SALVADOR AC I-..K. [Salvador a. 



2. S. oleoides, Linn. ; Brandis 316. Vern. Kabbar,jhdr, didr, mithi- 

 didr, Sind ; Jdl, van, vdni, mithi van, Pb.; Jhal, Hind. ; Ughai, koku, Tarn. ; 

 Pttu, Mar. 



A large evergreen shrub or tree. Bark \ inch thick, whitish 

 grey, tesselated. Wood light red, moderately hard, with small, irregular, 

 purple heartwood. Pores large and small, oval, often subdivided into 

 irregular patches of soft tissue, which are joined by wavy, irregular 

 zigzag bands. Medullary rays fine, numerous, distinct, at unequal dis- 

 tances. 



Arid zone. Sind and Punjab, often forming the greater part of the vegetation of 

 the desert ; ascends to 3,000 feet in the Trans-Indus hills and to 2,400 feet in the Salt 

 Range. 



Weight, 491bs. (Brandis) ; oar specimens give 541bs. (Punjab) and 38 Ibs. (Sind). 

 Wood sometimes used for building and agricultural implements, Persian wheels and 

 the^ knee timbers of boats. Is a bad fuel and leaves a great deal of ash. The 

 fruit is sweet and is eaten. 



11)3. 



P 942. Multan (with heartwood) * 54 



P 1382. Sind (no heartwood) ... .38 



ORDER LXIX. APOCYNE^3. 



A large Order containing 33 genera, only a few of which are of any importance' 

 They belong to 3 Tribes, viz. 



Tribe I. Carissese . . Allamanda, Willoughbeia, Chilocar- 



pus, Melodinus, Winchia and 

 Carissa. 



II. Plurneriese . . . Rauwolfia, Alyxia, Hunteria, The- 



vetia, Cerbera, Ochrosia, Koptsia, 

 Rhazya, Vinca, Plumeria, Eller- 

 tonia, Alstonia, Taberncemuntana 

 and Holarrhena. 



III. Echitidere .... Tallaris^Parsonsia^ottsia^^righ- 



tia, Nerium, Strophanthus, Para- 

 meria, Urceola, Ichnocarpus, 

 Epigynum, Anodendron, Chone- 

 morpha and Beaumontia. 



Among these genera, however, four contain only introduced plants. Allamanda cat ha r- 

 tica, Linn. ; Kurz ii. 164, is a large yellow-flowered shrub from America, much culti- 

 vated in India and run wild in tidal backwaters of the Western Coast (Beddome). 

 Thevetia neriifolia, Juss. ; Kurz ii. 168. Vern. Zard kuntt, Hind. ; Hpayoungban, 

 Burm., is a handsome yellow-flowered small tree, much cultivated in Bengal and Burma. 

 It has long narrow leaves and a hemispherical drupe, from the seeds of which a bright 

 yellow oil can be obtained. Vinca rosea, Linn v the Madagascar Periwinkle, is a small 

 pink-flowered shrub commonly planted in India and Burma. Plumeria acutifu/ia, 

 Poiret; Brandis 323; Kurz ii. 179; Gamble 65. Vern. Gul achin, golainchi, 

 chameli,H'm(\. ; Xhair champa, Bombay; Champa pungdr, Gondi ; Kanagala, Kan.; 

 Tayopsagah, Burm., is a gouty-branched tree with large, yellowish white, fragrant 

 flowers, commonly found in gardens in India and Burma. Van Someren calls it the 

 " Pagoda tree." 



{Seventeen other genera contain only climbing shrubs. Willoughbeia contains 2 

 species. W. edulis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 57 ; Kurz ii. 165. Vern. Luti-am, Beng., is a large 

 climber of Chittagong with edible fruit. It yields a kind of caoutchouc, as does also 

 W. martabamca, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 165. Vern. Thit tyvukmcajf, Burm., of Teiuisserini. 



