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Species
CHAPTER II.
"The domestic olive represents the artificial type obtained by means of art."
Caruso.
The species of the olive known to exist and the localities where found are as follows:
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Olea apetala, New Zealand. | |
| Oceanica. |  |
" paniculata, Australia. |
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" Europea, " | |
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Olea floribunda, South America. | |
| America. | |
" Americana; Fla., Ga., Carolina, Va. |
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" Europea; Chili, Peru, Mexico, Cal., La., Miss., Fla., Arizona, New Mexico. | |
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Olea crysophylla, Abyssinia. | |
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" laurifolia, " | |
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" verrucosa, Cape of Good Hope. | |
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" verr. (brachybotris) " | |
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" capensis, " | |
| Africa. | |
" foveolata, " |
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" concolor, " | |
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" exasperata " | |
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" humilis, " | |
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" obtusifolia, Madagascar. | |
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" lancea, Mauritius. | |
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" Europea; Egypt, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Morocco, Canaries. | |
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Olea, pauciflora, Penang. | |
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" maritima, Islands, Strait of Malacca. | |
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" microcarpa, Cochin, China. | |
| Asia. | |
" attenuata, Burmah. |
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" dentata, " | |
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" Lindleyi, Bengal. | |
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" fragrans, China and Japan. |
