160 XXIV. TAMARISCINEZE. 
valvis tot quot styli, coriaceis, placentas liberas v. rarius in axi connatas denudantibus. 
Semina erecta, nunc in comam seu rostrum setiforme longe plumoso-pilosum producta, 
nunc erostria undique v. circumcirca longe pilosa v. alata.  4/bwmen nune farinosum v. 
subcarnosum haud crassum, nunc tenuissimum v. 0. Embryo rectus; cotyledones plan; 
radicula infera, brevis. 4 3 
Frutices suffruticesve, rarius arbores v. herb: durs. Folia alterna, parva, nunc squamze- 
formia; integerrima et swpius carnosa v. impresso-punctata.  Stipule 0. Flores nune 
solitarii terminales v. axillares, nunc in racemos spicas v. paniculas thyrsoideas terminales 
v. laterales solitarias paniculatasve dispositi, swpius albi v. rosei, incarnati, parvi v. 
speciosi. 
Species vix 40, in hemisphrerii borealis regionum temperatarum calidiorumve indigenze v. in Africa. 
etiam australi erescentes, plerzque in salsis maritimis v.in arenosis glareosisve regionum montanarum 
v. nonnulle in alpibus editis obvise. 
Tamariscinee, Caryophylleis Portulaceis Elatineis Frankeniaceisque affines, ab omnibus ovulorum 
seminumque indole facile distinguuntur. A Caryophylleis. Frankeniaceisque insuper foliis alternis 
squamzeformibus carnosisve primo intuitu discernend:e, a. Portulaceis calyce, habitu, ete. Affinitas 
ab auctoribus nonnullis laudata cum Salice nobis omnino effugit. Semina enim comosa sunt in 
generibus numerosis nullo alio vineulo junctis. 
FORMJE ABNORMES, 
Flores in Tumarice dioica, Roxb., dioici. 
Petala in Fouquiera alte coalita, 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 
Tribus I. 'Tamarisceee. Petala libera v. vix basi eoalita. | Semina apice comosa, exalbumi- 
nosa. Flores racemosi v. spieati. 
l. Tawamrx. Stamina libera v. ima basi in annulum connata.— Orbis veteris hemisph. borealis. 
2. MynicAmiA. Stamina monadelpha.— Eur., Asia centr., Himalaya. : 
Tribus XI. REeaumuriege. Petalalibera. Semina undique longe pilosa, albumine farinoso- 
carnoso haud crasso. Flores solitarii, axillares v. terminales. 
3. HororacHwr. Stamina 5-10. Braetesm 2-3 v. 0.— 4sia centr. 
4. RgAUMURIA, Stamina co. Braetew 5-10, calyci arcte approximate v. imbrieatee,— Reg. 
Mediterr. or., Asia, centr. 
Tribus IIXY. Fouquierec. Petala intubum alte coalita. Semina pilis longis v. ala membra- 
nacea cireumdata, albumine tenui carnoso. Flores speciosi, thyrsoideo-paniculati. 
9. FouQvurERA. Arbores v. frutices speciosi.— Mexico. 
Tarsus L | TAMARISCE E. 
1. Tamarix, Linn. Gen. n. 375.—Sepala 4—5, rarius 0, libera. Petala sub disco glandu- 
loso-crenato angulato v. lobato inserta, libera v. basi leviter connata. — Stamina 5-10, rarius 
4 v. 11-12, disco inserta, libera v. vix basi in annulum connata, Ovarium: apice attenua- 
tum; styli 3-4, rarius 2 v. 5, breves crassiusculi; placentz in fundo cavitatis brevissimre, 
co-ovulate. Semina oo (parva), glabra, apice in comam sessilem producta, axi com:e 
setiformi pilis longis plumoso; albumen 0; embryo semini conformis, ovoideo-oblongus.— 
Frutices nunc arborescentes. Folia minuta, squam:eformia, amplexicaulia v. vaginantia. 
Flores albi v. rosei, spicati v. dense i, spicis r isve e ramis lignescentibus 
lateralibus v. in ramis hornotinis terminalibus racemosis v. paniculatis. : 
Species a Bungeo numeratz 51, sed. verisimiliter ad normam nostram reductz vix 20 revera dis- 
tinetze evaderent. Ineolz sunt Europ:e australioris, Africz borealis, v. Asize centralis et. tropicze, et szepe 
in loeis maritimis salsuginosisve reperiuntur. Walp. Rep.ii. 115: A4mn.ii. 641; iv. 693. Bunge, Tent. 
Monogr. Tamar. (1892). .Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 262, 254, 256. — Wight, Ill. 1. 1. 84. Webb, Phytogr. 
Canar. t. 25, et in. Hook. Journ. Dot. iii. £. 15. 
TurcuaUncs, Arn. in. Wight et Arn. Prod. 40, species paucas Asiaticas grandifloras ob staminum. 
