. Ulea europcea, Olivier, Oehlbaum, Olivenbaum, Olivo, Ulivo, Olivo, Oliveyra, Olive-tree, Oka europcea,THE EUROPEAN OLIVE-TREE. Synonymes. fLiNN^tJs, Species , North American , Millers Dictionary,l^ Loudon, Arboretum and Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 87; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, ii., fig. 1032; and the figure*below. Specific Characters. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, entire, hoary beneath. Branches angular, not spi
. Ulea europcea, Olivier, Oehlbaum, Olivenbaum, Olivo, Ulivo, Olivo, Oliveyra, Olive-tree, Oka europcea,THE EUROPEAN OLIVE-TREE. Synonymes. fLiNN^tJs, Species , North American , Millers Dictionary,l^ Loudon, Arboretum and Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 87; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, ii., fig. 1032; and the figure*below. Specific Characters. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, entire, hoary beneath. Branches angular, not spiny.—Loudon, Enc. of Plants. Descripiio7i. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king oyer them;and they said to the olive-tree, reign thou over us. Judges, ix. 8. ]HE Olea europaea,its general ap-pearance, is a tree£e<;r^l^l bearing considera-ble resemblance to the common willow, whichhas been lopped, and acquired a new summitof three or four years growth. It seldom ex-ceeds thirty feet in height, with a trunk twofeet in diameter, and frequently it does notattain one half of these dimensions. It rami-fies at a small height from the ground, andforms a compact summit. The bark of thetrunk and branches, when young, is smooth,of an ashy hue, and when the epidermis isremoved, the cellular integument appears of alight-green. On old trees, the bark upon thetrunk, and
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