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P. media, L. 5 1 ^^ 3. Leaves short- Fig. 249. 



petioled or nearly sessile, ovate to oblong-el- 

 liptical, .01 to .025 long, entire or acutely ser- 

 ratulate. Flowers short-pedicelled, clustered in 

 axils. Calyx-lobes obtuse. Corolla-lobes ovate. 

 Drupe globular, .004 in diameter — Spring — 

 Lower mountain regions of Palestine and 

 Syria, and northward. 



Fruits of Phillyrea media. 



4. OLEA, L. Olive. Zeitun. 



Calyx with 4, short teeth. Corolla almost 4-petalous. Drupe, by 

 abortion, 1-2-seeded; fleshy part oily; stone bony — Trees with leathery 

 leaves. 



O. iGuropaea, L. 5 Oli^e. Zeitun. Branches of wild plant 

 more or less stiff, spinescent. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, entire, 

 white-scurfy below. Flowers in axillary racemes. Calyx cup-shaped, 

 nearly truncate. Drupe ovate or ellipsoid — Spring — Wild in north- 

 ern Syria. Cultivated everywhere for its oily fruit. 



Order LXV. SAL-VADORACtE, Lindl. Salvadora Family. 



/Shrtihs with d oeciotis or subionisexual flovjers, a garnose- 

 jyalous, ^-lobed ecdyx, a ky^ogynoiis^ 4,-lobed or -jMaled corol- 

 la, petals alternating with calyx-lobes, 4 stamens alternating 

 with corolla-lohes, free ovary, sessde, hilobed stigma, and 

 globular, l-seeded drupe — Cells of ovary 1-2 ; ovules 1-4, 

 erect anatropoas ; cotyledons cordate-auricled. Leaves op- 

 podte, petiole jointed to stem. 



§AIjVAI>®RA, Oarcin. Salvadora. Khardal. 



Flowers nearly dioecious. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla persistent, 4- 

 cleft. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Berry somewhat fleshy — Glaucous 

 shrubs, growing in thickets around the Dead Sea, and northward. 



S. Per§ica, Garcin. 5 1 to 3, glabrous, branches opposite, 

 pendant. Leaves ovate-otlong to oblong-linear, obtuse, tapering at base, 

 short-petioled. Racemes spike-like forming a leafy panicle; calyx 

 bell-shaped; corolla .twice as long as calyx, with deflexed, revolute 

 lobes — Spring — Around Dead Sea. 



Var. pctiolata, Post. Petioles .01 to .02 long. Tel-el- 

 Hammara. 



Order LXVI. APOCYNACE-^, RB. Dogbane Family. 



Shrubs or perennial herbs, often with milky juice, 

 entire, opposite or ternately whorled leaves, regular, ^-merous 

 floioers, with the five lobes of the hypogynous, deciduous 

 corolla twisted in budj stamens 5, free, inserted on the co- 

 rolla, alternating with its lobes, anthers incumbent 07i 



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