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FLORA OF ADEN. 
plant from Aden. Besides, Anderson does not notice it and there was no 
record of its occurrence at Aden available at the time of Balfour’s publi- 
cation. Since then, however, the plant has been observed by Schwein- 
furth and Defiers and even before that, in 1872, by Hildebrandt. It is, 
therefore, quite possible that Playfair’s sketch represents the true S. 
cylindrifolia. 
Graham in the f Addenda 3 to his ( Catalogue of the plants growing in 
Bombay and its vicinity 3 (1839) describes Eurychiton Adensis, N, as an 
Aden plant, and gives the following diagnosis : 
“Calyx gamosepalous, infundibuliform, subscarious, with a slightly 
5-lob ed plaited limb ; and subtended by sca.rious bractese. Corolla 
gamopetalous, funnel- formed, smaller than the calyx and purple coloured. 
Stamens 5 hypogvnous. Styles 5, seed vessel not seen. 
“ Stem short and branching, leaves obovate oblong, flat, pubescent 
glaucous-mucronate, attenuated into long petiole which is sheathing at 
the base. Peduncle erect, panicle circinate, flowers one-ranked.” 
This plant was referred by Bentham and Hooker (Gen. PI. II, 626) 
to Statice , and they remark : “ Si corolla recte gamopetala descripta 
ad sectionem Siphonantham pertinet. Collectores recentiores in vieiniis 
Aden S. axillarem, Forsk. solam invenerunt quae ad Limonii species 
suffruticosas habitu Armeriastro accedentes pertinet/ 3 
As a matter of fact, Graham’s plant seerns to be neither the one nor 
the other of the species here described. His description of the flower 
suits S. cylindrifolia and that of the foliage S. axillaris. 
XXVIII. — SALVA DORACEAE. 
Shrubs or trees, usually glabrous. Leaves opposite, entire ; stipules 
minute. 
Flowers small, hermaphrodite or dioecious, in panicled spikes 
or racemes. Calyx free, 3-d-toothed or 4-fid. Corolla 4-merous, shortly 
campanulate, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla- 
tube or near the base of the petals, alternate with the lobes or petals ; 
filaments free or connate at the base; anthers ovate. Ovary superior, 
1 — 2-eelled ; ovules 1 — 2 in each cell, erect from its base, anatropous ; style 
short ; stigma bifid or subentire. 
Berry or drupe usually 1-seeded. Seed globose or compressed ; 
albumen 0 ; cotyledons fleshy, plano-convex. 
Genera 3 ; species about 9. 
Distribution : — Tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, 
Malaya. 
Corolla gamopetalous 1. Salvadora. 
Petals free 2. Dobera. 
