Salvadora.] APOCYXACE&. 29 



Ganges as far east as Patna, especially on saline soile. It is often found 

 growing with Cappzri* aphylla utdProtopu nicigtra. Flowers Novem- 

 ber-May. Distrib. Baluchistan, Sindh, Rajpntana and in the coast 

 regions on both side? of the Peninsula and in Ceylon, extending to 

 AY. A-ia, Abyssinia and Egypt. Often planted ne.ir Slaho'iiedan tombs. 

 It is believed to be the Mustard-tr^e of Scripture. The pumrent loaves 

 are eaten as salad, an 1 camels are very fond of urowzing on the foliage. 

 Tho bark of the roots acts as a vesicint. The bitter aromatic fruit is 

 used medicinally, and the twigs are much used by natives for cleaning 

 tho teeth, the tree being known as the ' tooth-brush ' tree. 



2. S. oleoides, Dene, in Jacquem.Voy. Bot. 140, t. 144; Brruidis For. 

 Fl.316,t.39; F. B. I. Hi. 620: Watt E. D. ; Cooke Fl. Bomh. i t , 122; 

 Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 477. S. indica, Royle Til. 319. — Yern. Jhdl,jdl. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, with us mlly a short an I twisted trnnk. 

 Branches many, spreading, whitish Leaves K-3 in. long and up to h in. 

 wide, linear lanceolate or ova^e-lanceolate, ac it3 or snbobtase an! often 

 mucronate, pale-green or glaucois, coriaceo is. glabrous. Flower* 

 sessile, greenish-white, in erect axillary panicled spikes ; bracts minute, 

 ovate, ac ite, deciduous. Caly.r abo it T ! o in. long divided about \ way 

 dovn into 4 rounded lobes. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx ; 

 lob as obovate oblong, reSexed. Stamens exserted. Drupe globose, 

 £-£ in. ia diam., yellow when ripe. 



Confined to the dry and nsoaUy saline tracts of the western portion of 

 the area, and often fo ind gr >wing in company with 8. persic i, from 

 which at a distance it may be distinguished by its more sombre green 

 foliage. Flowers Jan lary-April. Distrib. Common in Gujarat, Sindh, 

 Rajpntana and in the drier parts of the Punjab and on the Salt Range 

 n i to 2, WO feet, extending to Afghanistan and Aden. The sweet fruit 

 (pilu is eaten, especially in times of sea-city. Camels are fond of 

 browzing on the leaves and shoots, but no other animal will eat them. 



LXXI.-APOCYNACEiE. 



Trees, erect or twining shrubs, or herbs. Leaves simple, opposite 

 or whorled, rarely altera ite, exstipulate. Flowers in terminal to 

 axilhry cymes, regular, hermaphrodite; bracts small. Calyx in- 

 ferior; lobes 5, rarely 4, imbricate, often glandular within at the 

 base. Corolla usually rotate or Silver-shaped ; lobis 5, rarely 4, 

 spreading contorted and often twisted in bud, raroly valvate. 

 Stamen* 5, rarely 4, inserted usually on the tube of the corolla ; fila- 

 ni'-nts usually short, anthers linear-oblong or sagittate, conniving, 

 connective sometimes adhering to the stigma; cells 2, dehiscing 

 longitudinally, some times produced downwards as empty spoil ; 



