Sah'(uJoi'a] LXXII. SALyADORACE.E 453 



Order LXXII. SALVADORACE^. Gen. PL ii. 680. 



Glabrous shrubs or trees, 1. opposite, entire, stipules minute. M. small, 

 tetramerous, in panicled spikes or racemes. Calyx small, corolla membranous, 

 deeply 4:-clef t or petals distinct, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4, filaments sbort, 

 inserted at tbe base of corolla-tube, alternating witk its lobes, disk hypogynous, 

 4-lobed. Ovary free, l-S-celled, stigma subsessile, 2-lobed, ovules 1 or 2 m each 

 cell, ascending^ Seeds 1-4, cotyledons fleshy, plano-convex, albumen 0. 



Islands ut plilopin iu tlie wood of mo^t species. 



Unarmed, coiolla gamopetaloiis ovary l-celled . . 1. Salvadoha. 

 Unarnipd, petals free, ovaiy l-celled .... Dobeba (p. 453). 



Armed, petals tree, ovary 2-celled 2. Azima. 



1. SALVADORA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 619. 



Evergreen, leaves between coriaceous and fleshy. Fl. in the axils of decidu- 

 ous bracts. Ovary l-celled, fr. a small 1-seeded berry, supported by the 

 perbibtent calyx, endocarp crustacenus. Species 2. 



1. S. persica, Linn. : Roxb. Cor. PL t. 26 ; Wight Ic. t. 1621.— Syn. S, 

 /»fZ/r«, Wight 111. t. 181; ;S'. Wfghtlana, Planch.; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 247. 

 Yeni. KahbcWj PilUj Sind ; Jhcllj Jal^ Eajputana; KhakhlUy Klcknij Mar,; 

 GJmnm^ Tel. ; Goni^ Kan. ; Opa, Tarn. 



A large evergreen shrub or small tree, the trunk often attaining a consider- 

 able size, wood soft, whitish-yellow. Bark of old stems irregularly rugose, 

 that of branches shining, often almost white. Branches spreading, extremities 

 drooping, L glaucous-green, obtuse, rarely acute, varying from ovate to lanceo- 

 late, blade 2-3, pet. |~| in. PL greenish-white, pedicellate, in lax axillary 

 and terminal panicles, which often are nodding and longer than leaves, 

 branches racemose, divaricate. Corolla-lobes twice the length of calyx and 

 generally reflexed. Berries red when ripe. 



Balncliibtan, Sind. Trans Indus. Punjab. AravalH hills. Guzeraty the Konkan 

 and Nortli Kanara near tlie coast. Along tidal creeks Tliana district with JSf/iceras 

 and Aticennia (Ryan). Babul Kornns and elsewhere in the Beccan. Frequent on 

 saline soilb. PL Nov.-^May, albo at other timeb.—Ceylon, di^y conntiy, chiefly near the 

 coast. Dry regions of Western Asia. Egypt. Ahybbinia. 



2. S. oleoides, Dene. ; Brandis P. PL t, 30. Tern. Kabhrn^ Diar, Jhar^ 

 Sind ; Ja/, Tan, Piht, Punjab. 



A gregarious shrub or small tree, branches stiff, divergent, 1. dull gi*ey, 

 linear or lanceolate. PL greenish-white, sessile, in erect compact axillary 

 panicled spikes, shorter than 1. Cox-olla as long as or a little longer than calyx. 

 Pr. yellow when ripe, reddish-brown when dry. 



f* Central and Northern Sind. Common in the driest part of the Punjab on both sides 

 of the Indus, ascending to 3,000 ft. Trans Indus and to 2,400 ft. in the Salt range. 

 Merwara, less common than 1. Fl. Peb.- April. Aden, Arabia. 



Dobera Eoxburgliii, Planch. Sind. Arabia. Abybbinia. Kordofan. Eastern 

 tropical Africa. A glabrous tree, 1. coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, blade 2-3, pet. If-J 

 in. long. PL dioicous, sessile, on short axillary panicles. Calyx ovoid, irregularly 

 3_5_toothed, petals 4, narrowly oblong, imbricate, stamens 4, filaments connate, ovary 

 l-celled, ovule 1, basal. Pr. globose | in. diam., seed erect. 



2. AZIMA, Lam. ; PL Brit. Ind. iii. 620. 



Shrubs, spines axillary, single or 2-7. PL dioicous, tetramerous, calyx 

 campanulate, 4-fid or irregularly 2-4-lobed, petals 4, oblong, imbricate in bud. 

 Berry globose 1-2-seeded, endocarp membranous. Species 2. 



1. A, tetracantlia, Lamk. ; Wight 111. t. 152. Common in the drier districts of the 

 Western Peninsula, often gregarious. Sundriban. PL throughout the year. Ceylon, 

 dry region. Arabia. Madagascar. Tropical Africa. A rigid shrub, branches green 



