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718 OLEACEAE. [ Olea. 
valvate lobes, wanting in the New Zealand species. Stamens 2, rarely 4, 
epipetalous or hypogynous; filaments short; anthers oblong. Ovary 
2-celled ; style short; stigma obtuse, capitate or 2-lobed; ovules 2 in 
each cell, pendulous or laterally attached. Fruit a drupe; endocarp bony 
or crustaceous. Seeds solitary or rarely 2; albumen fleshy; radicle 
superior. 
A genus of about 35 Species, scattered through the temperate and tropical regions 
of the Old World. The New Zealand species constitute the section Gymnelaea, charac- 
terized by the absence of the corolla, and by the stamens being hypogynous. 
* Leaves of young plants broader than those of the adult. 
Leaves of adult trees 14-3in. x 1-14 in., elliptic-oblong. Race- 
mes glabrous 1. O. apetala. 
** Leaves of young plants narrower than those of the adult. 
Leaves 3-6in. x 3-1? in., lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate. Race- 
mes stout, pubescent, 8—18-flowered “gs bas .. 2. O. Cunninghamii. 
Leaves 2-4in. xX $-#in., lanceolate. Racemes slender, glabrous 
or nearly so, 6-12-flowered x: ois - 
Leaves 1§-34in. x }+4in., linear or linear-lanceolate. Racemes 
slender, glabrous, 5-10-flowered .. -. 4. O. montana. 
QronneRaaa aha (vobt\ L. Ja ' 
1. O. apetala Vahl Symb. Bot. iii (1794) 3.—A much-branched dioecious 
shrub or small tree 8-20 ft. high, everywhere perfectly glabrous; bark 
greyish-brown, thick and furrowed; branches spreading, often tortuous. 
Leaves very variable, in young plants larger and broader, 3-5 in. long, 
2-3 in. broad, broadly oblong or ovate, subacute; of adult trees 13-3 in. 
long, 1-1} in. broad, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovaté, acute or acuminate, 
shortly petiolate, coriaceous, glossy, both surfaces slightly rough to the’ 
touch, quite entire, midrib prominent. Racemes axillary or on the branches 
below the leaves, glabrous, 1-1} in. long, 10-18-flowered ; pedicels slender. 
Flowers minute, ;4;in. diam., females alone seen. Calyx-lobes unequal. 
Petals wanting. Ovary 2-celled; stigma large, 2-lobed ; lobes spreading. 
Drupe oblong, 4in. long, red.—Kndl. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Norfl. (1833) 56; 
L. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iii (1871) 165: Forest Fl. (1889) tt. 27, 28; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 437. Parry C.4 Nome 1935: 209 
3. O. lanceolata, 
NortH IstanD: Whangarei Heads, Buchanan! T. F. C. ; Taranga Islands (Hen 
and Chickens), Great and Little Barrier Islands, 7. Kirk! T. F. C.; Fanal Island, 
Miss Shakespeare! Cuvier Island, T. F. C. ce Y ree Fy: 
I have followed Kirk in identifying this with the Norfolk Island plant described 
by Endlicher, but I have had no opportunity of comparing the two. 
= G. ; x (Heels §.) b. Teco, 
2. O. Cunninghamil Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 175.— A lofty 
dioecious forest-tree 30-60 or even 70 ft. high, with a trunk 2-5 ft. diam. ; 
young branchlets pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, very variable; of young 
plants long and narrow, 6-10 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, narrow-linear, acute ; 
of adult trees 3-6 in. long, ¢-l?in. broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, shortly petiolate, glabrous, slightly 
rough on both surfaces; veins impressed above, somewhat obscure, midrib 
prominent beneath. Racemes 4-1 in. long, stout, densely pubescent, 
8-18-flowered ; pedicels short, stout: bracts ovate, concave, deciduous. 
Flowers minute, apetalous. Calyx unequally 4-lobed. Male flowers with 
