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TAMARisciNE^. (W. T. Thiseltoii Dyer.) [Myricaria 



stalked plume ; embryo ovoid.— Disteib. Europe, Mid-Asia ; known spe- 

 cies 4? 



. 1. M. g^ermanica, Besv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. iv. 349 ; bracts ovate-lan- 

 ceolate 3-4 times as long as the pedicels, sepals free lanceolate, staraens 

 connate for half their length. M. bracteata, Royle III 214, t. 44; -6ot^- 

 FL Orient, i. 763. M. HoflFmeisteri, Klotz. Keis. Pr. Waldem. 120, t. 25 (plume 

 jsessile). Taniarix germanica, Linn. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya; from Sikkim to Kumaon, alt. 10-14,000 ft.— 

 DxsTRiB. Westward to Europe. , r r r 



A bush, 4-8 ft. Steim slender, striate, glaucous-green when young. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate. Racemes 1-18 in., spiked, lateral or terminal. Bracts with broadly mem- 

 branous margins. Sepals about equalling the petals. , , . 



Var. prostrata, Benth. and Hook, f Gen. PL i. 161 (sp.) ; prostrate, branchJeis 

 ascending, often very short with closely imbricate leaves, seed-plume sessile. A ve y 

 Alpine form. 



2. M. elegrans. Royle TIL 214; bracts ovate about twice as ^9^^.^^*^^ 

 pedicels, sepals connate below, stamens connate for one-fourth, oi tue 

 length. M. germanica var. longifolia, Herb. Ind. Or. H. /. & T. 



Western Himalaya and Western Tibet, from Garwhal, alt. 11,500 ft., ^oy^t, &c., 

 to Ladak, &c., alt. 6-15,000 ft., T, Thomson. , .^^ 



A bush, with smooth striate slender stems. Leaven oblong-ovate, narrowed ai 

 base. Bacemes 3 in., lateral, lax. Bracts short, acuminate, with narrowly menibrauo 

 margins. Sepah much shorter than the petals, obtusely triangular at the apex. 





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Order XXI. ELATINRSS 



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'Minute semi-aquatic or terrestrial herbs or undershrubs. A^,?^^ ^g|^li. 

 site or whorled, entire or serrate, stipulate. Flowers small, axmaiy, ^^ 

 tary or cymose. Se^yals and j^tals each 2-5, free, imbricate in bud. ^^^ . 

 as many or twice as many as the sepals, hypogynuus, free ; anthers ^^ 

 tile. Ovary free ; cells and styles 2-5, stigmas capitate; ovules nm^Y^ 

 the inner angles of the cells, anatropous, raphe lateral or '^^'^^ +i,p axis 



and 



uc iiiiici angles ui tue ceiis, anairopons, rapue latuiiii v>i y^- — -^ 



iile septicidal ; valves flat concave or incurved, separating from ^ ^ten 

 nd septa. Seeds straight or curved, raphe on the concave side, H^^ i.y]ev 

 u(Ti^a^ oiK,iT>ien scanty or 0; embryo cylindric, straight or curved, c y. 



DiSTRiB. Scattered over the world : eenera 2, known 



about 20. 



Sepals obtuse, aquatic herbs • • . 

 Sepals acute, flowers usually 5-merou8 



1. ELATrUE 



2. Ber**^^' 



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* 1. EZiATXNSy Linn. 



Minute aquatic tender creeping herbs. Leaves opposite ^'*,,^^ 3,4, 

 Flowers very small, axillary, usually only one to each node. *^?\^«qus; 

 membranous obtuse. Petals 2-4, Ovary globose. Capstde *"^^ i^ndric, 

 septa evanescent after bursting or adhering to the axis. Seed ^y :Jl 



-DisTEiB. Temperate and subtropical 



straight or curved, ridged and pitted. 

 regi4)ns; species about 6. 



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