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58. SALVADORACEiE. 



[Dobcra, 



3. DOBERA, Juss. 



A glabrous tree. Leaves elliptic-acute, coriaceous. Flowers poly- 

 gamo- dioecious, clustered on the branches of an axillary inflorescence, 

 trichotomous in the male flowers, subsessile in the female. Calyx 3-5- 

 toothed. Petals 4-5, free, imbricate. Stamens 4-5, filaments connate 

 into a tube ; anthers lanceolate, dehiscing laterally. Scales 4-5 out- 

 side the staminal-tuba, alternate with the stamens- Ovary 1-5-cellcd, 

 according to various authorities ; ovule solitary, erect. Fruit sub- 

 globose. 



D. Roxburghii, Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 3, X. 191.' Fl. Br. I. 3. 

 619. Blackbumia mo7iadelpha^ Roxb. Fl. Ind-I. 415. Found m Arabia 

 and Abyssinia. A native of the mountains of the Circars, Roxb. ; also 

 found in Bombay. Fl. Br. I. I do not know this tree. It is said to 

 flower at the beginning of the hot season. 



2. SAL VADORA, Linn. 



vShrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers hermaphrodite 

 or (mostly) functionally unisexual, in terminal or axillary panicles ; 

 bracts minute. Calyx 4'lobed, lobes imbricate. Corolla 4-lobcd. 

 Stamens 4, alternating with the corolla-lobes. Ovary 1-oelled, 

 ovule 1, erect, basal. Drupe globose, supported by the slightly 

 enlarged calyx. Seed erect, exalbuminous. 



Leaves ovate. Panicles compound. Drapes scattered ... 1. S. persica. 

 Leaves lanceolate acute, Panicles reduced to axillary 

 fascicles of short spikes. Drupes clustered ... 2. 5*. oleoides, 



1. S. persica. Linn. ; A. DC. Prod. XVIL 28 ; Fl. Br. L 3. 619 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. FJ. 312 ; Brandis For. Fl. 315. S. WigUiana, Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 247. Mustard Tree of Scripture. Toothbrush Tree. Khabhar^ 

 pilu, Sind. ; Khdkhin, M. 



In the drier climates of India from the Punjab and Sind to Patna, 

 Circars and Norfch Ceylon. In the dry districts of the presidency and 

 Sind ; in the Dharwar or Belgaum districts, often on the bunds of 

 tanks and in open places near villages of the black soil country, also 

 found near the coasts of Guzerat, the Konkan and North Kanara. 

 Fl. Nov. -May. Fr. Jan. -June, often on saline soils. A small evergreen 

 tree with thin gTey bark. Wood white and soft. Pores small, in short 

 radial lines, but enclosed in oval patches of soft tissue. Numerous con- 

 centric bands of soft tissue. Medullary rays fine, numerous. Weighs 45 

 lbs. to the cub. ft. Easy to work ; much employed in the manufacture of 

 native tooth-brushes. The root bark is very acrid. Shoots used as fodder 

 for camels. The fruit is used medicinally. 



2. S. oleoides, Dene, in Jacq. Yoy. Bot. 140. t. 144 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 



620 ; Brandis For. Fl. 816. t. 39. S. Stocksii, Wgt. III. II. 229. Kahbar 

 jhdr, cUar, Sind. ; Kin^anela^ M. ; Khalcanamitela, Guz. 



Punjab and Bajputana in the desert regions. In the dry deserts of 

 Sind on arid and sahne soils, often associated with S. persica. Fl. Mch.- 



