ELAEODENDRON (from Elaia, an olive, and dendron, a tree; the fruit is like that of an Olive, and the seeds are oily). Olive-wood. Including Portenschlagia. ORD. Celastrineae. This genus, which embraces about thirty species of ornamental stove or greenhouse trees or shrubs, is represented in all tropical countries; the majority, however, grow in Africa and India. Flowers small, in axillary fascicles. Leaves small, Laurel-like, opposite. For culture, see Elaeocarpus. ELAEODENDRON capense (Cape).* fl. green, inconspicuous; corymbs axillary, dichotomous, a single flower standing in the fork, and the branches supporting three flowers each; bracts lanceolate, opposite, resembling much diminished leaves. fr. yellow, oval, about the size of a Hazel-nut, fleshy, and containing a hard nut with one to three cells. l. petiolate, sub-opposite, lanceolate-elliptical, the sides somewhat unequal, coriaceous, distantly spinuloso-serrulate, slightly revolute in the edges, dark green above, paler below, and often becoming rusty. Branches spreading, pendulous. h. 18ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1828. a handsome greenhouse decorative plant, when laden with its showy yellow fruits. (B. M. 3035.) ELAEODENDRON glaucum (milky-green). fl. greenish-yellow, small; panicles axillary; cymes loose, nearly the length of the leaves. l. acute, or acuminate, crenate or nearly entire, membranous or subcoriaceous. h. 6ft. India, &c., 1824. Stove evergreen. ELAEODENDRON xylocarpum (woody-fruited). fl. greenish-yellow; cymes dichotomous, one-half shorter than the leaves. l. obovate-oblong, entire or somewhat scalloped, glaucous, on very short petioles. h. 4ft. Island of St. Thomas, 1816. Stove evergreen.