. high trunk, a 
diameter. Leaves narrow-linear on young planis; on mature tr 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, about 3in. long, fully din. broad, a aL 
) coriaceous, glossy, veins prominent. Flowers in very slender glabrous rac 
ee axillary or from the axils of old scars; seven- to thirteen- -flowered. 
. membranous, four-lobed; segments, narrow. Male, stamens four, 
Female, ovary two-celled, ret two ovules in each cell ; pee two, ¢ 
Fruit crimson, outer layer pulpy, one-seeded. 
Var. a. Bark of twigs whitish, ioe warted ; ease ovate- Tan 
acuminate ; segments of calyx linea yn 
| Var. 8. Bark of twigs dark, scarcely warted, leaves linear- 
; racemes more slender than in var. a; segments of calyx broader. Z 
EXpLanaTion or Pirates LX. anp LXI. | 
LX. Olea lanceolata, Hook. f. Mature state, with female pies) 
size. , 
of male fowers Seraniie SIZE. | 2: Male flower. 3. Fee eS 
fruit. 4. Longitudinal section of young fruit. 5. Longitudinal section of 
fruit. 6. Seed. All magnified. 
