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TAMARISCINEiE. L Tamarix. 



Loose Tamarisk. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



short, b 



Native in the sandy deserts about the Caspian 



3 T. elonga'ta (Led. fl. ross, alt ill. t. 254. fl. alt. 1. p. sea. T. pentandra van Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 79. B. C. D. T. Gal- 



421.) glabrous, glaucous ; flowers crowded, pedicellate, disposed 



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in simple, elongated, lateral racemes ; bractcas reflexed, 2 or 3 2. T. canescens, Desv. ann. sc nat. 4. p. 348. Spikes or racemes 



times longer than the pedicels ; calycine segments broad, ovate, lateral, somewhat panicled. Leaves lanceolate, subulate, imbri- 



acutish, keeled, with membranous margins ; petals spreading, cate. Flowers pale red. 

 exceeding the genitals ; styles very short ; leaves ovate-lanceo- Hi 



Shrub 6 to 8 feet, 

 late, acute, when young incurved at the apex; when adult re- 11 T. Chine'nsis (Lour. coch. p. 182.) branches drooping; 



curved, fj . H. Native of Siberia, in the desert of Soongaria, leaves very minute, imbricate, acute ; spikes panicled, slender, 



in saltish places. Petals reddish. 



Elongated Tamarisk. Shrub. 



4 T. parviflora (D. C. prod. 3, p. 97.) glabrous, rather 

 glaucous ; leaves small, lanceolate, subulate, a little keeled, 

 acute ; spikes lateral, crow^ded, short ; bracteas longer than the 



and long ; petals linear, erect. ^ 



Native of China, in the 



province of Canton. According to Loureiro this plant is nearly 

 allied to T. orkntalis. T. Gallica var. Ehr. 1. c. Flowers red. 

 China Tamarisk. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



(Roth 



pedicels; ovarium not exceeding the corolla when in flower. scale-formed, acute, stem-clasping at the base; spikes panicled, 



very slender, elongated; bracteas longer than the flowers; 

 stantinople. Spikes or racemes 9-10 lines long. Flowers wbite, stigmas in the female flowers exsevted. ^ . S. Native of the 



^2 • H. Native country unknown, but cultivated about Con- 



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)ne-half smaller than those of the first species. 

 Squall -Jlowercd Tamarisk* Shrub. 



East Indies. Stamens none, or 5 inclosed. A female specimen 



has only been examined. 



Dioecious Tamarisk. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 



(W 



Sect. IL Decade'nia (from ct/ca, deca^ ten, and a^iyr, aden^ 

 a gland; the gland surrounding the ovarium is 10-toothed). stiffish, twiggy ; leaves short, ovate, acute, of an obscure green, 

 Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 253. Gland surrounding with white edges; spikes of flowers elongated, straight, pani- 

 tlie ovarium 10-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 5, one in each of 

 the alternate teeth of the gland. 



cled ; bracteas shorter than the flowers, subulate^ longer than 



Native of 



the pedicels ; stamens exceeding the corolla. 



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5 T. Africa'na (Poir. voy. 2. p. 189. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. the East Indies. T. epacrioides, Smith in Rees' cycl. 35. no. 4. 

 269.) glabrous, rather glaucous; leaves lanceolate, stem-clasp- T. Gallica var. Tndica, Ehrenberg, I.e. 



ing, imbHcate ; racemes sessile, scaly, dense, rising from the 

 branches of the same year, usually simple ; bracteas ovate, 



Indian Tamarisk. Shrub 6 feet. 



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chaffy ; flowers trigynous ; capsule 3-valved. Tj . F. Native hardly glaucous ; branches divaricate ; leaves small, stem-clasp- 



in the sand along the Mediterranean sea, in Mauritania ; shores 

 of Naples, Egypt ; and of the Levant at the torrents about Tra- 

 pezon. T. Gallica y, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1498. The bark is 

 browner, and the flowers a little larger than in T. Gallica. 

 African Tamarisk. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



ing, obscure green, margined with white, ending in long cirrhose 

 points, some adpressed, and some spreading; spikes somewhat 

 panicled, very long, slender ; stamens length of the corolla. >2 • 

 G. Native of the Grand Canary Island, along the sea side, and 

 at the entrance of the valleys near Las Palmas. In Teneritte on 



6 T. TETRA^GYNA (Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 258.) the east of Santa Cruz, near the sea, where we have seen it grow 

 like the last ; but differs in the bracteas being linear-lanceolate, in ing in great plenty, 

 the flowers being tetragynous, and in the capsule being 4-valved. 

