. Flowers of the field. Botany. ?24 C)Ru. XLX'IIJ. Oleace/V,.—The Olive Family Trees or shrubs, chitfly inhabiting the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Their brai!/:/ies are opposite, and often end m ccnspieuous l)uds ; the leaves, also opposite, are either simple or pinnate, and exstipulate ; and the flowers areinpanicled cymes. The calyx is either 4-cleft, inferior and persistent, or absent ; the corolla either polysymmetric, hypogynous, of 4 united or free petals, valvate in bud, or absent ; stamens 2 ; ovary 2- chapibered, with 2—3 ovules in each chamber ; style i ; f
. Flowers of the field. Botany. ?24 C)Ru. XLX'IIJ. Oleace/V,.—The Olive Family Trees or shrubs, chitfly inhabiting the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Their brai!/:/ies are opposite, and often end m ccnspieuous l)uds ; the leaves, also opposite, are either simple or pinnate, and exstipulate ; and the flowers areinpanicled cymes. The calyx is either 4-cleft, inferior and persistent, or absent ; the corolla either polysymmetric, hypogynous, of 4 united or free petals, valvate in bud, or absent ; stamens 2 ; ovary 2- chapibered, with 2—3 ovules in each chamber ; style i ; fruit a samara, a capsule, or berry-like, seldom perfecting more than 2 seeds. By far the most important plant in the Ordur is the Olive (Olea europthi), from which it takes its name, one of the earliest plants cultivated by man. Its bark is bitter and astringent, and its wood remarkably close - grained, handsomely mottled, and durable. The fruit is fleshy and drupedike, enclosing a hard stone, and the oil is expressed from the fleshy pericarp. The Lilac (Syrhiga vulgaris) is a favourite in our shrubberies. Frdxinus Ornus, the Flower- ing or Manna Ash of southern Europe, also occasionally grown, has white flowers, and as maitita, which is sometimes this tgenus is valued for its. FR.\.\"INUS {As/ll exudes a ' substance known used in medicine. The wood of strength and elasticity. 1. Fraxinus.—Leave': mostly pinnate -.^lalyx and corolla absent ; fruit a pendulous single samara. 2. LiGLLSTRUM. — ifflwc^ simple ; calyx cup-shaped, 4-toothed ; corolla funnel-shaped, 4-lobcd ; fruit a nuculane. 1. (Ash).--Trees with deciduous leaves, generally pinnate ; [lolygamous flowers, with or without a 4-merous calyx and cio'oUa : fruit a compressed samara, winged at tlie tip. (Name,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations m
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