SALVADORA WIGHTIANA. (Nat. order Salvadoraceee.) 



SALVADORA. Linn.— GEN. CHAR. Calyx small 4-parted, segments not imbricate, corol gamopetalous with a very short tube, limb 

 4-lobed, lobes imbricate, stamens 4 inserted at the base of the corol tube, the filaments slightly connected at the base, anthers introrse 2-celled subglobose 

 dehiscing longitudinally, ovary free 1-celled, ovule solitary erect from the base anatropous, stigma sessile undivided or sub 4-lobed, berry succulent globose 

 1 seeded, seed erect, embryo exalbuminous, cotyledous fleshy plano-convex, radicle inferior included. Glabrous trees, leaveB opposite simple petioled 

 entire coriaceous, flowers small in lax panicles. 



OALVADOKA WlGHTIANA. (Planch.) A middling sized tree, trunk generally crooked, bark very scabrous and 

 deeply cracked, branches exceedingly numerous their extremities drooping with much the appearance of the weeping willow, leaves 

 coriaceous oval or oblong entire very smooth and shining on both sides, 1-2 inches long by about 1 inch broad, veins sub 3-5 nerved at 

 the base but quite inconspicuous except in dried specimens, petioles 9-10 lines long, stipules none, panicles terminal and from the 

 superior axils, flowers minute very numerous greenish yellow, pedicels about 2 lines long, bracts minute, calyx, corol, &c, as in the 

 generic character, the lobes of the corol revolute, berry smooth red very minute juicy smaller than a grain of black pepper, embraced 

 by the marcescent corol.— S. persica, Eoxb. Fl. Ind- i- 389 (not Linn.) S, Indica, Wight III. p. 229, t. 181. 



This tree is common throughout the Presidency in lov) lands in the plains and particularly in salt soil, the berries have a strong 

 aromatic smell and taste like garden cresses ; the bark of the root is very acrid and applied to the skin raises blisters, for which purpose the 

 natives use it, and as a stimulant it might be of considerable efficacy. In Tamil the tree is called Opa, and in Teligu Pedda Waragv, wenki, 

 and it or an alliedspecies is said to be the mustard tree of scripture ; it is in flower and fruit all the year round. 



Analysis. 



1. A flower bud- 



2. A full flower, petals revolute. 



3. Corol opened to show the stamens. 



4. Anthers, front and back view, 



5. Calyx, ovary and sessile stigma. 



6. Ovary cut vertically, to show the solitary erect ovule. 



7. The same cut transversely. 



8. A fruit, the corol still persistent but withered. 



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