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See aloo Remon, S 6 @4'235, S77. 
Sideroxylon. | | , SAPOTACEAE. , 717 
1. §. novo-zelandicum emsl. in Kew Bulletin (1908) 459.—A handsome 
closely branched tree 25-45 ft. high, rarely more, with a trunk 1-3 ft. diam. 
Branchlets and petioles more or less lactescent, clothed with appressed 
pubescence. Leaves 2-4 in. long, elliptic-obovate or oblong-obovate, obtuse, 
narrowed into petioles }-4 in. long, quite entire, coriaceous, shining, glabrous 
except the petiole and midrib, which are finely puberulous ; primary veins 
parallel, diverging from the midrib almost at right angles. Flowers axillary 
or from the nodes below the leaves, solitary or more rarely 2 together, small, 
4-1 in. diam., polygamous ; peduncles stout, curved, +-}1n. diam. Calyx- 
segments 4 or more rarely 5, broadly oblong or ovate, concave, ciliate. 
Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, 4-5-partite to below the middle. 
Stamens as the corolla-lobes ; filaments short, thick. Staminodia subulate. — 
Ovary 4-5-celled. Berry large, lin. long, broadly oblong or obovoid. 
Seeds 1-4, but usually 2-3, almost as long as the fruit, smooth and polishea, 
bony, elliptical, curved:—Achras novo-zelandica F, Muell. Fragm. 1x (1875) 
72. <A. costata A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 404 (not of Hndl.). Sapota costata 
A, DC. Prodr, viii (1844) 175; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 174; Handb. 
N.Z, Fl. (1864) 186. Sideroxylon costatum F. Muell. First Census Austral. 
Pl, (1882) 92; TV. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 185; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 435; ZU. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 133. 
Norru Isztanp: Islands and rocky headlands from the North Cape to the East 
Cape and Tolaga Bay, not common. (For a fuller list of localities see Il. N.Z. Fl. ii 
(1914) t. 133.) Ascends to 1500 ft. on the Little Barrier Island. Tawapou. 
I have followed the late Baron Mueller and Mr. Hemsley in separating the New 
Zealand plant from the Norfolk Island species, which has the flowers almost uniformly 
pentamerous, and generally in pairs. The wood is hard, white, and durable; and the 
bony seeds were formerly used for necklaces by the Maoris. 
Family LXXXIV. OLEACEAE. 
T'rees or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves opposite, very rarely alternate, 
simple or 3-foliolate or pinnate, entire or toothed ; stipules wanting. Flowers 
regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual, usually in axillary or terminal cymes 
or panicles or racemes, rarely clustered. Calyx inferior, usually small ; 
limb 4-5-toothed or -lobed or wanting. Corolla hypogynous, gamopetalous 
and 4—5-partite, or of 4 free petals, sometimes wanting (always so in the 
New Zealand species). Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla or hypogynous ; 
filaments usually short; anthers large, 2-celled. Ovary superior, 2-celled ; 
style short or long; stigma entire or lobed; ovules usually 2 in each cell, 
seldom more, attached to the inner angle. Fruit a drupe or berry, or a 
2-valved loculicidal capsule, 2-celled, or by abortion I-celled. Seeds solitary 
or 2 in each cell, erect or pendulous; albumen present or absent ; embryo 
straight, radicle inferior or superior. | 
A family of about 21 genera and almost 375 species, widely spread through most 
temperate and tropical regions. From an economical point of view it is chiefly im- 
portant from including the well-known olive, which yields the most valuable of vegetable 
oils. The various kinds of jasmines and the lilac are common garden-plants belonging 
to the family. The New Zealand genus is mainly found in the North Temperate Zone, 
but also occurs in South Africa, Norfolk Island, and Australia. 
OLEA Linn. i7 25° 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire or rarely toothed. Flowers 
small, hermaphrodite or unisexual, in axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx 
small, 4-toothed or -lobed. Corolla with a short tube and 4 induplicate- 
Seg Dene otal. Wed. Va Heee. abl 
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