TAMARISClNEiE. I. Tamarix. II. Myricaru. 



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thickened, stiffish, nearly terete ; leaves glabrous, densely ad- 



nder-fi 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



proximate by pairs. 



Var. e, mannifera (Ehrenberg, 1. c. p. 270.) branches stiffish ; 

 leaves short, glaucous, covered with white powder, spreading ; 



The manna of 



LT:!?..iVl^! ^^^^' ^^^*^ of hypogynous gland usually ap- 23 T. passerinoides (Del. fl. aegypt. p. 58. Dcsv.inann.se. 



„, ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ 349.) stem erect ; branches cinereous, diffuse ; leaves 



half stem-clasping all the summer, short, somewhat triangular, 

 canescent ; capsule 3 lines long, fj . F. Native of Arabia and 

 Egypt, in arid places. 



Var. a^ divarkata (Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linna?a. 2. p. 275.) 

 branchlets divaricate ; leaves densely imbricated, obtuse, adpres- 

 sed ; flowers large ; capsules about 4 lines long. ^ , F. In 

 the oases of Jupiter Ammon. 



a; branches effuse: 



hypogynous gland with teeth at equal distances. 

 Mount Sinai is the produce of this variety. 



anthers and gland white. There is 

 another variety of this having the anthers and gland red. 

 h; branches divaricate ; anthers and gland rose-coloured. 

 Var. i, heterophylla (Ehrenberg, h c. p. 270.) branches very 



slender; leaves light green, glabrous, short, acute, the upper leaves hoary, densely imbricated, bltmtish, adpressed ; flowers 



ones densely imbricated, the middle ones elongated and blunt- small ; capsule 3 lines long. T; . F. In the oases of Jupiter 



ish, lower rameal ones broad-ovate, flat; spikes much elongated, Ammon. 



all very slender. f^ar. y, macrocdrpa (Ehrenberg, 1. c.) branches loose, crectish ; 



French Tamarisk. FL May, Oct. Britain. Sh. 6 to 12 ft. leaves short, dilated, acuminated, glaucous, rather remote, at 



17 T. Palla^sii (Desv. ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 349.) glabrous, length spreading; flowers large; capsule about half an incli 



hardly glaucous ; leaves small, acute, imbricated ; spikes pa- 



nicled, rather thickish ; stamens twice the length of the corolla ; 



long. 



Passerina-like Tamarisk. Shrub. 



stigm 



deserts about the Caspian Sea. 

 77. ^ 



Tj . H. Native at Cape Caucasus, and in Cult. Tamarix is a genus of very pretty and delicate shrubs. 



T. pentandra, Pall. fl. ross. t. The hardy species are fit ornaments for decorating shrubberies ; 



T, Gallica, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 246. T. paniculkta, Steven they will grow well in any soil or situation, and cuttings planted 



m htt. A plant gathered by Olivier and Bruguiere between out in the open ground in autumn or early in spring strike root 



Bagdad and Aleppo is very nearly allied to this species. 



Pallais Tamarisk.. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 

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readily. The stove and greenhouse kinds succeed well in a 

 mixture of loam and peat ; and cuttings of them root freely in 



r. cuPREssiFORMis (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 253. fl. alt. 1. sand under a hand-glass, those of the former in heat, 

 p. 423.) glabrous, glaucous ; flowers remotish, disposed in lateral 



simple racemes ; bracteas shorter than the pedicels ; calycine U- MYRICA^RIA (/xvpu-;/, m7jric€, in Greek, a synonyme 



- ' - ' ' - - - q£ Tamarix f derived from fivpio^ viyro^ to run ; from growing 



on the banks of running streams). Desv. ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 

 349. D. C. prod. 3. p. 97. Ehrenberg, in Schlecht, Linnaea. 



2. p. 278. — Tamarix species of authors. 

 Lin. syst. Monadelphia^ Decdndria, Calyx 5 parted. Pe- 

 tals 5. Stamens 10, alternate ones shorter than the rest; fila- 

 ments monadelphous from the base to about the middle. Stigmas 



3, sessile, in a head. Seeds inserted in a line along the middle 

 of the valves, ascending, tufted at one end ; hairs of tuft fea- 

 thery. Flowers in simple, solitary, terminal spikes. 



segment 



ftyies much shorter than the ovarium ; leaves ovate, stem-clasp- 

 |ng, closely imbricated when young. T2 . H. Native of Siberia, 

 Jn the desert of Soongaria, near salt lakes. 



