Dobera.] xcni. SALVADORACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 619 



.Hfc.), 4-5-celled (Hochst.'), 2-celled (Forsk.) ; style short, stigma obtuse un- 

 divided (Bth. 8f Ilk.), 2-fid (Forsk.) ; ovule solitary, erect (Bth. $ Hk.). Fruit 

 subglobose. Seed erect, globose, exalbuminous. 



The true place of this disputed genus cannot be settled until material is received 

 which shall decide the structure of the young ovary. The younger flowers at Kew 

 appear all male (or functionally male) ; in these the imperfect style is obscurely 

 2-lobed, and the ovary seems 2-celled as Forsk. states. From Hochstetter's descrip- 

 tion it seems probable that he had very young fruit containing one 1-seeded cell and 

 traces of other abortive cells. As he tried to make the order of the tree Meliacea, he 

 may have over-counted the abortive cell. 



D. Roxburg-hii, Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 3, x. 191. D. coriacea and 

 glabra, A. DC. Prodr. xvii. 31. Tomex glabra, Forsk. Fl. ^Egypt-Arab. 32. 

 Schizocalyx coriaceus, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, Beil. 2. Blackburnia oppositi- 

 folia (error for B. monadelpha), Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey $ Wall. i. 436, Jide 

 Planch. I. c. 



BOMBAY ; Capt. Greburnc. DISTRIB. Arabia, Abyssinia. 



A fine tree (Hochst.). Leaves 3| by l in., elliptic, acute, mucronate or obovate- 

 obtuse (on the same branch in the Indian specimen), coriaceous; petiole - in. 

 Panicles 1^-3 in. ; bracts ; bracteoles ^ in., ovate, close to the calyx. jCafyx^in., 

 ovate-cylindric, subspathaceous ; teeth usually 5, one much broader. Petals in, 

 white, free, 4 in the Indian plant, but placed slightly unsymmetrically, sometimes 5 

 in the African (Hochst.). Stamens 4 in the Indian specimen (sometimes 5 in the 

 African), filaments united for two-thirds their length into a subquadrangular tube. 

 Berry f in. diam. ; endocarp crustaceous. There is no Blackburnia oppositi folia, 

 Roxb. Planchon no doubt meant B. monadelpha, Roxb., with which the description 

 fairly agrees. 



2. SALVADOR A, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers small, hermaphrodite or 

 (mostly) functionally unisexual, racemose or spicate on the branches of terminal 

 or axillary panicles ; bracts minute. Calyx campanulate ; lobes 4, imbricate. 

 Corolla campanulate ; tube with 4 small teeth (sometimes subobsolete) between 

 the bases of the filaments ; lobes 4, imbricate. Stamens 4, on the corolla, 

 alternate with its lobes. Ovary 1-celled ; style 0, stigma truncate ; ovule 1, 

 erect basal. Drupe globose, supported by the slightly enlarged calyx, and sub- 

 persistent corolla ; endocarp crustaceous. Seed erect, globose, exalbuminous. 

 DISTRIB. Species 2 ; Eastern Africa, Arabia and India. 



1. S. persica, Linn. ; A. DC. Prodr. xvii. 28 ; glabrous, leaves ovate or 

 oblong obtuse, panicles axillary or terminal compound, flowers pedicelled, drupes 

 scattered. Vahl Symb. i. 12, t. 4 ; Lamk. III. t. 81 ; Roxb. Cor. PL i. 26, t. 26, 

 and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. i. 404 ; Wall. Cat. 1042 ; Lemaout $ Dene. 

 Traite Bot. 453, with Jig. ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 312 ; Baill. in Adans. ix. 

 289, t. 10, fig. 4-8; Brand. For. Fl. 315 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 43. S. Wightiana, 

 Planch.-, Thivaites Enum. 190; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 247. S. indica, Wight III. 

 ii. 229, t. 181. Cissus arborea, Forsk. Fl. ^Egypt-Arab. 32. Embelia Grossu- 

 laria, Retz Obs. iv. 24. 



INDIA, alt. 0-1500 ft., in the drier climates ; from the Punjab and Scinde to Patna ; 

 and in the Circars and North Ceylon; often planted elsewhere. DISTKIB. Arabia, 

 Syria, E. Africa. 



A small, glaucous tree. Leaves If by | in., somewhat fleshy; petiole | in. 

 Panicles 2-5 in., often very compound, numerous in the upper axils ; flowers scattered. 

 Calyx ji in., lobes ovate. Corolla / 5 in., almost 5-partite. Filaments short, anthers 

 ovate. " Drupe in. diam. 



