saijVADORAce^. (salvadora family.) 531 



p. media, L. ^ Ho 3. Leaves short- Fig. 249. 



petioled or nearly sessile, ovate to oblong-el- 

 U23tical, .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. OL£A, 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. Europaea, L. 5 Olive. 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. SAI.VA»0RAC^, Lindl. Salvadora Family. 



Shrt(l)s with d oecious or subunisexual flowers, a gamose- 

 jpaloxis, ii-lohed calyx, a hypogyiums, ^-lohed or -petaled corol- 

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

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

 glouiolar, l-seeded drupe — Ceils of ovary 1-2 ; ovules 1-4, 

 erect anatropous ; cotyledons cordate-auricled. Leaves op- 

 posite, petiole jointed to stem. 



SAIjVADORA, Garcin. 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. Persica, Garcin. 5 1 to 3, glabrous, branches opposite, 

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

 short-2Jetioled. Kacemes spike-like forming a leafy panicle; calyx 

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

 lobes — Spring — Around Dead Sea. 



Yar. petiolata, Post. Petioles .01 to .03 long. Tel-el- 

 Hammara. 



Order LXVI. APOCYMACE^^, KB. Dogbane Family. 



Shrubs or perennial herbs, often with milky juice, 

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

 flowers, vnth 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 on 



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