Cypress-formed Tamarisk. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



19 T. Senegale'nsis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 96.) glabrous, glau- 

 cous; leaves lanceolate-subulate, keeled, somewhat stem-clasp- 

 ^"g» acute, spreading a little ; spikes slender, numerous, panicled ; 

 stamens hardly longer than the corolla ; ovarium acutely trigonal, 

 almost triangular. ^2. S. Native of Senegal, where it flowers 

 ^" the month of January. 



Senegal Tamarisk. Tree. 



Sect. IH. Polyade*nia (from ttoXv, poly^ many, and ahriv, 

 ^«fn,agland; in reference to the gland surrounding the ovarium 

 ^e»ngmany toothed). Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 271. 

 Inland surrounding the ovarium 20-toothed. Stamens 10, one 

 •^tween each alternate tooth of the gland. 



20 T. ERicoiDEs (Rottl. ex Willd. nov. act. nat. scrut. 4. p. 

 *U. t. 4.) leaves oblong, sheathing; spikes terminal ; flowers 

 ^^candrous ; bracteas equal in length to the pedicels. Tj . S. 

 ^ative of the East Indies. Roots creeping deep. T.ericoides, 

 joth, nov. spec. p. 184. and T. mucronata, Smith in Rees' cycl. 

 J'o not appear to differ from the present species. Flowers 



Heath-like Tamarisk. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



^1 T. amplexicau'lis (Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 

 ,'-5.) stems shrubby; branches divaricate, intricate; young 

 *^aves stem-clasping, glaucous, short, acute, older ones half stem- 

 ^asping; flowers small, in spikes ; capsule 2 lines long. ^ . S. 

 *^aUve of Egypt, in the oases of Jupiter Ammon. 



S^em- clasping Aeaved Tamarisk. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 

 . 22 T. pycnoca'rpa (D. C. prod. 3. p. 97.) leaves stem-clasp- 

 !"& ovate, acute, small, when young adpressed, at length spread- 

 j'^gandmucronate; spikes panicled ; flowers decandrous ; brac- 

 ks equal in length to the pedicels ; fruit ovate, triquetrous, 

 j^^gid. Ij . F. Native of the Levant, along the road side be- 

 *een Bagdad and Kerraancha. 



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Leaves long, linear y or oblo?igy sessile ^ becoming gra- 



dually broader towards the base. 



* Shrubby ; fruit pedicellate. 



1 M. Germa'nica (Desv. 1. c. p. 349.) shrubby ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, flat ; racemes subspicate, elongated, terminal, 

 solitary, but those at the tops of the branchlets arc branched ; 

 mature flowers distende J, ascending ; bracteas longer than the 

 pedicels ; capsules ascending. ^ . 11. Native nearly through- 

 out the whole of Europe, on the banks of rivers ; and of Cau- 

 casus. Mill. fig. t. 262. f. 2. Tamarix Germanica, Lin. spec, 

 p. 386. Schkuhr, handb. t. 35. fl. dan. 434. Blackw. t. 331. 

 Tamariscus decandrus. Lam. fl. fr. T. decandra, Moench. 

 Tamariscus decandrus. Lob. icon. 2. t. 218. Flowers pink. 

 Tamarisk, especially this species, is sometimes used abroad in 

 obstructions of the lower viscera, and especially in diseases of 

 the spleen. By combustion it yields a considerable quantity of 

 fixed salt, which is diuretic and aperient, and approaches to 

 Glauber's salts. The bark of the root is the most efficacious 

 part. A decoction of this is given in doses of 2 or 3 drachms, 

 or even an ounce ; of the wood and leaves double that quantity 



may be taken. ^^ 



G^erw^n Myricaria. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1582. Sh.CtoSft. 



2 M. Dahu'rica (D. C. prod. 3. p. 98. Ehrenberg, !. c.) 

 shrubby, glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, flat ; racemes sub- 

 spicate, obtuse, lateral, but those on the secondary branches 

 are terminal and simple ; bracteas equal in length to the flowers ; 

 mature flowers coarctate, ascending, h . H. Native of Siberia, 



