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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Olea L.

OLEA L., 1753

Fls small, perfect or unisexual, us. panicled. Calyx 4-fid; corolla with short tube, 4 valvate lobes; stamens 2, filaments short. Ovary 2-loculed, style short, stigma 2-lobed or capitate; ovules 2 per locule; fr. a drupe. Trees or shrubs with opp., entire lvs. Genus of some 35 Old World spp. The N.Z. spp. are dioec.; fls in racemes, petals 0, stamens hypog.; stigma large, 2-lobed; mature drupe red, or occ. orange. They belong to section Gymnelaea (Spach Hist. Vég. Phan. 8, 1839, 258). O. apetala occurs in Norfolk Id, our other spp. are endemic.

Key

1
Lvs of juvenile plants 7-15 × 5-8 cm., of adults 3·5-7·5 × 2.5-4 cm
1. apetala
Lvs of juveniles and adults not having the above relative dimensions
2
2
Lvs of juveniles 15-25 cm. × 8-17 mm., of adults 7·5-15 × 2-5 cm. Racemes stout, densely pubescent
2. cunninghamii
Lvs of juveniles and adults not having the above dimensions. Racemes slender, glab. or nearly so
3
3
Lvs of adults 5-12 × 1-2 cm., lanceolate; drupes c. 12 mm. long
3. lanceolata
Lvs of adults 3·5-9 cm. × 6-9 mm., linear; drupes c. 6-9 mm. long
4. montana
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