TAA i.3.2.23

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               Olea europaea L. [Oleaceae]; Olive. 

          The leaves of the Olive tree examined are from wreaths, and  

had been used in some cases with flowers of Centaurea depressa, in  

other wreaths alone. 

          The olive tree is cultivated throughout the Mediterranean  

region, its native country being unx[?]/<k>nown (Herb. Kew.), though Syria  

has been suggested as its country of origin (Woen.). 

          Wreaths of Olive leaves have been found on the heads of mummies  

of the Graeco-Roman epoch in Egypt. (Schw. <1>). 

          It is largely grown in the Fayûm (50 miles above Cairo), and  

along the N.W. coastal country adjoining the Delta (Car<ter>). 

                   nos. 253, 254A, 280a, 300a.