 ^2 . H. Native of the south of Europe. There is a variety of 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cttwar^ Island Tamarisk. .- ^ — 



., , ... .,«.x,. w. w.w ow«..t ... i... *....^ .. « .«w..^ ^x 15 T. RAMOSi'ssiMA (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 256. fl. a'^'/' ?; 



this having the racemes simple at the apex, and proliferouS at 424.) glabrous, glaucous; flowers crowded, disposed m cynn^r- 

 the base, leafy, .... — « 



Tetragynous Tamarisk. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



7 T. gra'cilis (Willd. 1. c. no. 8.) leaves lanceolate, sessile ; 



racemes short, usually solitary, sessile, rising from the branches 



of the preceding year ; pedicels elongated, about equal in length 

 to the bracteas. - ^^ •^■' • « - 



cal racemes, forming a decompound panicle ; bracteas ^^^^^^^^ 

 the pedicels ; calycine segments ovate-orbicular, acutish ; pe^^^ 

 erectly connivent ; styles much shorter than the ovarium '» I^^J^^^ 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, stem- clasping, glabrous. ^ . H. J;^ 

 of Siberia, at Lake Noor-Laisan. Flowers reddish. , 1 . ^aua , 



the river Irtisch. 



1^ . H. Native of Siberia, in salt marshes at Sievers in Pall. nord. beytr. vii. 



Much 



Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Slender Tamarisk. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



8 T. KFFu'sA (Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 258.) 

 leaves lanceolate ; racemes loose, elongated, somewhat panicled ; 

 pedicels much shorter than the bracteas. Tj . H. 

 north of Africa. 



J?^M5e-panicled Tamarisk. Shrub. 



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minute, stem-clasping, adpressed, acute ; spikes lateral, s ^^^ 

 what panicled, slender, 5 tinnes longer than broad, h ■ "• 



Native of the tive of France, frequent ; and along the Mediterranean. 



In 



9 T. orienta'lis (Forsk. descrip. 206.) glabrous, glances- Tamariscus Gallicus, All. Tamariscus pentandrus, l^am 



England, on the coasts of Cornwall, Hampshire, ana ou^ 

 Smith, engl. hot. 1318. Mill. fig. 262. f. 1. ^lackw. lierb. 5^5 • 



S. 



cent ; leaves minute, distant, stem-clasping or sheathing, mucro- 

 nate ; spikes or racemes lateral, slender ; capsule 4-valved. ^ . 

 Native of Arabia, Persia, and the East Indies. Thiiya 

 aphylla, Lin. spec. 1422. exclusive of the synonymes. T. arti- 

 culata, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 48. t. 32. Flowers minute. Bracteas 

 mucronate. 



of the leaves, with the internodes turbinate. The largest tree of 

 this species appears to be one at Babylon, on the supposed site 

 of the hanging gardens. 



Oriental Tamarisk. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



Var 



t of Pall. Flowers flame-coloured or pale-red. 



. a, sUbtiUs (Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnsea. X. P- j^ 



but not of Pall. 



branches subtile, effuse ; leaves glabrous, pale green 



spreading. ^ _.t,„„ ^Hf 



Narhonensis {"Ehrenberg, 1. c.) ' 



ad- 



o_)uiu. ~. |j. to. I. ci<6. A- iuv\ ers muiuie. uracieas /^ar. /5, ivaroowen*?* ^^rinrenuerg, i. «-•/ "'" — . , Vated mar- 



Branches as if they were articulated at the origin ing ; leaves glabrous, obscure green, densely \\r\ox\ * 

 ■' ' ■ ' ■■ ~" ■ gined with white ; spikes of flowers short, rather latera. ^^^^^^ 



Nil6t 



rather loose; leaves short, glaucous, spreading; spiKesc b ^j 

 _i ■. ' j:_ _ .!-_ „„„-:..^ l,v«n(Tvnous. with It^ eci 



gland surrounding the ovarium, hypogynous 



10 T. HispiDA (Willd. 1. c. no. 2.) leaves and branches clothed distant teeth, 

 with cinereous hispid pubescence ; branches ascending ; styles . Var. ^, arborea (Sieb. ex 



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fTuse, 



